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Do CPUs lose overclocking potential with time?

ibex333

ibex333

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I have been trying to keep my e6300 Conroe overclocked but it just doesn't happen. I get it to 3.0GHz from 1.8GHz stable without any issues. It runs like this for a few weeks and then somehow defaults back to stock. There's never a crash or a BSOD. The temps are well below max.

I overclock again, and again it runs fine for some time and stealthily defaults back, and I only notice because something becomes much slower than it used to be.

This time I am trying to OC again and it just wont OC at all! Anything above 1.8GHz simply doesn't boot.

Is that even possible, or it isnt a result of an error on my part?
 
Mobo issues. Some mobos, if they have trouble booting up the CPU, they will restart (boot loop) with default values.

Is it a Gigabyte board by any chance? A P35-DS3L or something?
 
I'd wager you degraded your FSB. That your CPU is essentially a 3GHz chip clocked down to 1.86GHz doesn't mean your FSB is a 428MHz chip clocked down to 266MHz.
 
VirtualLarry said:
Mobo issues. Some mobos, if they have trouble booting up the CPU, they will restart (boot loop) with default values.

Is it a Gigabyte board by any chance? A P35-DS3L or something?
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That is exactly the one! What... This mobo is not very good?
 
ibex333 said:
That is exactly the one! What... This mobo is not very good?
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Gigabyte. Um-hmm. . . I had -- still have -- a Gigabyte mATX with the 610i nForce. We had an E2400 or E2600 -- can't remember -- processor. Clocked it to speeds between 2.4Ghz and 3.0. The motherboard would occasionally reset to the stock settings. I set it back to stock or near-stock speed, and eventually replaced it with a Wolfdale of default 3.4 Ghz. I tried running that at 3.6. Can't remember if the board did another "BIOS reset," but I decided to move it back to the stock setting. The BIOS adjustments were also limited: I don't think it was possible to adjust the RAM "vDIMM" voltage.
 
ibex333 said:
Wow.. This sucks. Back when I got it, it was considered one of the best for overclocking...
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Not really. It's the lowest-cost "Lite" model. It had less power phases, etc. The Gigabyte P35 boards were good overclockers, but the DS3L was the worst of the bunch.
 
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