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***The Official E4300 Overclocking Thread***

WJA96 said:
So from the above post it clocks as well as an E6600, but with half the cache. So we can expect about a 16-17 sec SuperPi. Why would anyone buy anything else. I really don't understand Intel's marketing.
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Yeah, I agree. However the majority of the chips that Intel sells will never even see a 1Mhz increase in FSB. :)
 
I am very much looking forward to this chip. For not much more than the cost of an FX-60, I can get this chip, and Asus P5N-e and a couple of gigs of PC6400 ram.

2-3 months ago if I'd wanted to go conroe I'd have had to give up SLi and fork out upwards of £400 to get a significant CPU speeds boost. Now I can keep SLi, get much better CPU performance and all for £350 or so.
 
- E4300/E6600
- 2GB Corsair Ram
- 8800GTS
- Asus P5W DH Deluxe

My fun rig, I'm just thinking if I should go with 6600 or 4300.
 
n00b question: when raising the FSB, do you have to alter the vcore in order for the chip to be stable. say you OC it from 1.8ghz to 2.6ghz. Would the vcore have to raised to stabilize it? and how do you determine the increments on the vcore?
 
paniK said:
n00b question: when raising the FSB, do you have to alter the vcore in order for the chip to be stable. say you OC it from 1.8ghz to 2.6ghz. Would the vcore have to raised to stabilize it? and how do you determine the increments on the vcore?
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Up to a certain aise in fsb you can leave the vcore at default, like me E6300 only needs default on 2.8GHz, but after a certain point you will have to, like when i had my E6300 clocked at 3 i needed to raise the vcore to 1.4.
 
paniK said:
thanks for the info. but what increments is it recommened to raise vcore by?
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If you've got good cooling you can just whack it up to your prefered max voltage, then increase the fsb until the chip or motherboard top out. Depends on your cooling, but 1.45, 1.5, 1.55? 1.6 if you're w3bbo on watercooling :p

Otherwise increase it by the smallest amount. Probably 0.025 volts.
 
Which motherboards will you lot be using for this OC? Will be interesting to see how it clocks on the cheaper boards - looks like it could be the best choice for people on a tight budget if it performs well.
 
Just wanted to say, can people be a little clearer when talking about vCore . . .

Some people will say "Stock Volts" or "Default vCore" etc but that isn't clear enough I feel. Leaving the vCore in BIOS on 'Auto' is not what I would call 'Stock'.

It would be helpful if people could refere to their cpu voltage settings like this:

  • vCore on Auto in Bios = Auto vCore
  • vCore set to recommend value in BIOS= Stock/Default vCore or 1.35v (for example)
  • vCore set to specific value in BIOS= Specific vCore, i.e: 1.4v or 1.5v, basically always quote the setting from the BIOS 'not' the voltage u are reading in windows (although its good to mention that as well (1.4vBIOS/1.35v Windows under load etc).

Ok as I have said that may as well mention something about temps
  • Never reference idle temps of your CPU 'without' referencing load temps. There is almost no reason ever to reference idle temps alone. So someone who knows whats up will refere to their temps like so CPU 33°C/45°C
  • The CPU temp in BIOS is not idle, its a semi idle/semi load temp, if u refere to this temp make it clear, i.e "I get 41°C cpu temp in BIOS"

So taking this all into account you can see the difference between the following statements:

"Woo Hoo got my CPU up to 3.2GHz using stock vCore and the temp is amazing omg 32°C"

"Wow I got my CPU up to 3.2GHz using just 1.35vCore, temps seem good also 32°C/48°C" :)

Lastly it doesn't do any harm to be a little descriptive about your set-up in terms of cooling . . . Is it on an open test bench?, is the case closed? (cover on), is the motherboard set-up next to an open window blowing cold air directly onto it? etc . . .
 
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What vcore means


the voltage you use to get your clock orthos stable........

air
water
phase



Thats it.

lets not complicate things :)



Just would like to add.

8hrs orthos would be a nice point to go on
 
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