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***The Official E2140/E2160 Overclocking Thread***

iKettles said:
First time it freezes, I use the reset switch on my case and it boots.
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Any ideas? Could it possibly be an FSB hole? I'm gonna try lowering the multi to 8 and 401FSB. We'll see.
Edit: Tried 401x8, didn't boot first time. Second it booted so went back into bios and set 299x8. Booted first time. This is odd.
 
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Happy I hit 3ghz, seems very volt hungry (1.375v) but I think it's the board. Currently only 20 minutes Orthos stable, but I'll go for the overnight tonight.
 
I thought I would share with you my experience of clocking my E2180 as it might be of interest. Initially I needed 1.425v to get stable at 3Ghz, which gave temps in the mid 60s under load. I then decided to burn in at a high voltage, 1.55v, and was able to run at 3.6ghz. I ran it overnight under prime and it was stable, although pretty toasty, hitting 74 at times.

I then went back to running at 3ghz to see if i could achieve stability with lower volts. In fact, I was able to run at 1.3v in the bios. I am now running 3.2 with 1.35v. I have been priming for 4 hours and temps have not gone above 60 degrees.

This may be a one off but I had heard about the benefits of "burning in" a cpu but this is the first time I have observed it.
 
iKettles, tomshardware and I personally had to put it over 1.5v vcore to get it stable at 3.2Ghz so it's not really strange that you can't get it working at 1.375? :) There is a big vcore increase between 3.0Ghz and 3.2Ghz it seems... I'm using a scythe infinity aswell btw! Do you sometimes have the feeling it is so big that it is pulling to hard on downwards because of mavity?
 
Vir said:
iKettles, tomshardware and I personally had to put it over 1.5v vcore to get it stable at 3.2Ghz so it's not really strange that you can't get it working at 1.375? :) There is a big vcore increase between 3.0Ghz and 3.2Ghz it seems... I'm using a scythe infinity aswell btw! Do you sometimes have the feeling it is so big that it is pulling to hard on downwards because of mavity?
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What sort of temps are you getting with 1.5v going through your chip?

Idle and load pls ;)

SW.
 
Vir said:
tomshardware and I personally had to put it over 1.5v vcore to get it stable at 3.2Ghz so it's not really strange that you can't get it working at 1.375? :) There is a big vcore increase between 3.0Ghz and 3.2Ghz it seems...
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I think it's strange? I got mine running at 3000MHz using 1.325vCore and 3200MHz using 1.40vCore. Either the earlier batch of chips were better than the recent ones or maybe you need to tweak something?
 
kvfb97 said:
better for clocking?
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Depends what FSB you can get out of your mobo? 400MHz-FSB will get you 3200MHz from a E2140 and 3600MHz from an E2160 (if the chips can take it that is).

It's mainly the higher multi that you are paying for with the E2180 (and the higher stock speed of course).
 
Well, what is the best motherboard of high FSB? I'm planning on getting the Asus P5K-e with Wifi (I need wifi).
 
Vir said:
iKettles, tomshardware and I personally had to put it over 1.5v vcore to get it stable at 3.2Ghz so it's not really strange that you can't get it working at 1.375? :) There is a big vcore increase between 3.0Ghz and 3.2Ghz it seems... I'm using a scythe infinity aswell btw! Do you sometimes have the feeling it is so big that it is pulling to hard on downwards because of mavity?
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I'm trying to get 3ghz on 1.375. And yeah I feel that it's a bit heavy, but as long as your motherboard has a strong enough backplate it should be fine. They do a lot of testing. I'm considering dual fanning it soon so will probably support it with some cable ties.
 
Im at 3ghz with 1.345vcore, with that mobo and my newer Abit IP35-E

Now at 3.2ghz with 1.445v

WHat mobo/ram combo were u using Wayne?
 
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Hi guys,

ive just bought a e2160 + freezer pro 7 setup and have it clocked at 2.7. Its currently 47C idle and 61C full load. How do I set the fan so its kicking in at 100% at a lower temp than the 66C stated using easy tune 5 without actually having to have that program running in the background? can you do this in the bios?

cheers
 
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