Help me cook my E2160 :)....3.2Ghz

[EvilSponge]

Hello all,

I have a E2160 running at 3.2ghz and 1.44V per cpuz.
I want to try and push it to 3.4 -3.6 ghz I am cooling the cpu with a
Termalright ultra 120 I am running 4 gigs of Crucial Ballistix PC6400
The MB is an Abit P35-E The OS is Vista Ultimate 64bit
Mem voltage is @ 2.2V
My question how much MCH voltage to apply? or ICH?

-Eric
I'm replacing the cpu with a Q9450 when they come out so short life span is no big deal

 

[Build it Myself]

i'm pushing more than that on my 2180 for voltage

I'm @ 1.445v though I was @ 1.475 when I tried to hit 3.1 but it seems I didn't get the lucky chip...that or i'm hitting a FSB blackspot, I never bothered to diagnose it further because @ 3.0Ghz I could play Crysis on high That's all i wanted anyway.

Check my specs, we're running identical systems, I have a pro board, that's about it, everything else is the same, so you should be good to at least 1.475, especially since you've got a better CPU cooler, i was getting instability in Orthos, but it booted fine.

 

[EvilSponge]

Thanks I seem to be stuck at 3.2 ghz stable but anything over fails. I was wondering if more VVT or MCH ICH voltage would help. BTW I reported wrong my CPUZ voltage is @ 1.47V
I am also running an nvida gfx card a 8800GTX

 

[Build it Myself]

yeah, i've got the 8800GT KO, so it's about the same as far as power consumption and the drivers are the same, like I said you've got a goog setup...if you really want to push it try lowering your multiplier to like 7 or 6 or something (it's low, i know) then up your FSB until you can't stay stable, that'll give you your peak FSB, then back it down a bit and try getting your multi up. I just never bothered with it because for day to day use, i hardly ever actually need all 3ghz i've got. but if you want to push further that's the way to do it.

 

[MyLeftNut]

Why don't you just try upping the MCH voltage and cpu voltage more and see if it's stable. Only way to find out....

 

[EvilSponge]

Ok let's try it I'll report back tomorrow as it is late my time...
Yeah Build it we have very similar systems except my case is Lian-Li and my HD is a samsung spin point 500G
When I have my Q9450 on my desk I'm going to go for broke on my E2160 great chip! not sure how some folks are getting this chip to 3.4-3.6 ghz @ 1.47V?

-Eric

 

[VirtualLarry]

The people that get more than 3.2Ghz out of an E2xxx chip are a very lucky few. I couldn't even get over 3.1Ghz with an E2200. I'm running two E2140s at 3.2Ghz, 1.425v (BIOS).

 

[sjwaste]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
The people that get more than 3.2Ghz out of an E2xxx chip are a very lucky few. I couldn't even get over 3.1Ghz with an E2200. I'm running two E2140s at 3.2Ghz, 1.425v (BIOS).

My E2200 is the first time since the Celeron 300A that I got lucky on an overclockable CPU. It's stable at 1.3v @ 3.2 GHz (400x8) and will boot at 3.5 GHz @ 1.4v. I haven't pushed the voltage past that any to see if I can get it stable, since I'm still not sure how much voltage is too much on these chips. I'd like it to last a couple of years after all.

Any idea on max safe voltage? I'm running the $17 Rosewill cooler from the hot deals forum, if that makes a difference at all. At 3.2, my load temps don't go past 45C during video encoding and hit maybe 50C in iTAT.

 

[v8envy]

3.33 ghz on a E2180 (333x10) using a DS3L board. Low 60s prime95 temperatures, so I backed off to 300x10 instead at 1.325 (stock). Now I only hit mid 50s, and I'm fine with that.

Lucky chip, that. Makes up for a not so lucky X3210 I guess.

 

[Replay]

Try dropping your multiplier and see how far you can take the fsb with the ram at 1:1 and loose timings. Some of these cpu packages reach a certain frequency, and no higher (even with extra V Core).

Testing at up to 1.550V should be ok with good air cooling. That last little bit of oc takes too much voltage and heat to bother with. Usually end up running around 1.400 to 1.450 volts when I finish playing around with it.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: sjwaste
My E2200 is the first time since the Celeron 300A that I got lucky on an overclockable CPU. It's stable at 1.3v @ 3.2 GHz (400x8) and will boot at 3.5 GHz @ 1.4v. I haven't pushed the voltage past that any to see if I can get it stable, since I'm still not sure how much voltage is too much on these chips. I'd like it to last a couple of years after all.

Any idea on max safe voltage? I'm running the $17 Rosewill cooler from the hot deals forum, if that makes a difference at all. At 3.2, my load temps don't go past 45C during video encoding and hit maybe 50C in iTAT.

I think up to 1.45v is safe. Intel specs state up to 1.5v, but that makes me nervous.

I'd try and hit 3.4Ghz stable at 1.45v.

 

[lopri]

Make sure to give more vFSB and/or vTT if you see it in the BIOS. These E2xx0 chips sometimes behave as if they are quads when it comes to vFSB/vTT.