Overclocking the FSB. E7200

[Spurs986]

Hello Guys

I have a E7200, and Gigabyte p35-S3G. I also have Earthwatts PSU 500W and 4gb 800mhz Cosair XMS2.

Now I don't have any additional cooling except stock and a standard 120mm fan at the rear of computer.

What would I need if anything to increase the FSB from 1066 to 1333mhz? and how would I do this? Just in BIOS... I am a total beginner in overclocking? Could I do anything else with this processor? Is it easy? Would I need any additional cooling/software? What are my options... Thanks

 

[Drsignguy]

Read the "How To" sticky by "greysky" at the top of this forum..... first. This will answer some of your questions. Without having much knowlege in the overclocking world, I feel this is a good start for you.🙂

 

[spinejam]

i recently used the same CPU /MB/ DDR2 combo and was able to quickly o/c the system by changing FSB to 400, bumping the Vcore to ~1.33 (bios) which resulted w/ 1.29 (load), and VDimm @ 2.1 ---- 3.8Ghz was a breeze w/ stock cooling.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

run the fsb to 333 or use the 333 strap

 

[toadeater]

Originally posted by: spinejam
i recently used the same CPU /MB/ DDR2 combo and was able to quickly o/c the system by changing FSB to 400, bumping the Vcore to ~1.33 (bios) which resulted w/ 1.29 (load), and VDimm @ 2.1 ---- 3.8Ghz was a breeze w/ stock cooling.

~1.29v seems to be average for E7200s at 3.8GHz.

 

[scott916]

Originally posted by: spinejam
i recently used the same CPU /MB/ DDR2 combo and was able to quickly o/c the system by changing FSB to 400, bumping the Vcore to ~1.33 (bios) which resulted w/ 1.29 (load), and VDimm @ 2.1 ---- 3.8Ghz was a breeze w/ stock cooling.

Just the Intel HSF that came with the retail proc?

 

[Spurs986]

Yeah, I might not even overclock - just wanted to see if I could using stock - was just upping FSB to 1066 to 1333 if thats even possible?

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: Spurs986
Yeah, I might not even overclock - just wanted to see if I could using stock - was just upping FSB to 1066 to 1333 if thats even possible?

This would be considered overclocking---> E7200 multi = 9.5 x 333fsb = 3.16Ghz

This is default levels ---> E7200 multi = 9.5 x 266Fsb = 2.53Ghz Stock


Just in case you missed that fact 🙂




correction made.

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Originally posted by: Drsignguy

Originally posted by: Spurs986
Yeah, I might not even overclock - just wanted to see if I could using stock - was just upping FSB to 1066 to 1333 if thats even possible?

This would be considered overclocking---> E7200 multi = 9.5 x 333fsb = 3.16Ghz

This is default levels ---> E7200 multi = 9.5 x 366Fsb = 2.53Ghz Stock


Just in case you missed that fact 🙂

This is default levels ---> E7200 multi = 9.5 x *266fsb* = 2.53Ghz

 

[Drsignguy]

Originally posted by: BTRY B 529th FA BN

Originally posted by: Drsignguy

Originally posted by: Spurs986
Yeah, I might not even overclock - just wanted to see if I could using stock - was just upping FSB to 1066 to 1333 if thats even possible?

This would be considered overclocking---> E7200 multi = 9.5 x 333fsb = 3.16Ghz

This is default levels ---> E7200 multi = 9.5 x 366Fsb = 2.53Ghz Stock


Just in case you missed that fact 🙂

This is default levels ---> E7200 multi = 9.5 x *266fsb* = 2.53Ghz

Ooops my bad typo there will edit that. Thanks for the correction BTRY B 529th FA BN🙂

 

[Triton67]

any gaming reports, 3MB vs 6MB L2 Cache at same freq?

When I swapped my E6850(4MB L2)@3.7GHz for E8400(6MB L2) I noticed a big differance in Windows for starters (Vista x64)...at 3.4Ghz E8400 was faster than E6850@3.7Ghz in SuperPI1M....

I'm looking for cpus with large cache and more SSE instructions 😀