Intel Noob Needs Overclocking Help!

[mi1stormilst]

COMPONENTS: Intel E8400 Rev E0 (Stock Cooler), Asus Pk5 Pro (Latest BIOS), G-Skill 800MHZ DDR2 (5,5,5,15), PC Power & Cooling Silencer (750), PowerColor HD 4870, Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS, Antec Nine Hundred, WD 640GB, and DVD Burner.

HISTORY: I am not an Overclocking Noob but I am an Intel Noob. I have been overclocking since the days of the P2 266 and the jumpers galore. Every system since then has been an AMD. My last system was a AMD Black 5000+ running at 3000MHZ.

STATUS: 3627MHZ! Yes, I have achieved a respectable overclock but I expect to get more out of it! I have not had to increase the voltage at all I just kept bumping up the FSB and ran a few loops of 3DMARK2006 in between and played some CSS for about 2 hours. I have been conducting business as usual for the last two days and it appears to be ROCK SOLID. I had jumped it up to 3800MHZ but the system locked up. I have placed a small fan on the Northbridge to keep it under 48c and I have a XIGMATEK|HDT-S1283 R on the way for the CPU.

QUESTIONS:

1.) I have set the Multiplier to 9 but CPU-Z is still reporting it to jump back to 6 once in awhile. I think this may have something to do with throttling (LAME). I know my mobo has some power saving feature so I am looking into that after I post this.

2.) What is the best plan of attack once I get my new HSF in, should I increase the voltage one step and start bumping up the FSB till it is unstable again and start the process over?

3.) Is it possible to make the memory speed fixed at 800mhz so that no matter how high the FSB is it won't run out of spec?

4.) What is a safe temperature for this CPU?

5.) Any other suggestions or gotchas I should know about?

Thank you in advance for any help you can render in my quest for 4000mhz on air.


Garrett

 

[hclarkjr]

look at the 2 topics that are stickied at the top of this forum. that should answer a lot of your questions

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Originally posted by: mi1stormilst
COMPONENTS: Intel E8400 Rev E0 (Stock Cooler), Asus Pk5 Pro (Latest BIOS), G-Skill 800MHZ DDR2 (5,5,5,15), PC Power & Cooling Silencer (750), PowerColor HD 4870, Creative Labs Audigy 2 ZS, Antec Nine Hundred, WD 640GB, and DVD Burner.

HISTORY: I am not an Overclocking Noob but I am an Intel Noob. I have been overclocking since the days of the P2 266 and the jumpers galore. Every system since then has been an AMD. My last system was a AMD Black 5000+ running at 3000MHZ.

STATUS: 3627MHZ! Yes, I have achieved a respectable overclock but I expect to get more out of it! I have not had to increase the voltage at all I just kept bumping up the FSB and ran a few loops of 3DMARK2006 in between and played some CSS for about 2 hours. I have been conducting business as usual for the last two days and it appears to be ROCK SOLID. I had jumped it up to 3800MHZ but the system locked up. I have placed a small fan on the Northbridge to keep it under 48c and I have a XIGMATEK|HDT-S1283 R on the way for the CPU.

QUESTIONS:

1.) I have set the Multiplier to 9 but CPU-Z is still reporting it to jump back to 6 once in awhile. I think this may have something to do with throttling (LAME). I know my mobo has some power saving feature so I am looking into that after I post this.

2.) What is the best plan of attack once I get my new HSF in, should I increase the voltage one step and start bumping up the FSB till it is unstable again and start the process over?

3.) Is it possible to make the memory speed fixed at 800mhz so that no matter how high the FSB is it won't run out of spec?

4.) What is a safe temperature for this CPU?

5.) Any other suggestions or gotchas I should know about?

Thank you in advance for any help you can render in my quest for 4000mhz on air.


Garrett

Well, did you stress test the overclock with Prime95?

To answer the questions:

1) That's called speedstep, you don't have to turn it off as your multiplier will bounce back to 9 when it needs to.

2) No, bump the FSB, see if it boots, run it through Prime95 for an hour, if it fails bump the voltage until it doesn't. Repeat.

3) No, but you can run it in sync with your CPU, that is as low as it goes.

4) When at 100% CPU load, it should not go beyond 70C.

5) Hmm, there might be a guide at the top of the forum... Nah, it's not like it's stickied.

 

[mi1stormilst]

)-: sorry guys I am on information overload, read too many threads and too many articles I just needed to ask the questions.

On a side note I did find that disabling C1E fixed the throttling issues. I also disabled CPU TM function even though I don't know what it is.

Edit: Ahh TM Throttle Management BAD BAD BAD! 9-; I will turn it back on...also the guide appears to be very very very useful and I am getting through it now.

Thanks!!!