DS3 + E6300 Overclocking Questions

[River Side]

Hi,

I'm running a 430MHz FSB with 3GHz stable with all voltages at stock..

Of course I would want to be greedy.. so I tried going further.. and got a real taste of Overclockers frustrations which I hadn't faced yet.

What I wanted to know was what part should I expect is failing.. I'm running DDR2-667 memory.. with loose timings of 5-5-5-15 .. upped Vdimm to +0.1 .. is it the memory?

I upped the Mch to +0.1 .. is it that?

My PCI-E is at Auto and voltage at normal.. should it be fixed to 100 or voltage raised?

My CPU is a about 1.4v .. should I give it more

Idle temps are about 48 degrees..

So what fails first? Memory, or FSB or CPU? Does Graphics fail if u have it at Auto?

 

[Duvie]

I have the gigabyte S3 model and I cannot find cas settings to adjust...

I am running the F5 bios....Is there a trick perhaps....


I noticed that I needed a boost to fsb voltage and mostly boost for my vdimm...

48c idle is higher then I am getting at 3ghz with stock cooler...loading is now hitting mid 60's though....probably limit for stock cooling...

 

[darkhorror]

That temp seems rather high, I am running a E6300 and DS3 also but I am running around 35 idle(coretemp), and 51 underload.

to get the memory timings hit Ctrl+F1 and that should give you more options.

I don't know what fails first. I am running 430 right now also. I tried up to 450 but computer would go into windows and work for a fewminutes then lockup, also locked up at 443. But is orthos stable at 430. I am running CPU at stock voltage, VDimm at +.1V, Mch +.1, and FSB +.1.

 

[Noubourne]

You need to take other things out of the equation to find out what is failing. Get MemTest 86 to test the RAM at your current speeds.

Set the divider to run the RAM slightly below specification and leave the FSB up where it is. Knock the CPU multi down so that it is also underclocked. Then bench - now you're benching the Mobo ability to run stable at those speeds.

Then set your divider back up and keep the CPU multi down and test again. If it still works, crank up the multiplier on the CPU and see what happens.

You can't have 10 variables and find your problem. YOu have to use the BIOS settings and various bench proggies to narrow down what component is hitting a wall.

 

[River Side]

hmm i think i need to do that.. I guess he RAM maybe the culprit.. it couldn't do 5-4-4-12 so i've slowed it down to 5-5-5-15. still requires +0.1Vdimm to boot properly into windows.

I upped everything +0.1 except PCI-E... CPU stays at 1.34.. I'm stable at 476MHz!

Want to go higher of course.. but temps are now 52 loaded.. and 46 idling.. no point pushing it further i guess.. would hate to throw more volts at it just to eek out the last few MHz and risk instability..