New to Overclocking, adjusted FSB to 310 on E6400...

[Punker1234]

Heya, I think most of the peeps here are new, as am I. I've always been into computers, but one thing I've never really tried was overclocking, other then adjustnig the fsb with the motherboard software programs. I've been reading the forums for hours and gathered some information, but I want to approach this with confidence.

So I'm new, and wanted to see what I can get out of my E6400. Stock FSB i believe is 272 or 282 and I tried 310 FSB in bios, ran Orthos for about 10 mins and a crash. Temps got up to 57 C. I'm completely ignorant to voltage etc etc, so im not sure which I need to adjust to make everything stable. Thats where I need help. I got the blue screen of death after about 12 minutes, and If I recall I might have read something about my memory, forgot already. So maybe a few pointers on what to adjust and maybe explain mutipliers and voltage? Thhanks everyone

Abit AB9 Pro Motherboard
Ram is OCZ DDR2 800 mhz
Timing: 4-4-4-15

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227139

 

[Furen]

Stock FSB is 266. I think your problem is not the CPU but either the motherboard or the RAM, most likely the motherboard. Try lowering the RAM clockspeed (or "lowering" the ratio). 310 is actually a pretty minor overclock, so you may not need any more voltage. In any case, if lowering the RAM ratio doesn't help then you COULD increase the vCore a bit (that's the CPU voltage/vID).

 

[Punker1234]

So, actually lower the ram to say 667 mhz? Also, if I were to try and increase voltage, how much would you suggest? My goal is to keep it at 2.5 or 2.6 ghz, stable, stock heatsink and still be under 60 degrees C.

 

[Furen]

Yes, 667 should be good enough if you only want to stay at ~330 or so. If you want to go higher you'll need to drop down to 533. Don't increase the voltage at all if you've been running at the 800MHz setting, your RAM has actually been running at over DDR2 900.

 

[OcHungry]

Originally posted by: Furen
Yes, 667 should be good enough if you only want to stay at ~330 or so. If you want to go higher you'll need to drop down to 533. Don't increase the voltage at all if you've been running at the 800MHz setting, your RAM has actually been running at over DDR2 900.

As much as I dislike Intel, I will be fair to fellow member and try to help you as much as I know on C2D overclocking.
This board is suppose to overclock as high as 450 on FSB w/ the latest BIOS. make sure you have the latest bios.
use 1:1 cpu/ram ratio. this will put the ram @ 330 and the fsb to 1320mhz.
might raise vcore by 50mv(.050 or 2 higher settings than stock).
raise chipset (NB)voltage a little too. Maybe 3 settings higher. You might need higher vdimm voltage too. the factory setting usually is set to normal (or lowest) Check your memory spec. to find what vdimm voltage is needed.
Check the link below, is the review by Anandtech on this motherboard. It may help you overclocking this board.
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2799&p=1

 

[imported_TimBob]

I'm currenlty running an ab9pro/e6300/patriot ddr2 800 with a zalman 9500/arctic silver. My current stable settings are 415 fsb. Only voltage I needed to change was vdimm which is at 2.2 (which is what the patriot website says it is rated at). I dropped the memory ratio to 1:1 (533) so it puts me a little over 800mhz on the memory.

Are you on the latest bios because I hear there were some problems with ocz memory and this board? 1.4

I'm currently trying to go higher fsb and fooling around with the other voltages (mch, ich) to see if I can get higher.

 

[Punker1234]

KK im gnona try to emss with this later tnoight cus Im atw ork But a new question. Say I drop the mhz of the am to 667, but then overcliock the cpu, the ram actually goes back up in mhz right?

 

[jhh979s]

Yes, CPU FSB and RAM speed are connected. So if you drop your RAM speed to 667 and then increase your FSB until your RAM reaches 800 again you probably wont have to mess with any volt adjustments accept maybe a small bump in the CPU Vcore.
And since you do want to OC you may want to look into spending a little cash on an aftermarket HSF. At the mild OC that you are trying to achieve it would keep your CPU very cool, and extend its life as well.

 

[Punker1234]

So, I clocked it at 320 FSB and bumped it down to 667 so now the ram reads 800 mhz even So I onyl ran Orthos for 15 minutes, no problems, but to be completely stable I should run it for 24 hours? Also, the temp with load is 56 C, that acceptable? It's 43-44 at idle as well. I know i need a better Heatsink but is 56 doable for a few months? Thanks!

 

[Punker1234]

bump for temp and time question

 

[Skott]

E6400 is designed for 61C so long as you are under that temp you are fine. 24hr Orthos is plenty IMO to call it stable.

 

[myocardia]

Actually, 24 hours of Orthos is way too long. Nobody ever goes past 12 hours. If it's 12 hr. stable in Orthos, then spend a few hours running things like 32M SuperPi, and 3dMark 06 at the same time. If it's still stable, then it's stable, unless you later run into problems with some other software that you run.

edit: Also, run Orthos on Priority 8, and do some web surfing while it's running. If it fails, then it wasn't really Orthos stable.