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***The Official E4300 Overclocking Thread***

My E4300 is running at a nice 3.0GHz at stock volts on a Gigabyte 965P-DS3P and noctua cooler. Coupled with a 8800GTS I think this will keep me happy for a couple of years.
 
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Just installed mine and checking it at 3GHz now. Ran PI in 19 secs I think, I think it will happily go more. All I did was remove the RAM divider, put RAM speed to 800MHZ and I put the FSB to 1333. Didn't change voltages or anything. I know Orthos hasn't been running long but I bet it will be fine come the 8 hour mark. Prime95 is also doing it's self check in the background, any need for that?

Hows things looking? Something I have missed somewhere? Can the RAM be pushed harder?

E4300
P5N-E SLI
2 GB Crucial Ballistix 5300

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Just got a new C2D E4300 system today. Only spent about 10 mins overclocking and managed to get it to 3.1ghz with the stock cooler. :D
It's done orthos for about 2hours without any problems.
I have a Arctic Freezer 7 which I will put in tomorrow and try to get it even further.
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Looking at some peoples temps I'm thinking I might have to reseat me HSF since mine is hitting 75C according to TAT under load. Also might check to make sure IHS and HSF are flat.
 
This is such a great chip. Still using the stock cooler and now have it running at 3.3ghz orthos stable for 12 hours. Managed to get it to 3.5ghz stable but the temps were too high (58c). :)

Wonder how much further I could get it using a good cooler?
I do have a AF7 hsf but it's giving me higher temps than the stock cooler. :confused:
 
lee87 said:
This is such a great chip. Still using the stock cooler and now have it running at 3.3ghz orthos stable for 12 hours. Managed to get it to 3.5ghz stable but the temps were too high (58c). :)

Wonder how much further I could get it using a good cooler?
I do have a AF7 hsf but it's giving me higher temps than the stock cooler. :confused:
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I have an e2160 @ 3Ghz 65'c in coretemp 0.95 running orthos dual prime, if u can get 3.5Ghz with 58'c I would use it at a 24/7 clock. Looks like u have an uber chip, learn to appreciate it.
 
I've hit a brick wall. :(

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This is as high as I can get it. If I change the FSB to 334 or more, the machine reboots. :( i've tried raising the vcore, vdimm, and vchip, but it still continues to crash. :( Anything else I can try?

It is just because it's going over 3ghz or something?

Spec:
e4300
asus p5b motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz
stock cooler (going on water soon)

vcore set to 1.425v in BIOS (I get quite a bit of vdroop)
vdimm 1.9v
vchip 1.45v (max I can set in BIOS)
 
MikeHunt79 said:
I've hit a brick wall. :(


This is as high as I can get it. If I change the FSB to 334 or more, the machine reboots. :( i've tried raising the vcore, vdimm, and vchip, but it still continues to crash. :( Anything else I can try?

It is just because it's going over 3ghz or something?

Spec:
e4300
asus p5b motherboard
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300C3 667MHz
stock cooler (going on water soon)

vcore set to 1.425v in BIOS (I get quite a bit of vdroop)
vdimm 1.9v
vchip 1.45v (max I can set in BIOS)
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had the same issue with P5B and E4300, in the end I sold the board on MM and ended up with a QuadGT.
It has to be said with the E6600 I had(in P5B vanilla), I could easily hit over 450mhz FSB (think it was 457max) when used with a 6x multiplier - so it was not the board as such.
(btw the DS3R had issues with 800mhz FSB too).
I ended up with going
P5B>Gig Ds3R v3.3>QuadGT>DS3 v3>G33 DS2R.


Now Im onto a mATX board, G33 DS2R, similar problem, my memory is maxed out as the boards have no 1:1 memory option with 800mhz FSB CPU's.
I honestly believe its a generic problem, poss Intel have asked for the chipset to be crippled on some boards (by BIOS/hardware design) with 800mhz FSB CPU's.
 
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Its_Me said:
Now Im onto a mATX board, G33 DS2R, similar problem, my memory is maxed out as the boards have no 1:1 memory option with 800mhz FSB CPU's.
I honestly believe its a generic problem, poss Intel have asked for the chipset to be crippled on some boards (by BIOS/hardware design) with 800mhz FSB CPU's.
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How annoying. I'm happy enough with 3GHZ for now, and I may be able to do a few tweeks. I'll have to keep an eye out for another board in the meantime.

Some people over at XS have had the P5B well over 450MHz FSB tho, with volt mods, so I may have to bust out th soldering iron. :cool:

Anyway, I'm gonna try dropping the multi to 6x now and see how much FSB I can get.

I forgot to mention, I've got a 40mm fan on the northbridge, and a zalman passive northbridge cooler on the soutchbridge to try and keep everything cool. My SB was getting really roasty before the zalman! :eek:

EDIT: Just noticed my LAN port has stopped working now I've start overclocking.... anyone else getting this?
 
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