What can I get out of my E2180

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My cpu is getting on quite a bit, and I had plans to upgrade it to another LGA775 cpu but installing my tuniq tower was a pain and I would rather not do that unless I have to.

Along with my E2180 I have an asus maximus formula board, and 1x2GB of OCZ reaper x pc6400.

everything is running as standard, and I plan to upgrade my ram if I can find some cheap DDR2 (preferably 2x2gb) but I want to know what I can do with my E2180. I have no interest in doing anything extreme or taking it anywhere close to the edge, so I assume something like 2.66GHz is a reasonable goal.

I know nothing about overclocking so hopefully someone can answer me, but if I wanted to get from 2 GHz to 2.66 GHz I shouldn't increase the multiplier but rather the FSB to 266 MHz and leaving the multiplier at 10x? but wouldn't this also overclock my RAM as that uses the FSB too (maybe even my 8800gt graphics card? or does that not care about FSB speed), which I don't really want.
 
Go into the bios, go into the tab named "AI Tweaker" Up the FSB To 250 and voltage up a step or two. (Upto 1.5V.) then go on to memory freq, set to its lowest. Then boot into windows install OCCT run it for an hour and see if you have any problems. BSOD etc. In the middle part towards the bottom you have a line which should have temps in it make sure you dont go above 65 - 70 *C. Also download CPU-z to make sure you are running at your overclocked setting.
 
I have had 3.6Ghz out of a E2140 and also a E2180 on a Asus P5E (board below yours). In that board you should be able to easily hit those clocks. The board should easily do 400mhz fsb on stock volts so all you will need to increase is the fsb and cpu voltage. Something like 9x400 or 10x360 with a vcore of 1.45-1.5v should do the job.
 
Isn't 1.45v-1.5v quite high? thus meaning it'll run hot? also, 9x400 and 10x360 mean the CPU is at 3.6 GHz, but the 10x360 would be a lot easier on the RAM right, as it wouldn't be increasing the RAM freq too much? Like I said I'm not aiming for realy high overclocks, I was only looking at around 2.66 GHz so I think 3.6 GHz may be a little much in terms of heat/risk, even some of the videos I've seen on youtube of the E2180 seem to only go between 2.4 GHz to 3 GHz.
 
But if your ram is PC2-6400 it's supposed to run at 400mhz anyway. The E2140 i had was a cracking little thing. Pretty cool running even with 1.475v going through it. Even the E2180 at 1.5v was only in the mid 70's when stressed and only that high because i only had the stock cooler at the time. If they can only get to 3Ghz on Youtube then they are doing something very wrong.

Have a look at the huge E2140/2160 thread here.
 
I ran my E2180 at 3GHz (300fsb x 10) for ages and it's still going strong now. This gave me 3GHz which was the most it would do without increasing the voltage above standard.

Personally I wouldn't bother increasing the voltage to get above that - as I think like me you're just wanting a free performance boost rather than to break any world records!

What you may find is that your RAM is currently running a 2:1 multiplier when at the standard 200fsb to give you DDR800 speeds. If so then you'll need to lower that a bit...

My settings for 3GHz were:-

FSB - change from 200 to 300
CPU volts - leave standard
CPU multiplier - leave at x10
Set RAM multiplier to 1:1 (this'll give you DDR600) or 1.5:1 (this will be DDR900 which may be fine, or you may need to up the RAM voltage a little, or reduce the latency). I used DDR900 at 5,5,5,15 timings.

This'll give you 50% more speed with almost no extra stress on the CPU.
 
jamesfreddie said:
Go into the bios, go into the tab named "AI Tweaker" Up the FSB To 250 and voltage up a step or two. (Upto 1.5V.) then go on to memory freq, set to its lowest. Then boot into windows install OCCT run it for an hour and see if you have any problems. BSOD etc. In the middle part towards the bottom you have a line which should have temps in it make sure you dont go above 65 - 70 *C. Also download CPU-z to make sure you are running at your overclocked setting.
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I agree that 250 or probably 266 FSB is best to start with, but there's no way you need to set the CPU to 1.5volts (or did you mean that as a maximum?). Mine did 3GHz at about 1.2v or whatever the stock voltages are.

It just a personal thing but I only overclock as far as I can without adjusting the voltages - that way you just get something for nothing.
 
Adjusting FSB and such is not going to also increase my 8800gt right? so I don't need to worry about changing anything GFX card related when overclocking my CPU/RAM?
 
ed79 said:
I agree that 250 or probably 266 FSB is best to start with, but there's no way you need to set the CPU to 1.5volts (or did you mean that as a maximum?). Mine did 3GHz at about 1.2v or whatever the stock voltages are.

It just a personal thing but I only overclock as far as I can without adjusting the voltages - that way you just get something for nothing.
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No i ment that is the max. i wouldn't go above 1.35V - 1.4V
 
1.5v is fine for a 65nm cpu. It's only when the Wolfdale 45nm cpu's came out that you should stay around 1.4v max. The E2180 i had is still going strong in my son's girlfriends pc at 3.6Ghz 1.5v and that must be at least 4 years old now.
 
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