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

Got my E2160 up to 3GHz with a Tuniq tower keeping it all cool at 41 degrees when stressed.

CPU-Z says the voltage is only 1.264v which seems very low could not get above 3GHz without system restarting on its own.

Will up the volts and try again as I would like to see 3.2
 
I didn't make a note of my E2160's stepping (rookie mistake I know)

Is there any way I can find out without dismantling my box?
 
OK, this is getting confusing....

Set BIOS to 350*8 for 2.8Ghz
RAM 1:1, 5-5-5-15
CPU-Z reports these settings.
Core Temp reckons they are 394*8 = 3.15Ghz
Orthos also reckons what Core Temp does

Any ideas what's going on?
 
Cob said:
Messing with the multiplier confuses a lot of software.

Always go by CPU-Z.
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Cheers, and is it true that not having my windows power options set to 'minimal power management' might have hampered my clocking attempts?
 
Hi guys,

Got a E2180/P5K Premium/wifi currently at 3.1 (310 x 10). It needs 1.35v/1.325 (bios/cpuz) to get there and thats stable in orthos for at least 20 mins. temps get to 55.

I can get it stable at 3.2 (320x10 or 356x9), but it needs 1.45 volts to get there (1.42 shows in cpuz).

What's a safe maximum voltage I can put through this thing? My idle temps are low 30s if that means anything.

Any tips on how I can get further?

cheers
 
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hey guys. i so desperately want to OC this chip but she doesn't want to hit 3GHZ... at Vcore 1.4, and ram at 5-5-5-15, and 333mhz fsb she refused to finish Orthos and died in 4 hours something... i came back and rebooted... what do i have to do to get her to run??? she was so nippy at 3ghz... i think if this thing continues to happen, i will make a plan to return to AMD and just go with a Black Edition...
 
350x8 is fully orthos stable, so I would have thought that 350x9 or indeed 333x9 would work as they are equal to or less than that fsb.

Still no joy though, plenty of volts in the required places, ram timing loose, I don't know what else to do :(
 
Put together my first Intel system today spec as in sig:

2160 currently at 3.2 (8 x 400) prime stable but needs 1.475 in bios cant get it stable at 3.3 yet.

Temps are good and makes a nice change after using AMD for years

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In the BIOS i've got the volts to the cpu set to 1.39 but reports 1.344 under load in cpu-z, is that an acceptable droop? it's a 2180 running at 300x10 (3000)

/edit it even drops to 1.336

B@Th*nG
 
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-iceblade^ said:
hey guys. i so desperately want to OC this chip but she doesn't want to hit 3GHZ... at Vcore 1.4, and ram at 5-5-5-15, and 333mhz fsb she refused to finish Orthos and died in 4 hours something... i came back and rebooted... what do i have to do to get her to run??? she was so nippy at 3ghz... i think if this thing continues to happen, i will make a plan to return to AMD and just go with a Black Edition...
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I have it running @ same speeds. Try 1.425v and report back with the temperatures.
 
i hit it!!! Finally!!! after countless hours of testing and tweaking, she's stable @ 3ghz!

i accidentally closed Coretemp right before capping the screenie, but i figure she was @ load @ 55 C. right where i said my max would be...

mem@ 2v, auto timings and multiplier (800) Vcore @ 1.25, and FSB @ the magic 333!

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now we'll see just how powerful this thing REALLY is :P. thanks for the help, Megatron :)
 
I see from your cpu-z screen that there are some power saving settings on in the bios which would probably make it overall stable. Particularly the one which changes voltage.

There are 2 or 3 settings near each other in the bios, c1e and speed speed; turn them off and you're good to go.
 
Disable them when overclocking, but you can turn them back on when you've finished.

I have Speedstep and C1E enabled on my E2140 @3.45ghz without any isues.
 
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