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***The Official E4300 Overclocking Thread***

OC_A64 said:
Might as well get the 6300 then surely?
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Indeed my thoughts also. If you're in a hurry to build something quick then I'd go E6300 and follow the tried and tested route.

If however you have more hardware than b n q then you have the luxury to wait it out ;)
 
well i must say that the asus p5n-e sli motherboard is the worst you can get out there

first of all the bios is knackered so is 1 of the revisions then if you want the decent revision to work you have to flash it then reset the cmos after flashing

this motherboard wont work with 4 gigs of ram even at stock, sometimes it wont work with 2 gigs of ram even at stock, ive finally managed after over 24 hours to get it working with 3 gigs of ram, im now going to flash bios to latest version then i have to reset cmos then i have to mess about with all of the settings whilst i have 1 gig of ram in it to get it to work with 3 gigs of ram, i will then have to mess about more with the new revision and hopefully it might even post with 4 gigs of ram, i cant believe at stock it wont post with 4 gigs of ram, sometimes doesnt even post with 1 stick ive tried lots of different combos and i have came to the conclusion that this mobo sucks and also 1 of my sticks of ram might be knackered

all attempts to overclock have been denied i did get it to 3ghz with ease but with only 1 stick of ram, im gonna leave the e4300 at stock until a decent bios is made for this mobo, if you dont believe me head over to the asus support forums that are directly related to this mobo, there are a few problems with it, dont use the yellow slots for your ram apparently the black slots work a lot better, my total overclock was 3ghz with 1 stick of ram, ive spent 24 hours with my mobo not even posting, asus better release a new bios within then next month or else im buying a ds3 or i might just splash out and get a top of the range mobo at least they should work with 4 sticks of ram
 
Psycho Sonny said:
well i must say that the asus p5n-e sli motherboard is the worst you can get out there
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Eh? Compared to what?

Psycho Sonny said:
first of all the bios is knackered so is 1 of the revisions then if you want the decent revision to work you have to flash it then reset the cmos after flashing
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There is only one version of the BIOS. It's 0202 and it's VERY stable. Which revised BIOS are you talking about? Where did you source it and when?

Psycho Sonny said:
this motherboard wont work with 4 gigs of ram even at stock, sometimes it wont work with 2 gigs of ram even at stock, ive finally managed after over 24 hours to get it working with 3 gigs of ram, im now going to flash bios to latest version then i have to reset cmos then i have to mess about with all of the settings whilst i have 1 gig of ram in it to get it to work with 3 gigs of ram, i will then have to mess about more with the new revision and hopefully it might even post with 4 gigs of ram, i cant believe at stock it wont post with 4 gigs of ram, sometimes doesnt even post with 1 stick ive tried lots of different combos and i have came to the conclusion that this mobo sucks and also 1 of my sticks of ram might be knackered
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What RAM do you have? None of the NVidia 6x0 boards will run 4 sticks of RAM at more than 667MHz. It's a limitation of the chipset and it's been reported in several threads on these forums.

Psycho Sonny said:
all attempts to overclock have been denied i did get it to 3ghz with ease but with only 1 stick of ram, im gonna leave the e4300 at stock until a decent bios is made for this mobo, if you dont believe me head over to the asus support forums that are directly related to this mobo, there are a few problems with it, dont use the yellow slots for your ram apparently the black slots work a lot better, my total overclock was 3ghz with 1 stick of ram, ive spent 24 hours with my mobo not even posting, asus better release a new bios within then next month or else im buying a ds3 or i might just splash out and get a top of the range mobo at least they should work with 4 sticks of ram
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OK - so it's also possible that your RAM is fubar'd? Do you want to make a new thread in motherboards and I can take you through some basic diagnostics and suggest some settings to get you a decent overclock?

You can **** the board off if you like, but it all sounds a bit odd given that everyone else who has one of these on here is doing OK with them.

See you over in motherboards in 5 minutes? I'll get the coffee on ;)
 
I take the BIOS bit back - there is a new BIOS 0401, but it only changes the S3 resume time and the copyright date, so it shouldn't be a big issue. That said, I see no reason to update my BIOS as it's not giving me any issues.
 
WJA96 said:
I take the BIOS bit back - there is a new BIOS 0401, but it only changes the S3 resume time and the copyright date, so it shouldn't be a big issue. That said, I see no reason to update my BIOS as it's not giving me any issues.
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what about the 0307 bios they put it up on their website but then pulled it because its fubar'ed check on the asus forums their official forums
 
WJA96 said:
What RAM do you have? None of the NVidia 6x0 boards will run 4 sticks of RAM at more than 667MHz. It's a limitation of the chipset and it's been reported in several threads on these forums.
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i have corsair dominator 6400

what 775 mobo will run 4 sticks of ram at 800mhz?
 
WJA96 said:
What RAM do you have? None of the NVidia 6x0 boards will run 4 sticks of RAM at more than 667MHz. It's a limitation of the chipset and it's been reported in several threads on these forums.
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what are the exact settings i need for it to run at this speed? the bottom speed in the bios will have to be 667? therefore my highest overclock would be 333 x 9 = 3ghz but my ram would be running 133mhz below stock, so i need a new mobo then one that will make 4 sticks run at 800mhz
 
Psycho Sonny said:
what are the exact settings i need for it to run at this speed? the bottom speed in the bios will have to be 667? therefore my highest overclock would be 333 x 9 = 3ghz but my ram would be running 133mhz below stock, so i need a new mobo then one that will make 4 sticks run at 800mhz
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No, in unlinked mode the RAM can run at anything you like - it's independent of the CPU speed.

Before you apply these settings, reset the CMOS so we are working from a common base (F5 reloads the defaults without upsetting your time settings)

I would also suggest before you try anything you determine whether or not your RAM is dodgy. What RAM are you using?

I use these settings for an E6600 (9x multiplier);

In the Advanced Menu go to;

CPU Configuration
Set CPU Internal Thermal Control to [AUTO]
Everything else except Execute Disable Bit should be set to [DISABLED]

Chipset
Leave all the memory timings on AUTO until you have got the CPU overclock sorted out

Spread Spectrum Control
Work your way through the menus and disable everything

SLI Broadcast Aperture
Leave this at Disabled

LDT Frequency
Leave this at 5x

Onboard Devices Configuration
Turn off the JMicron SATA controller

In USB Configuration
USB Legacy Support [DISABLED]

Then back up to JumperFree Configuration

AI Tuning
Set this to [Manual]

System Clocks - PCIe
Leave this at 100 for stability or upto 125 if you like your graphics as fast as possible

Voltage Control
Set the VCore voltage to 1.4
Set the VCore Offset Voltage to +100mV
Set the Memory Voltage to [2.259] - This shouldbe fine for the Corsair Dominator
Set the NB Core Voltage to [1.563]

Reboot and re-enter the BIOS

Then go to the CPU and RAM FSB
Select unlinked
Adjust only the CPU at the moment
Start at 1200, then work upwards to 1500 in jumps of 48 FSB Reboot at each stage.

When you reach 1500 do a system stability test with Orthos. At this point you will want to work with the RAM - come back when you have the CPU stable at 1500 and we can discuss options
 
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Psycho Sonny said:
what about the 0307 bios they put it up on their website but then pulled it because its fubar'ed check on the asus forums their official forums
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I have check the ASUS forums but there isn't the gigantic hullaballo you're making out. I suspect no-one was checking for a BIOS upgrade because the 0202 is fine. I would stick with 0202 at the moment.
 
WJA96 said:
No, in unlinked mode the RAM can run at anything you like - it's independent of the CPU speed.

Before you apply these settings, reset the CMOS so we are working from a common base (F5 reloads the defaults without upsetting your time settings)

I would also suggest before you try anything you determine whether or not your RAM is dodgy. What RAM are you using?

I use these settings for an E6600 (9x multiplier);

In the Advanced Menu go to;

CPU Configuration
Set CPU Internal Thermal Control to [AUTO]
Everything else except Execute Disable Bit should be set to [DISABLED]

Chipset
Leave all the memory timings on AUTO until you have got the CPU overclock sorted out

Spread Spectrum Control
Work your way through the menus and disable everything

SLI Broadcast Aperture
Leave this at Disabled

LDT Frequency
Leave this at 5x

Onboard Devices Configuration
Turn off the JMicron SATA controller

In USB Configuration
USB Legacy Support [DISABLED]

Then back up to JumperFree Configuration

AI Tuning
Set this to [Manual]

System Clocks - PCIe
Leave this at 100 for stability or upto 125 if you like your graphics as fast as possible

Voltage Control
Set the VCore voltage to 1.4
Set the VCore Offset Voltage to +100mV
Set the Memory Voltage to [2.259]
Set the NB Core Voltage to [1.563]

Reboot and re-enter the BIOS

Then go to the CPU and RAM FSB
Select unlinked
Adjust only the CPU at the moment
Start at 1200, then work upwards to 1500 in jumps of 48 FSB Reboot at each stage.

When you reach 1500 do a system stability test with Orthos. At this point you will want to work with the RAM - come back when you have the CPU stable at 1500 and we can discuss options
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well i just jumped in and i got 9 x 333 working and im on 3ghz with 3 sticks of ram shall i try booting with 4 sticks of ram? or shall i do a stability test first?
 
Psycho Sonny said:
well i just jumped in and i got 9 x 333 working and im on 3ghz with 3 sticks of ram shall i try booting with 4 sticks of ram? or shall i do a stability test first?
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ROFL - Try it with 4 sticks of RAM - had you increased the RAM voltage before?
 
Big.Wayne said:
What is this thread about? :)
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I'm sorry - I did try and get him to make a new thread in Motherboards, but he just continued to post here. I'll stop posting here about this. Except we've now published the basic settings required to overclock an E4300 on an ASUS P5N-E SLi ;)
 
WJA96 said:
ROFL - Try it with 4 sticks of RAM - had you increased the RAM voltage before?
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yeah increased before i aint no noob, i got 2 fans facing the northbridge and a fan on top of the ram facing down, i got i think 11 fans in my system cooling everything down so i know i can mess about with high voltages
 
Sorry - but Big.Wayne wants the thread back on track so I can't ask you if it booted with 4 sticks in it, can I? New thread in Motherboards?
 
WJA96 said:
I'm sorry
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Don't be sorry, its hilarious! :D

Well if anyone came here to learn more about the e4300 at least they know where to host their images, how to take a real voltage readings from their mobo and how to tweak their systems to run 4gig of ram, haha come on guys lets see some more e4300 results :p
 
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