Easy overclock for my E6400

[Relion]

Using a XP-90 with a Panaflo and XMS2 DDR800 memory...what speed for 24/7 would be good and safe ?

 

[RussianSensation]

FSB voltage: +0.1V
Northbridge voltage: +0.1-0.2V
PCI express: 100
CPU voltage: 1.425-1.45V
FSB: 425
Multiplier: 8
Speed: 3400mhz
Memory voltage: 1.9-2.0V (depending on CL4 vs. CL5 timings)

Intel Thermal Analysis Tool will give you the cpu temperatures at load. Use Orthos Blend or Small FTTs for stress testing the 2 cores.

 

[swing848]

There is no standard answer as overclocking results are all over the landscape. I would start with an FSB of 266, if that works go to a FSB of 275, if that works continue increasing the FSB by another 5 until you can no longer boot into Windows, then back it down 5, boot into Windows and run some programs that will stress the CPU.

If your system is stable I suggest that you back the FSB down another 5 and that should be a safe FSB for 24/7

Note that there are more in-depth ways of performing this task, however, this is a quick method.

An overclocking help

 

[PCTC2]

An easy overclock would probably be 333FSB (2.66GHz) or 375 (3.0 GHz).
Some E6400 can reach FSB 400 (3.2GHz) on stock voltages.

I say FSB 437 should be around your max for OCing 24/7 but it varies by usage and chip.

(I'm now running my E6400 24/7 @ 1.350v vCore, 1.75v MCH @ ~3.3GHz (413FSB))

 

[myocardia]

I'm assuming you've seen the guide to overclocking C2D's/C2Q's? That's where I would start.

 

[Relion]

Thanks for all the answers guys. Yes I read myocardia it but I don't like to mess with the stock voltages...what could I expect without changing stock voltages ?

 

[GuitarDaddy]

An easy O/C on stock cpu volts should be 2.8ghz. You can use FSB 400 x cpu multi 7x, this will also allow your ram to run at stock ddr2-800 using the 1:1 divider, but may require bumping the NB volts +.1 or +.2 to support the 400 FSB