Help overclocking my e6320 w/ 2GB 1066 DDR2 Ram

[Stephen8454]

Hey guys. Here here are the spec's

Mobo: EVGA 680i SLI T1
HSF: Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme w/ 120mm 42CFM Yate Loon & 2 exhaust fans right next to it. Plenty of air coming in and going out of the case (Antec P182)
CPU: e6320 w/ 1.456 vcore
RAM: 2 x 1GB DDR2 1066 w/ 2.2 vram
OS: Vista Ultimate x64

So right now my multiplier is 7x

My FSB is set to 1715

I can boot and when I run the stability test on Everest or nTune it freezes completely.

When running the stability test on nTune it usually freezes after 3 minutes.

When running the stability test on Everest it froze last night after 33 minutes. (during the test w/ everest haveing the CPU at 100% utilization for 30 minutes the temperature stayed between 54 & 56 degrees centigrade so I am not worried about the temp)

I would really like to take this CPU to the max, get it stable, then OC the memory. Can anyone help me?

 

[Smartazz]

Did you try pushing the vcore a little higher and see if that helps?

 

[Stephen8454]

I have, and this is what I recall happening:

1. Increased vcore from 1.45000 to 1.456xx and it will boot fine, froze during stability test.
2. Increased vcore from 1.456xx to 1.458xx and increased the FSB from 1700 to 1720 and did the same thing.
3. When I increased the vcore any higher I also increased the FSB, I know realize how stupid that idea is...

So that being said, what do I need to do first, get a stable OC, then try to increase it incrementally, like increasing the FSB until it its unstable and then increase the vcore?

I appreciate your time.

 

[E6700]

try up vcore to 1.475 it will run perfectly. i must say, e6320 is a good cpu, i managed to run it at 3.01 ghz on gigabyte 965p ds3 rev. 1.3 stock HS,vcore at 1.475 , idle between 31-33c full loads 46-48c , orthos 24hours stable.

 

[Stephen8454]

Ok, I am going to play w/ it again tonight. I looked online and found someone who had 3 e6320's and tested multiple configurations w/ them and was able to get it w/ the following spec's stable:

CPU: 3.6GHz
FSB: 2060MHz
Multiplier: 7x
Vcore: 1.55v

He had this running stable at 3.6 GHz! I have a really good HSF and am also investing in a portable cylindrical A/C for my room because w/ a 22" monitor, xbox 360, and PC running it gets kind of hot...

I am going to continue to play w/ it but if anyone else has any idea's or experience w/ the same mobo and CPU please feel free to post suggestions.

 

[bramdo]

hello,

i don't have the same mobo but i do have the same processor. I've read numerous articles that tweaking this cpu only requires to increase the fsb values (standard 7x266). I'm doing some tests now for (7X266) and it works great (idle 32 degrees c and after running 3dmark 3times the temp is 42 degrees c). I don't now (because i'm new) if this is safe so i will keep it for the moment @2,4 ghz.

Bram

 

[Stephen8454]

Ok, so I lowered the FSB of the memory to 800 and started playing around more w/ the FSB of the CPU and vcore and finally was able to get my CPU stable at 3.01GHz w/ 1.47500 volts! This thing ran for hours and hours w/ a stability test in Everest and got up to 57 degrees Celsius. The only reason it got that high is because its sharing the bedroom w/ the xbox 360. This is soon to be remedied when I get a portable A/C unit next week!

I am happy w/ that. I wanted to see if I could get 3.5GHz but I couldnt get it to boot w/ all sorts of different voltages so, o well, a 60%+ OC is good for me!

Now on to the RAM...

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Update to the latest BIOS. Reset to default configuration save and exit. Reset CMOS. Disable any throttling due to CPU temperature in BIOS. Download and install RMClock so we can compare note on CPU temperature. Download TAT (Intel Thermal Analysis Tool).

-Make sure the RAM is running at 1:1 divider (FSB is the same as RAM speed...check with CPUz). Set RAM timing to 5-5-5-15-2T with 2.1Vdimm (2.2V if that's the spec for 1066).
-Set the CPU Vcore to 1.475 with a very good CPU cooler.
-Set the CPU multiplier to highest number (7).
-Set PCIE bus to 100MHz if possible.
-Set PCI bus to 33MHz if possible.
-Disable Spread Spectrum if possible.
-Increase FSB voltage to 1.3 or 1.4 if possible.
-I'm not familiar with your board, but I usually bump the North Bridge and South Bridge voltages by one or two notches with the P965 boards.
-Set the CPU FSB to 400MHz.

Reboot to windows and launch RMClock to monitor idle and load temperature. Expect to see 30C idle and 65C to 75C under full load.
Run Orthos for 5 minutes. If okay, then bump up CPU FSB by 10MHz. Keep an eye on the CPU temperature under load. Limit the temperature to 65C max when running Orthos.
Reduce FSB by 5MHz at the first failure of Orthos. Retest for one hour. If not okay, then continue to reduce FSB by 2MHz increment until Orthos can run for at least 1 hour.
Run TAT for 10 minutes. Note that the CPU temperature may increase up to 75C. If TAT is okay then you should be within 50MHz of a stable overclock.

My E4300 is cruising at 3.42GHz with 1.475Vcore. Max temperature with 80F ambient under Orthos is 65C. TAT shows 74C max. I'm currently capped by my Big Typhoon/120 x 38mm med speed Panaflo. Your rig should top out between 460 and 500MHz FSB. Once system is stable, then you may want to lower the latency of your RAM to 4-4-4-12-2T or 5-4-4-12-2T.

 

[Stephen8454]

SerpentRoyal - from what I understand all systems are different, are you confident this will work on my mobo? The only thing I see hard to work w/ is the 1:1 divider for the FSB and RAM speed, how would I do that? To my understanding I should get the OC stable on the CPU and then do the RAM next. The RAM voltage on mine is 2.3v. Is it even possible to have the FSB of the RAM get to 1700+ MHz?

 

[Nnyan]

All good advice here. I suggest finding a review that did some testing/OC of your mobo/ram (doesn't have to be in the same review) and see what results they got at what settings.

 

[Stephen8454]

Its funny that you say that because I found someone who had pretty much the exact same spec's and asked him what the details of his system was and he responded "all systems are different even w/ the similar spec's. See what works for you"

I do agree w/ him in regards to its half the fun doing it on your own. I am still new to the OCing side so I like to see what others suggest to get a better idea of what I am doing.

 

[SerpentRoyal]

Originally posted by: Stephen8454
SerpentRoyal - from what I understand all systems are different, are you confident this will work on my mobo? The only thing I see hard to work w/ is the 1:1 divider for the FSB and RAM speed, how would I do that? To my understanding I should get the OC stable on the CPU and then do the RAM next. The RAM voltage on mine is 2.3v. Is it even possible to have the FSB of the RAM get to 1700+ MHz?

The general procedure should be the same for finding the maximum overclock. You want to losen the RAM. Bump up Vcore and Vdimm. Then gradually creep up to the highest CPU core speed while watching CPU temp. There should be a section in the BIOS to select memory speed...533/667/800. Chose the lowest speed and boot into windows to check for the FSB speed vs RAM speed using CPUz.

Since your CPU has a 7x multi, there's not much you can do with running the RAM at different ratio. Your RAM is already running 485MHz with 3.4GHz core speed. About the only other viable RAM tweak is to reduce latency and try 2T vs 1T. If you had purchased a CPU with 9x multi, then you could try 5:4 memory divider.

 

[bryanW1995]

even at 1:1 you will be hard pressed to ever get to 1066 (533 x 2). ddr2 1066 is great oc'ing memory, I just ordered 2 gb of it.

 

[Binky]

This post may help: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...t_key=y&keyword1=yoxxy

As I understand the 680, you can set the memory to be asyncronomous and run at any speed you choose. Set it to 800 with maybe 2.2v until you get the CPU speed stable.

Your vcore sounds like its too high for the speed you're getting. Lock the memory and figure the CPU out in isolation.

 

[Stephen8454]

Thanks for all your suggestions guys. I appreciate it. So far I have my CPU stable w/ 3.01GHz w/ a vcore of 1.47500 and the FSB is 1.3v

My memory that I have is 1066 by default. That being said I lowered it to 800 to get the CPU stable. The next thing I do w/ be the RAM