Wolfdale not stable. Don't want to up voltage anymore!

Kearney_1988 · 8 Apr 2008 at 12:48

dont worry mine needs a ridiculous amount of voltage too

DevilBoy916 · 8 Apr 2008 at 15:29

What voltage have you got yours at?
And its running at 3.9GHz yeah?

Kearney_1988 · 8 Apr 2008 at 15:35

got it at 1.41v in bios cant remember what it is in cpuz

DevilBoy916 · 8 Apr 2008 at 15:41

Ok, I'll try that again later tonight, and let y'all know how it goes.

Da[]San · 8 Apr 2008 at 17:54

The problem with issues like this is that there is no answer, its all just some peoples opinon.

The OP's choice is his own, personally 100mhz it going to make much of a difference in the real world (ie not benchmarking)

pastymuncher · 8 Apr 2008 at 19:08

Da[]San;11459028 said:
The problem with issues like this is that there is no answer, its all just some peoples opinon.

The OP's choice is his own, personally 100mhz it going to make much of a difference in the real world (ie not benchmarking)

And the point of your post is?

The OP want's to know how to get his rig stable. We are trying to help him. I have had a Wolfdale so know how finicky they can be.

DevilBoy916 · 9 Apr 2008 at 10:37

OK guys, pastymuncher.
Upped the voltage to 1.4v.
Ran orthos for 3 hours, stable as you like.
I dont think there's much point running longer than that.

Temperature maxed out at 55c, which aint too bad.

I might try upping my FSB, see if I can hit 4ghz, but if not, I am happy with 3.8

Cheers for your help guys!

Kearney_1988 · 9 Apr 2008 at 11:21

nice one

As far as i know really the improvements you are likley to see after about 3.8 are minimal just a few FPS on games so dont worry if you cant make it

pastymuncher · 9 Apr 2008 at 14:29

DevilBoy916 said:
OK guys, pastymuncher.
Upped the voltage to 1.4v.
Ran orthos for 3 hours, stable as you like.
I dont think there's much point running longer than that.

Temperature maxed out at 55c, which aint too bad.

I might try upping my FSB, see if I can hit 4ghz, but if not, I am happy with 3.8

Cheers for your help guys!

I have had prime runs fail after 8 hours before. Up the fsb and you should see 4Ghz easy enough. I don't think you will get further than that without giving it more vcore and i really would'nt recommend that. Temps look good too.

JonBev33 · 9 Apr 2008 at 15:07

My 8400 is Orthos stable at 3.996 ghz and 1.45 volts in CPU-Z. Temps are fine too.

Have been running this for some weeks now, no sign of any degredation issues.

Due to the problems reported with higher voltages i will not push any further!!

pastymuncher · 9 Apr 2008 at 18:53

JonBev33 said:
My 8400 is Orthos stable at 3.996 ghz and 1.45 volts in CPU-Z. Temps are fine too.

Have been running this for some weeks now, no sign of any degredation issues.

Due to the problems reported with higher voltages i will not push any further!!

I would try to get the voltage down if possible. I would really not be happy with that after my experience with a Wolfdale.

jwhalley · 17 May 2008 at 01:42

I know this is an old thread. But have come to overclock my e8400.

I see that people are suggesting to not ho above 1.4v. Is this as in the voltage set in the bios or the voltage in ZPU-Z etc.

I have an Asus P5K-5 Wifi, and the voltage is set in the bios at 1.45, but registered in CPU-Z as 1.336. Do I have room to go higher to try to hit 4Ghz?

Cheers

marscay · 17 May 2008 at 15:55

uvmain said:
1.38vcore is peanuts, and your temps are nice and chilly.
You've got plenty of headroom..

Whack up the vcore, don't be such a scaredy cat

great advice :rolleyes:

it's got nothing to do with being scared, lot's of uninformed advice on these forums lately. :eek:

muon · 18 May 2008 at 01:23

jwhalley said:
I know this is an old thread. But have come to overclock my e8400.

I see that people are suggesting to not ho above 1.4v. Is this as in the voltage set in the bios or the voltage in ZPU-Z etc.

I have an Asus P5K-5 Wifi, and the voltage is set in the bios at 1.45, but registered in CPU-Z as 1.336. Do I have room to go higher to try to hit 4Ghz?

Cheers

Yes its okay. Only interested in real voltages after vdrop.

Ben M · 18 May 2008 at 10:34

uvmain said:
1.38vcore is peanuts, and your temps are nice and chilly.
You've got plenty of headroom..

Whack up the vcore, don't be such a scaredy cat

Don't do this.

Have you tried just putting up the fsb a bit? It may just be a fsb that your board isn't happy at, so a higher speed may mean greater stability, it's worth a shot anyway.

wolvers · 18 May 2008 at 18:27

jwhalley said:
I know this is an old thread. But have come to overclock my e8400.

I see that people are suggesting to not ho above 1.4v. Is this as in the voltage set in the bios or the voltage in ZPU-Z etc.

I have an Asus P5K-5 Wifi, and the voltage is set in the bios at 1.45, but registered in CPU-Z as 1.336. Do I have room to go higher to try to hit 4Ghz?

Cheers

That's a big vdrop! Have you got the CPU voltage damper enabled?