***The Official E4300 Overclocking Thread***

[SidewinderINC]

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?

not the GPU specifically, but my problem was it wasnt giving any beeps and was just spinning the fans/hard drive/CD drive up. and thats all i'd get. even if i took out different components it wouldnt give any beeps.

out of the case it works 100% fine - has been since wednesday

 

[Alex R]

Well, I've got a RMA and wil be posting it off on Monday. I'll wait and see, thanks anyway.

Hopefully I'll be able to post some e4300 oc'ing results soon

 

[xsnv]

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.

Wow, all this attitude. I never claimed to be a PRO overclocker. Everything I know about pc's i've learnt on this very forum. All i was doing was , to the best of my abilities, giving an account of my overclocking experience. You know what i'l just as you put it "leave it to the pros".

I know how to upload images but they don't work on my LAPTOP for some reason. I cant on my pc because Dlink havn't released vista drivers. If you want them that bad i'l send em via email.

Regarding the overnight prime at 3.6ghz. It ran fine but when i stopped it the pc crashed and i got the bsod. I'm guessing that means it wasn't stable. I was running the cpu stress test so it could have been the ram or mobo.

I'm currently sitting pretty at 3.4ghz with 1.375vcore. Running prime as we speak.

That's me bowing out and leaving it "to the pros"

 

[easyrider]

I'm currently sitting pretty at 3.4ghz with 1.375vcore. Running prime as we speak.

Email me a screenie please of this... (address in trust)

Also whats the batch number on the chip?

As there was no way I could run orthos stable at 3.4ghz @ 1.375v

If you are then I want one of those chips with the same batch.

 

[xsnv]

Sure...how long for?

I had one earlier in the thread at 1.35v for bout 14mins before i tried higher...

 

[easyrider]

Sure...how long for?

I had one earlier in the thread at 1.35v for bout 14mins before i tried higher...

8hrs.

At 3.4ghz and 3.6ghz

have speedfan open too along with cpuz when you take the screenie.

Oh whats the batch number on the box?

 

[WJA96]

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

Don't you mean it doesn't bode well for the E4300?

There is no problem at all running high overclocks (3.4-3.6GHz stable) with the E6300, E6400 and E6600 on the P5N-E SLi. And the only DS3/E4300 clock we've seen so far is at 3GHz, which has been achieved on a P5N-E SLi as well. The best clock on the E4300 so far was Big.Wayne's on a P5B and to get that he was imitating a brass monkey to get his cooling optimised.

The problem isn't the motherboards, or even the processors - it's the almost impossible expectations that have been built up for these chips. The bottom line as far as I can see is that we're on page 13 and, as far as I can remember, we still don't have a proven 'normal' stable overclock over 3.0GHz except for Big.Wayne's. It's a good overclock, but you'd still take an E6300 over an E4300 given that at many etailers the price difference is about £3.

 

[easyrider]

we still don't have a proven 'normal' stable overclock over 3.0GHz except for Big.Wayne's.

Excuse me I guess you missed my 3.5ghz clock

His was only 3.3ghz which is easy to get stable.

 

[Kaiju]

*wonders how much more the E6320 will be*

 

[WJA96]

Excuse me I guess you missed my 3.5ghz clock

His was only 3.3ghz which is easy to get stable.

I do beg your pardon. I think I did did squeeze an 'as far as I can remember' in there just to cover myself but I do accept that you managed 3.5GHz on a 680i board, which is the best yet reported.

 

[WJA96]

*wonders how much more the E6320 will be*

Well, it will have to be less than an E6600 but more than an E6300 and there's no proof it will clock. Yet.

 

[megatron]

What is the Vcore limit on the P5n-e sli? Its pretty normal to have Vdroop (where the voltage to the CPU "droops" under load). I remember the NF2 boards where before DFI came along u would need 3 volt mods (vCore, vDimm & vdd) just to begin with.

Easy way to compensate for vdroop is to put the vcore up a bit more to begin with.

U should be able to get a few hundred Mhz overclock on stock, then up the vCore a little and get another 100Mhz or so; then u start to get diminishing returns for more voltage assuming you have a decent load temperature.

 

[Psycho Sonny]

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.

ive just been told by ocuk i have to send both ram sticks back, thing is though i thought all the memory was the exact same so i mixed up all 4 modules, well what do i do, do i send all 4 sticks back or just send 1 random stick back with the borked one, or is there anyway to tell the difference between 2 sets of sticks?

 

[WJA96]

I would send all 4 back and ask for 2 new sets. If you've mixed them up then you no longer have them paired anyway. They might have QA marks on them or something, but I doubt it.

 

[-Mike-]

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.

This thread is getting a little too handbag party for my liking. Good luck with your overclocks guys but CHILL OUT

 

[Subliminal Aura]

This thread is getting a little too handbag party for my liking. Good luck with your overclocks guys but CHILL OUT

Agreed thats why I didn't reply to his follow up. Yeh was a bit a bit harsh so sorry but lets please post screenies and not just beat round the bush.

I'm outa here.

 

[WJA96]

What is the Vcore limit on the P5n-e sli?

1.6V + 100mV over Voltage

Its pretty normal to have Vdroop (where the voltage to the CPU "droops" under load). I remember the NF2 boards where before DFI came along u would need 3 volt mods (vCore, vDimm & vdd) just to begin with.

All praise be to Oskar Wu who freed us from our silver trace pencils.

Easy way to compensate for vdroop is to put the vcore up a bit more to begin with.

Yes, with the handy 100mV over Voltage option that's in the BIOS.

 

[Big.Wayne]

Hi,

Can people posting their e4300 overclocks please include the batch codes from their cpu and their highest stable overclocks in the form of a 8-12 hour+ Orthos Screenie. . .

Also for fun I don't see any harm to include some Super-PI results from the highest possible overclock regardless of whether its dual-prime/Orthios stable or not (just make sure to mention the fact its wobby!).

Thanks

 

[Trusty]

Hey,

Just got mine up to 3.2Ghz. super PI was 19 secs but i make that quicker by tightening up my latencies. Gonna push for 3.4ghz but feel cooling is holding me back!

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Running 1.389 with +100v, anyone think this is too much voltage?? Load temps are around 67 so i guess its ok!

 

[Big.Wayne]

Hi Thermaltake,

looks good, have you got the stepping info/batch codes etc? Also what is TAT saying?