an E8400 on a Asus P5N-e SLI

[tacoturtle]

I got inspired by nefariouscaines post on his journey to ulimate air speeds here: an E8500 on a Asus P5N-e SLI post. Without his help I could never have gotten over my 3600mhz ceiling. All HAIL nefariouscaine!

I have kept a pretty good journal of what I have tried so far and wanted to journal it out in the hopes that it could be helpful to someone. I am not a great overclocker guru like nefariouscaine. I just read the forums around the web and try what is suggested by others. I will be back posting what I tried.

Usage:
I play fps every night for about 4 - 5 hours. Cod4 mainly. I dont leave this machine on all the time. This is why I dont run ORTHO tests all night. I only need it to run 100% for short durations during game play, so I targe that usage when I consider it stable to me. Keep this in mind when you attempt these settings. During game play my cpu may go to 100% a few times, but idles lower than that.

My Current Rig and Stats:

ViewSonic VG2030WM 20" 5ms Widescreen LCD 300 cd/m2 800:1 1680 x 1050
XION Onyx XON-301 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower - cut out the black backing on the front panels to let air flow come through
ABS Tagan BZ Series BZ800 ATX12V / EPS12V 800W Modular w/LED +3.3V@26A,+5V@26A,+12V@64A(6 Rails),-12V@0.8A,+5VSB@3.0A
ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i SLI 1333/1066MHz
E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W 45nm Bios Version: 0901
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler 2500RPM/45CFM
4gig - CORSAIR Dominator 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066Mhz (PC8500) TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF
1x - EVGA 640-P2-N821-AR 8800GTS 640MB 320-bit 500MHZ/1600MHZ 96 Stream Processors 2560x1600 Bios V 1.0

Fans:
-- 4x120mm ,3x80mm fans
-- Thermaltake Extreme Spirit II North Bridge Chip Set Cooler - 4500rmp, 3.47 CFM, 19dBA, 3pin LED
-- Cooler Master Blue Ice South Bridge Chip Set Cooler - 5000rmp, 4.5 CFM, 26dBA, 3pin LED
-- Evercool Fox-2 pci slot blower - below vcard

Fan Controllers:-- Nzxt Sentry 1 5'bay manual 3 speed fan controller. Controls 1x120mm and 1x80mm in rear of case. 3 temp display, no rmp display.
-- Aero Cool Easy Watch 3' bay thermal speed fan controller. 3 temp display, 3 rpm display, and noise meter.

Sound Blaster Audigy 4 [A800] Sound Card
Linksys LNE100TX(v5) Nic Card
Memorex DVD Reader
Western Digital External USB 250gig Hard Drive
Western Digital Internal SATA 3 300gig 7200rpm Hard Drive
Logitech G5 Lazer Mouse
N52 Nostromo Key Pad
Generic Keyboard
Windows XP Pro Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)

System Stats:
Vcore : 1.2875
mem : 2.013
NB : 1.393
Memory Is : Linked and Synced
Core Speed : 3903MHz
Bus Speed : 433.8MHz
Rated FSB : 1735MHz
Multiplier : x9
DRAM Frequency : 433.8 MHz = 866DDR2
FSBRAM : 1:1
Timings : 5-6-6-20-25 2T

Temps:
Room Temp : 76c - ac on
Video Card Idle : 46c
CPU Idle : 31c
CPU Load : 40c **
Core 0 Idle : 33c *Front Of Case
Core 0 Load : 53c **
Core 1 Idle : 38c *
Core 1 Load : 55c **

* Speed Fan 4.34 temp monitoring adjusted using Real Temp 2.41
** Load applied using OCCT 2.0.0.a

OCCT : 53 minutes - while posting this
3dmark6 : 11,883 - video card @ 600/1000mhz

Comp Pics:
Internal Shot
Lights On Internal Shot
Front Of Case Lit
L-bracket 120mm mount

 

[error8]

What's with the timings of your ram? They seem way to high since you're running a Corsair Dominator that like high frequency with quite low timings.

 

[tacoturtle]

yeah. I just havent gone back and adjusted them yet. Just left them on auto to get the overclock, then I go back and tweak them unitl occt decides they are wrong. Is that he best way?
taco

 

[tacoturtle]

Once I upgraded my mobo to an evga ftw 750i I was able to go to 4.05MHz oc with same setup.

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

Originally posted by: tacoturtle
Once I upgraded my mobo to an evga ftw 750i I was able to go to 4.05MHz oc with same setup.

++1. my e8400 on a p5nd is running at 4004mhz atm