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***The Official E4300 Overclocking Thread***

Hi all,

I just got my E4300 today and so far I am very impressed. I currently have it running at 2.4ghz (so E6600 territory) with a 1066 FSB. I know this isn't as high as most overclocks but considering I am on a dual Vsata (no voltage control for the cpu) with DDR ram its not too bad.

I am hoping for 2.6ghz although at the moment its fast enough.

Overall for the £80 outlay its not bad indeed and is has breathed new life into my pc.


One other thing I have noticed is I was playing the demo of 'the hell in vietnam' easrlier with my previous setup (celeron D356 @4ghz, 7600GT) and fraps was telling me I was barely achieving 25fps. Now with the new setup and at the cpu at only 2ghz I was achieving ~40fps with identical settings. Thats some jump and has taken it from being barely playable to completely playable for me. (although the game is naff its at least a commong ground to test both setups)

me = :D
 
oweneades said:
Hi all,

I just got my E4300 today and so far I am very impressed. I currently have it running at 2.4ghz (so E6600 territory) with a 1066 FSB. I know this isn't as high as most overclocks but considering I am on a dual Vsata (no voltage control for the cpu) with DDR ram its not too bad.

I am hoping for 2.6ghz although at the moment its fast enough.

Overall for the £80 outlay its not bad indeed and is has breathed new life into my pc.


One other thing I have noticed is I was playing the demo of 'the hell in vietnam' easrlier with my previous setup (celeron D356 @4ghz, 7600GT) and fraps was telling me I was barely achieving 25fps. Now with the new setup and at the cpu at only 2ghz I was achieving ~40fps with identical settings. Thats some jump and has taken it from being barely playable to completely playable for me. (although the game is naff its at least a commong ground to test both setups)

me = :D
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On stock volts I'm supprised your chip won't do more. There are hard mods you can do to increase the voltage but I don't think it's the chip that holds you back.
 
Chris Beard said:
On stock volts I'm supprised your chip won't do more. There are hard mods you can do to increase the voltage but I don't think it's the chip that holds you back.
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Sorry I didn't mention in my post but this is as far as I have gone so far. I havn't tried anything higher yet (than 2.4ghz) so there should be plenty more life left in the chip yet its just I don't need it to be any quicker at the moment.

Most reviews I have seen show a FSB max of 300 for my board so hopefully that should see me closing in on 2.7ghz. (Not bad as the board was only 30quid a while ago).
 
Right I've got my E4300 arriving along on Tuesday with the Mainboard and RAM in my sig.

Without having to search through all these pages for answers I thought I'd ask some questions here.

Anyone know any settings in the BIOS which I should look out for? For example, something might be on auto but I'd have to turn it off. I think you get the idea. And what's the max safe voltage?

When overclocking, what's the max temp idle and load for both cores that I should look out for? Also, what time in Orthos/Prime 95 is considered stable for this chip?

Obviously I'll be doing a re-install. Is it recommended to do the install first and then start messing with the OC, or is there a known "safe" OC that I could do so the install and other processes don't take as long? (ie 2.5 GHz) etc.

And anything else that's important that applies to the rig as a whole would be appreciated.
 
MilanoChris said:
Right I've got my E4300 arriving along on Tuesday with the Mainboard and RAM in my sig.

Without having to search through all these pages for answers I thought I'd ask some questions here.

Anyone know any settings in the BIOS which I should look out for? For example, something might be on auto but I'd have to turn it off. I think you get the idea. And what's the max safe voltage?

When overclocking, what's the max temp idle and load for both cores that I should look out for? Also, what time in Orthos/Prime 95 is considered stable for this chip?

Obviously I'll be doing a re-install. Is it recommended to do the install first and then start messing with the OC, or is there a known "safe" OC that I could do so the install and other processes don't take as long? (ie 2.5 GHz) etc.

And anything else that's important that applies to the rig as a whole would be appreciated.
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you dont have to read through all the pages read the basic overclocking guide in the overclocking forum,

install then overclock, unless you get it stable then install, but seeing as you havent a clue what your doing ......

you're not goin to learn anything by people just guessing what a safe overclock is, there is no known "safe" overclock every cpu is different.

take the time to read through you'll feel a whole lot better knowing what your doin rather then urming and aahring as to whether or not what your doin is safe.

ps i did read through all the pages and 2 months ago i knew nothing of Core 2 Duos, now i feel quite safe in how far to push it and what safe temps volts are.
 
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WJA96 said:
The last time I checked the 8800GTS doesn't run on that motherboard.
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If you check the Asrock website, the 8800/8600 are now supported :) (I assume from either a bios, or driver update).

I've yet to discover if the 2900xt will be supported.

The idea is I buy the gfx card, the 2/4gb ddr2, then move over a better motherboard which will increase performance no end :) All in steps but all planned (I hope).

EDIT: Just ran 3dMark 06 with my current system:
3DMark Score 1794 3DMarks
SM 2.0 Score 688 Marks
SM 3.0 Score 727 Marks
CPU Score 778 Marks

Will be interesting to see what the C2D 4300 stock, then o/c'd bring home :) Obviously I will try and get it as high as safely possible with the stock cooler :D

Matthew
 
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Just got my E4300 installed on an Asus P5K mobo. Using a Koolance Exos 2 and 305-v10 block for cooling.

Managed to get it to 3.4Ghz stable at 1.5v set in the BIOS but imagine I will be able to squeeze a bit more out of it with some tinkering.

Was a bit worried about the ASUS monitoring program as it seemed to think the CPU was idling at about 11 degrees! According to TAT its running about 35 degrees idle and 65 under full load.

I was previously running a x2 4400+ at 2.8Ghz and it seemed to throw out a much larger amount of heat into the coolant than the E4300 does. I think the small die of the E4300 must be causing heat transfer issues. Has anyone else found they are getting high core temps without the heat sink getting particularly hot?

HEB
 
How did you apply the thermal interface goop? Apparently the best method is to put a line down the centre (do a search in the CPU section for a pic).

It has been noted on here by some members that a few of the C2D's have a concave surface on the Heat Spreader, you may also want to check for this.

Matthew
 
I did my usual thin covering of AS spread with a piece of card.

The Koolance mounting system doesnt work to well with S775 processors though as you end up having to slide the heatsink from one side and then to the other in order to fit it properly. I was wondering if a ridge or gap may have formed.

Will try stripping it down and remounting with a line of AS tonight.

It boots at 3550 with more voltage which I don't imagine would be possible without the heat sink making good contact?

HEB
 
As mentioned in the asrock board thread, all went a bit pear shaped and install corrupted my EIDE drive!! Had to reinstall XP then had major probs with corruption again... reset bios and it seems to work now.

Currently seemingly stable at 290*9 = 2610 @ stock volts on stock fan (don't have an option for higher lol).

Tried 3dmark 06 and went from 1794 to 1840, so very suprised there. No big jump. How can I confirm XP is seeing both cores?

Matthew
 
I remounted the heatsink as suggested and its made a bit of difference. I checked the CPU when cleaning the AS goop off there are it is indeed dipped in the middle! I had put to much compound on and the temps were reduced by around 5 - 10 degrees in TAT.

I am going to try lapping the CPU today. One of the advantages of having a 70 quid CPU is that I don't mind so much if I mess it up! :D

I have had similar drive corruption issues and I now routinely disconnect all but the primary HD when doing a new build. It seems to be OK after the machine has all the drivers loaded but if it runs checkdisk before then things get real messy! Also noticed issues when using the compatibility mode for mixing PATA and SATA devices.

HEB
 
I have never had a IDE drive get corrupted though because of a new motherboard, that is just plain strange. I lost a lot of stuff but thankfully had it backed up before I moved in my new house a few months ago :)

May try 300 x 9 in a litte bit if this proves to be stable. Is sisoft sandra still a good simple check of cpu performance, or is there something else I can use to check everything is as it should be with the 4300?

Atdefault settings 300x 9 is won't post :( Looking into it :)

Matthew
 
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My E4300 arrived yesterday and last night I managed to get it to 2.5GHz with 1.43V on my P5N-e SLI. Really pleased so far. A E6600 comparable CPU for £72!

Can't wait to get home to push it further.

Jedi
 
Max I got was 2.53GHz with a Tuniq Tower. After having great success with previous Intel chips I'm disappointed but its not going to work every time I guess.
VCore is 1.5V and it takes a couple of times to boot but is stable from that point on.
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Grumps
 
Now at 2.7GHz with a 300 FSB. :cool:

It's becoming clear that the CPU or the motherboard don't like some if the inbetween FSB's. e.g. it has liked 200, 266, 300 but has not booted with 250, 260, 270, 290.

Going to turn the voltage up tonight to see if it likes 333 FSB. Temps are already 50 C at load. Northbridge at 1.53V cooled with an Antec Spot Cool.
 
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