Soldato
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General consensus on XS is the E2xxx chips typically wall @ ~ 430 FSB.
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***The Official E2140/E2160 Overclocking Thread***
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Soldato
Got mine last week, jumped straight into 375x8 for 3ghz, nice and stable on stock volts and was running at 46c at full load on Orthos.
It will run at 400x8 but it gets a bit too hot for my liking (heats the case up too much) and it needs a fair amount of voltage to keep it stable.
It will run at 400x8 but it gets a bit too hot for my liking (heats the case up too much) and it needs a fair amount of voltage to keep it stable.
meh, hasn't made any difference :/ cheers though!
i'm wondering if the heatsinks are on properly on the board. Do you guys recommend taking them off and arctic silvering them or just breaking the board and sending it back?
I've got it to 3ghz, with 900mhz ram at 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2, that's pretty good. but i'm gonna wanna keep this board right the way up to the quad cores etc... so i'd like to know i've got a good one :/ do any chips require 333mhz native FSB so i could perhaps return it saying it can't do that? (which it can't)
Also, what are the chances it's the PSU unable to cope? it's a 430w seasonic with a 7800gtx, 2gb ram, 1hdd and 1dvd-rw
B@Th*nG
i'm wondering if the heatsinks are on properly on the board. Do you guys recommend taking them off and arctic silvering them or just breaking the board and sending it back?
I've got it to 3ghz, with 900mhz ram at 4-4-4-12 @ 2.2, that's pretty good. but i'm gonna wanna keep this board right the way up to the quad cores etc... so i'd like to know i've got a good one :/ do any chips require 333mhz native FSB so i could perhaps return it saying it can't do that? (which it can't)
Also, what are the chances it's the PSU unable to cope? it's a 430w seasonic with a 7800gtx, 2gb ram, 1hdd and 1dvd-rw
B@Th*nG
Soldato
Maybe for an M0 but mines an L2. I think the wall might be a little lower for these. A few people in this thread have hit a wall around 400.
Either that or mine's pants!
Soldato
How do you mean too hot? If it'll do 375x8 with stock volts at 46c then it sounds like a chip that would do 3.4ghz without too much trouble?
Soldato
It doesn't take much to overheat the inside of a case that's got an overclocked C2D and 2 overclocked 3870's
Soldato
It doesn't take much to overheat the inside of a case that's got an overclocked C2D and 2 overclocked 3870's
You need to get wet then dude!
Soldato
You need to get wet then dude!
Done it before, not impressed. Too much hassle for minimum returns on dual gpu loops. I'm really not all that comfortable chucking out £150+ for a decent water system tbh.
Soldato
Shame, furry muff though.
I found that it allowed me to have all the components to be clocked as far as possible without having an adverse effect on the temp of other components.
I enjoyed setting it all up too, kind of like a hobby in itself.
I found that it allowed me to have all the components to be clocked as far as possible without having an adverse effect on the temp of other components.
I enjoyed setting it all up too, kind of like a hobby in itself.
Soldato
Nice chip, ruined by the FSB wall
Soldato
Still pretty good for an L2 though mate. 
What board's that on?
What board's that on?
Soldato
Yip I'm still very pleased. From looking through the thread there doesn't seem to be too many E2140's that can touch it. I'll have to get it Orthos stable tho.
It's on a Gigabyte P35 DS3P
It's on a Gigabyte P35 DS3P
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Pumped up the vCore to 1.5. Orthos sitting at 70C load (screenie taken after a very cold night), so I guess this is as far as I want to go. Pretty pleased as its an L2 chip.
Sorry about not quite making 8 hrs Orthos - I had a plane to catch!
Sorry about not quite making 8 hrs Orthos - I had a plane to catch!
Soldato
Good stuff Kirth. It's really only 1.44v anyway, as it's in windows is that matters.
Interesting that you get roughly the same temp in TAT as you do in core temp. Mine's 7c lower in TAT but it's the same chip.
Maybe cos it's a different mobo?
Interesting that you get roughly the same temp in TAT as you do in core temp. Mine's 7c lower in TAT but it's the same chip.
Maybe cos it's a different mobo?
Soldato
Got my E2140 fairly stable at 3.2ghz with 1.344v. It'll boot to windows, play games etc but it tends to crash when given 100% load for any amount of time. Temps are sticking around 58c when game loaded (supreme commander gives it a good thrashing 
) but I can't seem to get it Orthos stable for a proper stress and temp test
) but I can't seem to get it Orthos stable for a proper stress and temp test
Soldato
Got my E2140 fairly stable at 3.2ghz with 1.344v. It'll boot to windows, play games etc but it tends to crash when given 100% load for any amount of time. Temps are sticking around 58c when game loaded (supreme commander gives it a good thrashing
More vcore?
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116% overclock -
Thought I'd better get this up before my graphics card dies on me
Thought I'd better get this up before my graphics card dies on me
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Been slightly dissapointed with my E2140 after seeing all the good clocks here as the max stable Overclock I've been able to achieve is 2.9ghz (2.896.03mhz). 2.91-2.92 for the most part appear to be stable on my system and can occasionally pass a 6-8hours Blend test in orthos but at other times not even an hour. 2.93 and above all fail within 3 minutes no matter what voltages I use even with slack memory timings. I guess at least my temps are fairly good
Load Temps:
Idle Temps:
2.9Ghz 20 hour Orthos Blend Test
Load Temps:
Idle Temps:
2.9Ghz 20 hour Orthos Blend Test