Never been much of an overclocker but....

[JE78]

I managed to get my e6400 (stock clock 2.13) to 3.5GHz and Prime95 stable.

I have a ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i motherboard and all I did was bump up for FSB. Under load I don't see temps above 39c. All I did was follow this article : http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=625&p=1 but I didn't jump straight to 1750 FSB. So now that its stable should I keep going? What would be the next step if I wanted to try and pinch more speed out of it and what's to hot temp wise?

 

[toyota]

I find it hard to believe that you dont go over 39C under load.

 

[MagickMan]

Pretty sure that isn't the core temp.

 

[mav451]

Agreed. Run RealTemp and let us know how it looks.

 

[JE78]

Well RealTemp shows a whole different set of numbers. At idle with my CPU fan at 55% it shows 50c. At load with my CPU fan at 100% it showed a max of 62c.

 

[MrK6]

Well RealTemp shows a whole different set of numbers. At idle with my CPU fan at 55% it shows 50c. At load with my CPU fan at 100% it showed a max of 62c.

Sounds more accurate, and those temps are fine. Keep it under <70C and you're golden. Nice job .

 

[Shmee]

my friends e5200 oced at 3.2 runs linx at around 50 C :O

Duals tend to run cooler with good cooling. Now my Q6600 at 3.5, that runs pretty hot.

What vcore you using?

 

[aigomorla]

Well RealTemp shows a whole different set of numbers. At idle with my CPU fan at 55&#37; it shows 50c. At load with my CPU fan at 100% it showed a max of 62c.

Lemme show u how to read realtemp.

Im gonna use a hexcore as an example.

The top row of numbers represents what your current core temps are.
Since u have a dual core you should have only 2 numbers.

Tri cores = 3, quadcores = 4, this is a hexcore. :X

The row below that represents how much room you have b4 your processor undergoes what is known as a thermal shutdown. As the top row goes up, the bottom row will go down.
The two rows added together = Tj MAX, which we call thermal shutdown.

Now u got another 2 rows at the bottom.
The first row tells you what your lowest temp was while real temp was open.
The next row (more important) tells you what the highest temp was while real temp was open.

Real temp is MORE important then the motherboard CPU temp.
Because the motherboard CPU temp is reading it off a probe on the board and NOT on the cpu, while realtemp uses the didoes on the cpu die itself.

 

[Zebo]

I managed to get my e6400 (stock clock 2.13) to 3.5GHz and Prime95 stable.

I have a ASUS P5N-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 650i motherboard and all I did was bump up for FSB. Under load I don't see temps above 39c. All I did was follow this article : http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=625&p=1 but I didn't jump straight to 1750 FSB. So now that its stable should I keep going? What would be the next step if I wanted to try and pinch more speed out of it and what's to hot temp wise?

Stability will tell you if it's getting too hot. In other words, don't worry about temps. I've never looked at temps unless it's failing prime and I think it's a poor mount.

Nice OC and great chip...

 

[JE78]

Thanks but I think i'm going to stop at 3.5 My computer is upstairs and it gets pretty warm in the summer so if I kept going i'd have to turn it down in during the summer anyway. I'm happy with 3.5 I see a nice increase in games so I'll keep it as is.