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***The Official E4300 Overclocking Thread***
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yeah i know. funny thing was it passed prime for 8hrs then as soon as i touched it restarted so i don't think it was stable at that anyway.
my guess is the 4000 series wasn't designed with high clock speeds in mind (though 3.2ghz is still a decent overclock.)
If you think about it even 6300's started life as potential x6800's so they're made from similar silicone...just speed binned depending on how well they run or consumer demand.
the 4000 series though was never desinged with 3ghz in mine and as such intel probably didn't use "as high quality silicone" if you catch my drift.
***just my thoughts***
my guess is the 4000 series wasn't designed with high clock speeds in mind (though 3.2ghz is still a decent overclock.)
If you think about it even 6300's started life as potential x6800's so they're made from similar silicone...just speed binned depending on how well they run or consumer demand.
the 4000 series though was never desinged with 3ghz in mine and as such intel probably didn't use "as high quality silicone" if you catch my drift.
***just my thoughts***
The 4300 is a fantastic cpu for limited mobos and cheap bang for buck systems
However the 6000 series still gets my vote.
I have a 6400 here that I installed earlier this evening an its @ 3.7ghz @1.55v running orthos 2hrs in
However the 6000 series still gets my vote.
I have a 6400 here that I installed earlier this evening an its @ 3.7ghz @1.55v running orthos 2hrs in
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I agree.
Theres only a fiver difference in prices and I would choose a E6300, which can give you a little more overclocking ability.
Its early days though on the E4300 front so it cant be wrote off just yet.
Anyway easyrider, how many bloody C2D's you got ?
Theres only a fiver difference in prices and I would choose a E6300, which can give you a little more overclocking ability.
Its early days though on the E4300 front so it cant be wrote off just yet.
Anyway easyrider, how many bloody C2D's you got ?
Hehe... some
Low end C2D + high clocking fsb board + phase = Fun
Ive always liked, buying a lower end cpu and clocking the living daylights out of it.
To me its much better than getting a more expensive cpu clocking it a little (500MHz etc) and be done with it.
Low end C2D + high clocking fsb board + phase = Fun
Ive always liked, buying a lower end cpu and clocking the living daylights out of it.
To me its much better than getting a more expensive cpu clocking it a little (500MHz etc) and be done with it.
easyrider said:Well to be honest I'm a bit shocked about this 6400
I never would have thought that 3.7ghz was on the cards....60c full load too
I mean I only ran my 6600 at 3.6ghz
This 6400 only cost me 120 quid
Nice one......hope my new E6400 plays fair too.
easyrider said:Well to be honest I'm a bit shocked about this 6400
I never would have thought that 3.7ghz was on the cards....60c full load too
I mean I only ran my 6600 at 3.6ghz
This 6400 only cost me 120 quid
Yer just plain jammy!
Looks to be a corker so far.got a 6400 here (29B), not a great one, 1.5v to do 3.5ish stable-ish! 60+'C @ 3.7 just ran TAT for 5secs and it was reset time ok at 3.2 though stock volts.
pfft gone back to my 6300 (28A) @3.2 default volts as its way coolerSteves_pc said:Yer just plain jammy!
got a 6400 here (29B), not a great one, 1.5v to do 3.5ish stable-ish! 60+'C @ 3.7 just ran TAT for 5secs and it was reset time ok at 3.2 though stock volts.
7rhs and counting
this chip is something else
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easyrider said:Well to be honest I'm a bit shocked about this 6400
I never would have thought that 3.7ghz was on the cards....60c full load too
I mean I only ran my 6600 at 3.6ghz
This 6400 only cost me 120 quid
You didn't happen to get it off a popular auction site mate?
This isn't the e6400 overclocking thread, this isn't the quad-core overclocking thread, its meant to be the e4300 overclocking thread?
try and stay on topic peeps, its makes the thread a lot easier to read in the near future (as anyone will know who has waded through a thread 50-200 pages long).
Doesn't seem like anyone is bothering to post up their Orthos Screenies? To those of you that have, thanks a lot it helps, to those of you who just blab without posting anything concrete, your not helping.
To anyone that is reading and wondering the e4300 is for them (vs other cpus) I would say that overclocking this thing to 3GHz is a 99.99999999% certainty and it will go a bit higher if you pay attention to your cooling. At the current price the e4300 is not killer but in the near future it should have a price-drop . . . If it was £80-£85 I think the choice would be sooo much easier.
I'm suprised no-one has posted a stable 12 Hour screenie above 3.3GHz? I know some of you have great cooling?
try and stay on topic peeps, its makes the thread a lot easier to read in the near future (as anyone will know who has waded through a thread 50-200 pages long).
Doesn't seem like anyone is bothering to post up their Orthos Screenies? To those of you that have, thanks a lot it helps, to those of you who just blab without posting anything concrete, your not helping.
To anyone that is reading and wondering the e4300 is for them (vs other cpus) I would say that overclocking this thing to 3GHz is a 99.99999999% certainty and it will go a bit higher if you pay attention to your cooling. At the current price the e4300 is not killer but in the near future it should have a price-drop . . . If it was £80-£85 I think the choice would be sooo much easier.
I'm suprised no-one has posted a stable 12 Hour screenie above 3.3GHz? I know some of you have great cooling?
Received my stuff today
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC)
and managed http://www.teamaux.co.uk/personal/core2_3.jpg
Stock cooling so temps are quite high but that will be sorted soon enough. One of the easiest motherboards i've ever used to be fair. Havent really had chance to test it fully but a few games of CSS and COH and its been fine so far
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC)
and managed http://www.teamaux.co.uk/personal/core2_3.jpg
Stock cooling so temps are quite high but that will be sorted soon enough. One of the easiest motherboards i've ever used to be fair. Havent really had chance to test it fully but a few games of CSS and COH and its been fine so far
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Impressive stuff Big.wayne, if you were to write up a brief guide on overclocking an E4300, im sure it would be a ripping read
(.... i bought an E4300 recently and havent a clue on how to start overclocking - particularly regarding how RAM speed affects things etc - would like to see how far i can get using the stock cooler.)
(.... i bought an E4300 recently and havent a clue on how to start overclocking - particularly regarding how RAM speed affects things etc - would like to see how far i can get using the stock cooler.)
How fast are these going on stock voltages? if i'm gonna go the ASrock route I'll be stuck with stock voltages and only be able to hit a max off 2.7Ghz with this processor or 3.0Ghz on a E4400 assuming ether is stable at stock votages
I'm looking at he cheep way to get some more CPU power for watching watching BBCHD and SKYHD on my PC with a DVB-S2 card, over my nf2 setup tilli can afford to get a new GFX card and ddr2 ram.
I'm looking at he cheep way to get some more CPU power for watching watching BBCHD and SKYHD on my PC with a DVB-S2 card, over my nf2 setup tilli can afford to get a new GFX card and ddr2 ram.
Ragnarok said:
Here is my story.
My old system:
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6800GT
1GB ram
My main reason for upgrading was that when I was viewing 1080p material, with extra post-processing, I was getting 100% cpu usage and stuttering. When I applied some post processing to the video, at times, the video would become totally unviewable due to so many dropped frames. To solve this I upgraded to:
Asus p5B-e plus
e6600
2GB ram
7900GS
Now, when I underclocked this system down to 1.2ghz, I was getting about 70% cpu usage (when viewing the same videos, with post processing, that I had problems with on my old system) and no stuttering.
From this I can tell you that the C2D cpus are miles ahead when it comes to effeciency and even at default speeds, you should notice a huge difference. Im willing to bet that a E4300 at default speed would run your HD videos fine. The obvious problem would be that your motherboard chipset is different and we dont know how much of a peformance hit you will get in comparison to the 965p chipset that my motherboard has. Also, my new video card is able to accelerate these HD videos, so that is also assisting, where the old video card was not.
Can you not get a E6300? It doesnt cost that much more than the E4300.
e4300 = high multipliers. I wanna see how far i can go on a budget. Aparenty the via chipset while not as good as the intel on, it's not massivly worse and a huge improvement over my NF2 setup.
My NF2 setup does play h.264 .ts's, just not smothly, the C2D i doubt will have any problems.
There's no other way to use DDR ram and an AGP gfx card.
I see the Asrock as a throw away board. It'll get me through untill I can get a pci-e graphic card and ddr2 memory ready for i965 or 975x, or whatever might appear later on this year.
With no v-core or multiplier adjustment i wanted to know what sort of clock these chips might achieve on on stock volts. Plus C2D's are soo dammed effient it should be posable to clock it quite high before the need to hike up the voltage it should stay cool enough to cool it silently.
My NF2 setup does play h.264 .ts's, just not smothly, the C2D i doubt will have any problems.
There's no other way to use DDR ram and an AGP gfx card.
I see the Asrock as a throw away board. It'll get me through untill I can get a pci-e graphic card and ddr2 memory ready for i965 or 975x, or whatever might appear later on this year.
With no v-core or multiplier adjustment i wanted to know what sort of clock these chips might achieve on on stock volts. Plus C2D's are soo dammed effient it should be posable to clock it quite high before the need to hike up the voltage it should stay cool enough to cool it silently.
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