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E2160 Overclock

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Wineohe

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I am finally able to consistently overclock my E2160 and GA-965P-DS3 that I have had for over a year. I was blaming it on everything but the squirrel on the windowsill. Memory, Power Supply, and the Motherboard which was next up..... The change? I swapped out the Graphics Card from a WinFast PX 8600 GTS to a Sapphire HD 4850. I decided to try the overclock business again out of curiosity and bingo. 😀 Interesting since I have never overclocked the PCI-E. Maybe it was a voltage thing but I could never get it to work consistently. I just ordered a new UD3R, maybe I can send it back. For sure I'll keep the Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro that I ordered with it. I want to shoot for +3Ghz.
 
Congrats!

I got a lot of use out of E2160 @ 3.0ghz and loved that processor. Definitely a lot of bang for the buck back before the 5xxx and 7xxx series' came out. Even still, they are good performing CPUs.
 
Yes the E2160 is long in the tooth and no longer the sexy overclock chip it once was. How time flies, October 2007 seems like so long ago. I will probably go for an E7XXX next.
 
NEVER overclock PCI-e bus. Lock it to 100mHz

If you're sticking with dual core, I'd step up to 8x00 instead of 7x00, I wish I had, you'll definitely appreciate the extra cache + easier overclocking
 
Thanks for the advice, I was actually thinking about buying the E7200. I was also looking at the E8600 and E8700 but thought I might go for a 45nm chip. I may rethink that. I use Photoshop CS3 and considered a QUAD, although I've heard utilization on all cores is not as good as it could be.

As for the PCI-e, it's locked on 100. Some of the earlier BIOS for my board had issues with this.
 
go with an e7200 or e7300... both will hit 3.2ghz at least at stock voltage and 3.5ghz is a no brainer.... might need some luck for 3.7-3.9ghz but nevertheless and awesome value for under $100 when most of the $150-300 e8XXX chips average 4-4.2ghz
 
Just bought a Q9400 from Microcenter for in-store pickup. I guess I got carried away but at $179 +tax I could not resist. It's like walking in to check out the Yaris and driving off in a Loaded Camry. With a mild overclock this should make CS3 humm and keep me happy for a few more months and hopefully years. Thanks for all of the advice.
 
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