***The Official E4300 Overclocking Thread***

[xsnv]

Phew...finally priming at 3.6ghz. the vdroop on this board is horrendous. It drops by about 0.1!!v...will let you know how i get on.

I think i'm just unlucky. Prime runs fine at 1.475 in the bios till vdroop kicks in and the vcore drops to 1.4v at which point prime promptly fails.

Any ideas?

 

[Cairnsey]

Is that 3.4ghz @ 1.35v orthos stable?

If so let me know the batch...

EDIT:


Please only post screenies of orthos stable clocks....As booting into windows on low vcore DOES not mean a successful overclock.

Why did you emphasise the word "does" instead of "not"

 

[xsnv]

Hmm...this board is much worse than the abit. The vdroop is really killing me. Prime runs fine till *** vcore drops below 1.43v which happens after exactly 2mins. If i raise the voltage higher it runs for longer till the vcore gets to 1.44ish

 

[easyrider]

Hmm...this board is much worse than the abit. The vdroop is really killing me. Prime runs fine till *** vcore drops below 1.43v which happens after exactly 2mins. If i raise the voltage higher it runs for longer till the vcore gets to 1.44ish

Get 3.5ghz stable


before you say better m8


thanks

 

[easyrider]

Why did you emphasise the word "does" instead of "not"

You got it..

congrats..


this thread is about stable clocks on 4300 that can help people in the forum.

not come shots of clocks at post

 

[SidewinderINC]

Cheers Psycho,

I've checked all the wires they were definitely all in. I've checked it wasn't the memory sticks (tried them individually) definitely looks like an RMA on the mobo.

Ah well, back tot he old opteron for the while. Got to say the antec 900 is lovely. It took the temperatures down by 7 - 10 degrees on the opty set up and 1950xt!

here's a strange question... have you tried it outside of the case?

as in just sitting on its box with everything plugged into it etc etc...
i thought i had a borked mobo, took it back and got a replacement and then the same thing happened to the 2nd board...
so i took it out of the case and then i tried a different PSU and it worked!

tried my own PSU on it out of the case and it still works, awaiting a new case at the moment lol.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

hey guys...my abit decided to die on me so ordered a 650i. It had a solid 379fsb limit anyway.

I've managed to get my 4300 to 3.6ghz with 1.45vcore in bios but it's not stable yet. I think it's my memory because all the advanced mem timmings are on auto.

Whats *** best way to run the mem? linked/unlinked ?

Thanks

Screenies comming soon...hopefully

ive got 3 gigs of ram currently - waiting on the other gig to be rma'd and i cannot run the ram unlinked,can you guys post the exact settings you are using for everything? i would like to know what volts you are putting through the northbridge, your vcore, if that vdrop is set to +100mv or auto, what speed your ram is set to, linked or unlinked, whats the ratio and your cpu fsb, also any other setting that may be useful, for some reason 3 ghz is my highest overclock

 

[easyrider]

Phew...finally priming at 3.6ghz. the vdroop on this board is horrendous. It drops by about 0.1!!v...will let you know how i get on.

I think i'm just unlucky. Prime runs fine at 1.475 in the bios till vdroop kicks in and the vcore drops to 1.4v at which point prime promptly fails.

Any ideas?

Worked out how to do a screen shot yet?

I can't wait for 3.6ghz orthos stable.


Do you actually know what vdroop is?

Vdroop does not just kick in...

Prime fails cause its a failed clock.

You xsnv are destroying this thread.

 

[OC_A64]

You xsnv are destroying this thread.

**TIP** Rather than slagging him off, why not help him out? Tell him where he's going wrong etc. It helps you understand (trust me, helping others DOES help you understand) and it helps him out.

The "extra" vdroop's probably caused by heavier load on the CPU. Basically if its not stable when the droop's at it's worst, you have 2 options. Firstly back off the OC to a point where its stable or secondly bump up the voltage and take the hit on lower load/idle temps. You're not running massive volts, so personally I'd go for #2 assuming your temps are decent (ie under ~ 55 or so load)

 

[WJA96]

Well, I can see two sides on this one - this is the E4300 overclocking thread and I do think motherboard specific issues should be taken to new threads in the motherboards section, but on the other hand I was the first one trying to improve PsychoSonny's overclock.

I do think the optimum solution is to take the 650i related questions to the 650i thread in motherboards so it's all contained there, and then cme back and publish the top overclocks once the issues are resolved.

I haven't had a problem with the VDroop since I started using the +100mV option. If anything, the VDroop goes away once you start to approach 1.45V.

I'm beginning to wonder if publishing settings ios a good idea as people seem to be getting the impression that they should be able to type in a given set of settings and reboot with an identical overclock and it just isn't like that. You always seem to have to feel your way into an overclock.

 

[Kaiju]

I'm beginning to wonder if publishing settings ios a good idea as people seem to be getting the impression that they should be able to type in a given set of settings and reboot with an identical overclock and it just isn't like that. You always seem to have to feel your way into an overclock.

You heard the man!

 

[WJA96]

ive got 3 gigs of ram currently - waiting on the other gig to be rma'd and i cannot run the ram unlinked,can you guys post the exact settings you are using for everything? i would like to know what volts you are putting through the northbridge, your vcore, if that vdrop is set to +100mv or auto, what speed your ram is set to, linked or unlinked, whats the ratio and your cpu fsb, also any other setting that may be useful, for some reason 3 ghz is my highest overclock

I sympathise that one of your RAM sticks is duff, but you'd be better sending them both back as they should be supplied as a matched pair. You were advised to take out one stick as it would give you a better chance to replicate other overclocks in a more 'normal' system.

I gave you my settings and after about 30 minutes said you were happy with 3GHz. You're obviously not so why not try something esle? Dropping the multiplier to 8 and building up the FSB again from 1200? I really cannot emphasise enough how important it is to take your time and work up to an overclock. It makes no sense that you have to warm the system up' but it does seem to be the case.

If you can only run in linked mode (and that makes no sense) then do please run in "Sync Mode" as anything esle will be overclocking your RAM I really do recommend that you start a new thread in motherboards wheer lots more people will look and try to help.

 

[FUNTY]

Received my order yesterday.

E4300
Gigabyte GA965P DS3
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB

No problems with the build. Sweet as a nut. Here is the situation at present.



Its running nice & stable @ 3ghz which i am very pleased with. Will push it some more this afternnon and post results.

 

[Goody_GTI]

Received my order yesterday.

E4300
Gigabyte GA965P DS3
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB

No problems with the build. Sweet as a nut. Here is the situation at present.

Snip...

Its running nice & stable @ 3ghz which i am very pleased with. Will push it some more this afternnon and post results.

Excellent somebody with the same spec as me, keep us updated i am very interested what the E4300 will max out at with this setup.

Also where did you get the E4300 from, OcUk or not? p.s just not will do if it wasn't OcUk, not trying to get you banned lol

 

[xsnv]

lol...i'm not overclocking to gain bragging rights! If you don't believe me then fine. I havn't got wireless drivers for vista yet and for some reason I can't upload any pictures on my laptop for some reason. All the hosting sites just don't work.

I've managed to get it at 3.6ghz overnight. Prime ran for 8hrs but as soon as i stopped it I got the bsod.

that was with 1.55v btw. I'm not sure what vdroop is tbh. I however notice that as soon as I start prime the vcore starts dropping till it's below 1.43v which is the exact point it fails prime

I left it at 1.55v and when I got up it was at 1.48v (using asus probe). It's not stable yet but i have a feeling it's not the cpu. The auto ram timmings on this mobo are apparently really tight so i'm gonna look for decent manual ones.

I will try and sort out those screenies though...

EDIT: What program can i use to monitor temps in vista?

 

[joeyjojo]

Doesn't bode well for the asus 650i, looked like a nice mobo :/

 

[Subliminal Aura]

lol...i'm not overclocking to gain bragging rights! If you don't believe me then fine. I havn't got wireless drivers for vista yet and for some reason I can't upload any pictures on my laptop for some reason. All the hosting sites just don't work.

Yup thats a typical sign of an UNSTABLE system (ie ethernet loss/not working or packet loss/slow when it does). If you cant use your system then whats the point of the overclock indeed.

Come on mate try to get it stable otherwise leave it to the pros.

 

[easyrider]

lol...i'm not overclocking to gain bragging rights! If you don't believe me then fine. I havn't got wireless drivers for vista yet and for some reason I can't upload any pictures on my laptop for some reason. All the hosting sites just don't work.?

If you can post here then you can get to photobucket.com

I've managed to get it at 3.6ghz overnight. Prime ran for 8hrs but as soon as i stopped it I got the bsod.

that was with 1.55v btw. I'm not sure what vdroop is tbh. I however notice that as soon as I start prime the vcore starts dropping till it's below 1.43v which is the exact point it fails prime?

You just said it passed? You use the term Vdroop throughout your posts and now say you dont know what it is?

I left it at 1.55v and when I got up it was at 1.48v (using asus probe). It's not stable yet but i have a feeling it's not the cpu. The auto ram timmings on this mobo are apparently really tight so i'm gonna look for decent manual ones.?

You say its not stable yet? But yet it passes prime for 8 HRS? Just slacken the timings thats it. Max out the cpu first

I will try and sort out those screenies though...

EDIT: What program can i use to monitor temps in vista?

Well its not hard TBH.

 

[easyrider]

Received my order yesterday.

E4300
Gigabyte GA965P DS3
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz
Connect3D ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 256MB

No problems with the build. Sweet as a nut. Here is the situation at present.



Its running nice & stable @ 3ghz which i am very pleased with. Will push it some more this afternnon and post results.

Nice clock for you...And nice screen shot of stability well done mate.

 

[Alex R]

here's a strange question... have you tried it outside of the case?

as in just sitting on its box with everything plugged into it etc etc...
i thought i had a borked mobo, took it back and got a replacement and then the same thing happened to the 2nd board...
so i took it out of the case and then i tried a different PSU and it worked!

tried my own PSU on it out of the case and it still works, awaiting a new case at the moment lol.

Tried it outside of the case as well. Can't remmeber if my psu was in the case, out of the case or which case it was in! Are you suggesting some kind of psu/mobo/case interference that affects the gpu?