E7200 OC'ing Help...

[SpeedZealot369]

So I have a E7200 and a Gigabyte 965P-DS3 with latest bios. The E7200 is stepping M0.

I have the FSB at 350 with a 9x multi = 3150 Ghz. the Voltage setting is on auto, which says 1.25 at the bios. Thing is when I check on cpu-z it shows up as 1.360 voltage. When I try to manually set the voltage it becomes unstable. Is there something I'm missing here?

CPUID HWMonitor idle temp is 51c/47c..

thanks

 

[MentalIlness]

So I have a E7200 and a Gigabyte 965P-DS3 with latest bios. The E7200 is stepping M0.

I have the FSB at 350 with a 9x multi = 3150 Ghz. the Voltage setting is on auto, which says 1.25 at the bios. Thing is when I check on cpu-z it shows up as 1.360 voltage. When I try to manually set the voltage it becomes unstable. Is there something I'm missing here?

CPUID HWMonitor idle temp is 51c/47c..

thanks

I have an ongoing thread here if you would like to follow it. It is "very" informative.

http://forums.tweaktown.com/f69/help-me-overclock-my-e7200-all-info-included-op-40187/

I myself is going to be pushing for 3.6Ghz. Maybe more.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

the thread is sort of long and confusing for me. All I want to know is how to lower the vcore because 1.36 seems very high to me. but once I try manually setting the voltage the system seems to become unstable. so I would just like some tips on what I might be doing wrong.

 

[adamantinepiggy]

the thread is sort of long and confusing for me. All I want to know is how to lower the vcore because 1.36 seems very high to me. but once I try manually setting the voltage the system seems to become unstable. so I would just like some tips on what I might be doing wrong.

If you want to play with overclocking and a stable 3150GHz out of a overclocked e7200 system on "auto" voltage isn't good enough for you, then you need to research the threads that are "long and confusing". CPU speed, versus voltage, versus heat is all a delicate balancing act outside of Intel's running spec's. What makes what you think that 1.36V is very high (it's still in Intel's spec for the chip)? Each system is unique to itself when you go beyond Intel's specs. There are no easy answers.

So tip would be, run stability tests at overclocked speed and auto voltage. If proves to be successful, leave it alone..

 

[SpeedZealot369]

What temp should I make sure the chip does not get to? What should be the limit for a e7200?

 

[jtisgeek]

the thread is sort of long and confusing for me. All I want to know is how to lower the vcore because 1.36 seems very high to me. but once I try manually setting the voltage the system seems to become unstable. so I would just like some tips on what I might be doing wrong.

1.36 is nothing just watch your cooling I run 1.5 on my water-cooled cpu's no problem. If you are unstable at anything lower than 1.36 then thats just how it is. Voltage is the biggest factor in overclocking these chips.

On temp usally you don't want to go pass 60c not sure on where the shutdown temp is thought be a long time since heat was a problem for me.

 

[ShawnD1]

I have the FSB at 350 with a 9x multi = 3150 Ghz. the Voltage setting is on auto, which says 1.25 at the bios. Thing is when I check on cpu-z it shows up as 1.360 voltage. When I try to manually set the voltage it becomes unstable. Is there something I'm missing here?

The auto setting tries to maintain a fairly constant volts per hertz. Increasing the frequency will make it increase the voltage. When cpu-z says it's 1.36, that really is the voltage.

IMO you should try to avoid the automatic voltage when overclocking. Due to the importance of data integrity, the automatic voltages are always much higher than what is required for stability. As an extreme example of this, I'm able to overclock and undervolt my E6600 at the same time; that's how conservative the automatic voltages are.

When setting manual voltages, the cpu-z displayed voltage is a good starting point.

 

[MentalIlness]

nm

 

[MentalIlness]

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[ASTOCADDIDS]

thanks.
And what exactly you would help as well, if its not too much trouble.