E4300 OC on stock voltage?

[perdomot]

Seems like most folks are going for much higher vcore to push their cpus but I think I want to start slowly and keep the vcore as low as possible. Can some of the folks using default voltages list how far they got before raising the voltage. If you are still using default voltages, please post as well. From what I've scanned, I think right around 3 Ghz is the max at default but I'd like some confirmation. Thanks.

 

[perdomot]

Nobody using it at default or have info about it???

 

[MarxMarvelous]

I don't have an E4300 but have done a lot of reading in preparation of picking one up after the price cuts.

From what I've seen around, I plan to start at 2.7GHz on stock voltage (300x9). My goal is to get it up to around 3.15GHz (350x9) on no more than 1.45V. I plan to use an aftermarket cooler though.

 

[Fallengod]

Im not really sure, but for entertainment, you want to see an INSANE overclock on an E4300?

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=133080

 

[Skott]

I'm in agreement with MM. From what I have seen and read you can take the 4300 up to 300x9 on stock. After that you have to start adjusting voltages.

 

[GimpyFuzznut]

I'm at 375x8 on 1.4V. I can probably lower it but haven't tried.

 

[ramjet428]

I have the E4300, I have all voltages running at stock on an ASRock 4CoreDual VSTA motherboard, see below for specs. I am currently running at 266FSB for 2400MHz. Best overclock of any processor I ever had... totally stable...

I would start by using default voltages, overclock in stages, I started at stock speed 1800 (200FSB) , then 222MHz, then 233, then 266. Have not had to modify any voltage settings as of yet. I would not bump the voltages up until you start failing either CPU or memory benchmarks, bump up CPU voltage if CPU benchmarks are a problem, memory voltage if only memory benchmarks are a problem...

I am still using the stock Intel cooler, but may try for 300 FSB after I get something better like a Thermaltake or Zalman cooler... but so far I am pretty impressed with the E4300

Its my first Intel CPU since the 386Sx days. (Prehistoric)...

 

[perdomot]

From what I've heard before 9 X 300 seems to be the baseline. I plan on getting an E4400 with the 10X so if I can get 10 X 300 at stock voltages, I'll be happy.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Originally posted by: perdomot
From what I've heard before 9 X 300 seems to be the baseline. I plan on getting an E4400 with the 10X so if I can get 10 X 300 at stock voltages, I'll be happy.

I read on another thread the same thing... since a certain fsb is known to work for lets say 8 multi.... on the same processor... it doesnt mean that the same fsb will be attainable for the next multiplier of 9... or in ur case 4400 with multi 10... its the maximum frequency of the core2Duo cores that will limit u not the fsb... so all the core2duos will be fine till about 3 ghz... maybe a little more but it doesnt mean that the more multipliers ur processor has the higher it can go... its only true up to a certain point, like up to 8x... after that it doesnt matter nomore... maybe a DS3 board can do 500 fsb x 7 multi,but that doesnt mean it will do 500 x 10 multi= 5ghz... I hope every1 gets this by now... im tired lol

 

[Stumps]

I have my E4300 running at 2.66ghz (296X9) on stock Vcore, using a 4coredual VSTA. I can go all the way upto 3ghz (333x9) but it's a bit flaky under Windows XP...it really needs another 0.5v just to get it stable....I suspect that with some decent vcore settings the E4300 could go considerably higher than that...but I am using water cooling so I have plent yof head room left as far as cooling goes.