The Official E7200 Overclocking Thread

smids · 10 Nov 2008 at 18:41

These are good chips but they certainly run hot due to the smaller die size! Also these chips have no soldered IHS' no? I do like them, but they certainly heat up for sure!

gurusan · 11 Nov 2008 at 18:06

I just picked up one of these. Will probably keep it til I upgrade to nehalem in a few months.

Stepping is Q826A722

Will let you guys know how it clocks once I get it

Echo · 12 Nov 2008 at 01:00

TheRedZealot said:
E7200 @ 5ghz on AIR

You *******, I was roll-free for months

What (air) cooler would you guys recommend to improve on an Arctic FP7? Messing around with this E7300 (sorry, same family!) and it's hitting around 63c @ 3.4ghz & 1.30v on two instances of Prime. Which is ok, but the fan is at 100% so anything quieter at the same cooling would be nice!

(I tried a Freezer Xtreme last week but have to say was rather disappointed)

wolvers · 12 Nov 2008 at 08:11

What are you measuring the temps with Echo?

Echo · 12 Nov 2008 at 08:46

Everest and NVidia's monitoring tool, readings seem pretty matched although I realise these models are prone to rather inaccurate sensors.

steve258 · 21 Nov 2008 at 07:58

Just got my hands on one of these but can't seem to get it prime stable @ 4Ghz. At what voltage does degradation start? Also what CPU PLL & VTT (FSB termination) voltages do you guys have?

Dutch Guy · 21 Nov 2008 at 08:31

steve258 said:
Just got my hands on one of these but can't seem to get it prime stable @ 4Ghz. At what voltage does degradation start? Also what CPU PLL & VTT (FSB termination) voltages do you guys have?

Mine also will nog run at 4Ghz, it runs at 3.8Ghz but needs 1.475V to run Orthos stable and that is with watercooling, changing motherboard/PLL/FSB/Memory/etc. voltages does not change that, my CPU just needs a lot more volts than others.

I think that 1.4V is fine for a long time and 1.45V if you don't mind taking risks and can afford a new one should it fail.

At the moment I run mine at 3.6Ghz with 1.4V

steve258 · 21 Nov 2008 at 08:44

Mine can get into windows and run super pi at 4ghz 1.4V but to get it prime stable even 1.45V can only last 40 mins in orthos.

Not going to be sad if it degrades tbh I'm just going to put it back where it was (media centre pc) and run it at stock. And if it fails, well I'm sure I have a spare P4 somewhere. I want to join the 4Ghz club

Am going to remove the IHS tonight apparantly E7200's die isn't soldered onto the IHS.

wolvers · 21 Nov 2008 at 10:37

Echo said:
Everest and NVidia's monitoring tool, readings seem pretty matched although I realise these models are prone to rather inaccurate sensors.

Try realtemp, it has seemed more reliable to me.

steve258 said:
Am going to remove the IHS tonight apparantly E7200's die isn't soldered onto the IHS.

Good man!

I was considering doing this a while ago but my water block won't fit on it if I do.

Can you keep us posted with pics?

Dutch Guy · 21 Nov 2008 at 12:13

steve258 said:
Am going to remove the IHS tonight apparantly E7200's die isn't soldered onto the IHS.

It isn't, that is one of the reasons cooling a E7200 is difficult/ineffective as the heat has trouble going into the cooler/waterblock but it should be easier to remove the heatspreader.

Please tell us what difference in load temps the removal of the IHS gives you.

TheRedZealot · 21 Nov 2008 at 17:17

Sorry for all of those people who clicked on my sig

I'm currently at 3.8Ghz (400x9.5) with 1.4v but ill try and go higher when i have time to mess around

Bito · 22 Nov 2008 at 17:13

Here's my E7200.....just over 4.0Ghz

TheRedZealot · 23 Nov 2008 at 16:44

What are you cooling it with?

Bito · 23 Nov 2008 at 19:32

Water

Still runs hotter than my other cpu's, but totally stable.

BlackAle · 24 Nov 2008 at 03:24

I'm at 3.2ghz at stock voltage with my E7200 on a P5Q-E. I've tried a few times to overclock more, though have run into stability issues.

Processor264 · 5 Jan 2009 at 09:31

Hi, I'm looking to overclock my E7200 CPU. This is my first OC so I could use some help. I only want to oc by a moderate amount - maybe 3.16 GHz or less and I'd like to keep stock voltages if possible (I assume that would allow it to run cooler and prolong lifespan - correct me if I'm wrong).

My current setup:

CPU: E7200 SLAVN @ 2.53GHz
M/Board: Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R
RAM: 4GB (2x2GB in dual-channel) Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 latency
Case: Antec 900
If any other specs are needed, please let me know.

I'm currently using the stock cooler but I'm looking to upgrade - any ideas?

Thanks!

steve258 · 5 Jan 2009 at 10:18

wolvers69 said:
Good man!

I was considering doing this a while ago but my water block won't fit on it if I do.

Can you keep us posted with pics?

Dutch Guy said:
It isn't, that is one of the reasons cooling a E7200 is difficult/ineffective as the heat has trouble going into the cooler/waterblock but it should be easier to remove the heatspreader.

Please tell us what difference in load temps the removal of the IHS gives you.

OOPS sorry guys for not checking this thread often!

I did try to remove the IHS and I made sure I cut through the glue on all sides but the thing refused to come off

I'm pretty sure mine is soldered so I didn't apply too much force in fear of damaging the core.

It won't do 4.05Ghz anymore though.

wolvers · 6 Jan 2009 at 11:07

steve258 said:
It won't do 4.05Ghz anymore though.

I can't help but think that's because you've been putting so much voltage through it! :eek:

What temp (with realtemp) does it run at like that?

Dutch Guy · 6 Jan 2009 at 14:07

Processor264 said:
Hi, I'm looking to overclock my E7200 CPU. This is my first OC so I could use some help. I only want to oc by a moderate amount - maybe 3.16 GHz or less and I'd like to keep stock voltages if possible (I assume that would allow it to run cooler and prolong lifespan - correct me if I'm wrong).

My current setup:

CPU: E7200 SLAVN @ 2.53GHz
M/Board: Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R
RAM: 4GB (2x2GB in dual-channel) Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 4-4-4-12 latency
Case: Antec 900
If any other specs are needed, please let me know.

I'm currently using the stock cooler but I'm looking to upgrade - any ideas?

Thanks!

I would try 8x400Mhz = 3.2Ghz at default voltage with the memory at 1:1

steve258 · 6 Jan 2009 at 14:24

wolvers69 said:
I can't help but think that's because you've been putting so much voltage through it!

What temp (with realtemp) does it run at like that?

Yeah I know it's degraded a little since then. Should've included core temp in the screeny, the temp was about 63C on both cores with AC7 and MX-2 paste. Not sure about realtemp wasn't using it.

Competitor rules

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