Please give a warm welcome to my e7200 at 4Ghz!

[Serradifalco]

First off, here is a CPU-Z / Super Pi screenshot. For those with the same or similar Gigabyte mb to mine, please feel free to ask me questions about voltages or other bios settings.

I have detailed notes on the bios settings for 3.8Ghz, 3.9Ghz, and 4.0Ghz. I know I can probably go to 4.1Ghz, but I am happy where it currently is. I have booted to windows at 4.1Ghz and 4.2Ghz, but have not tested for stability at those speeds.

I was actually going to stop at 3.9ghz but my friend urged me to get bragging rights at 4Ghz. He is right though, 4Ghz just sounds so much better than 3.9Ghz. It took me an additional week of tweaking, but at least now I do have bragging rights.

 

[Adam8281]

Hopefully not too warm

 

[Serradifalco]

3dMark06 screenshot!

 

[error8]

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[aigomorla]

Great JOB!

however theres bragging rights at 4?

:shurg:

 

[LittleNemoNES]

What FSB did you need for that?

I settled with 3.4 on my x3350. Missed my goal of 4Ghz by a little ;

 

[iBPJohn]

What are the temps?

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: gersson
What FSB did you need for that?

I settled with 3.4 on my x3350. Missed my goal of 4Ghz by a little ;

422 X 9.5

 

[error8]

Don't you already have a thread with this???

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: iBPJohn
What are the temps?

High 30s idle, high 50s load.

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: error8
Don't you already had a thread with this???

Yes. I left off at 3.9ghz. I wanted to make a final thread for my final oc.

 

[toadeater]

Originally posted by: Serradifalco
I was actually going to stop at 3.9ghz but my friend urged me to get bragging rights at 4Ghz. He is right though, 4Ghz just sounds so much better than 3.9Ghz. It took me an additional week of tweaking, but at least now I do have bragging rights.

What voltages are you using in MIT?

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: toadeater

Originally posted by: Serradifalco
I was actually going to stop at 3.9ghz but my friend urged me to get bragging rights at 4Ghz. He is right though, 4Ghz just sounds so much better than 3.9Ghz. It took me an additional week of tweaking, but at least now I do have bragging rights.

What voltages are you using in MIT?

DDR2 +0.2v
FSB +0.2v
MCH +0.1v
CPU 1.325v

All other voltages normal.

 

[magreen]

What stability tests and for how long?

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: magreen
What stability tests and for how long?

Prime95 blend. Overnight 6 hrs.

 

[Tempered81]

nice work!

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: jaredpace
nice work!

Thanks! I got much good information on oc'ing in these forums... the guide and what not. Some real valuable information on my specific mb came from google. I just typed in my mb model and oc'ing. There are many good articles out there with bios settings other people have used for successful oc's. I did get frustrated at times because there are just so many possible voltage combos. The articles at least got me close even if people were using different cpus than mine.

 

[Gikaseixas]

great OC man. Love those duals

 

[heyheybooboo]

1.325v or 1.280v ???

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: heyheybooboo
1.325v or 1.280v ???

1.325 in bios and 1.280 in CPU-Z. Something about vdrop I think. :frown:

 

[Krishnavamshi24]

Wow 4 Ghz.man...amazing...

 

[Serradifalco]

Wow, after doing some reading online I can't believe this thing is running at 4ghz with so little voltage. I have read some of the oc results from the pro reviewers and nobody has even come close to my results. In fact, I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it for myself. Did I just end up with a good chip... luck of the draw?

 

[taltamir]

a month of work eh? how much do you make an hour at your job?

also, you should really upgrade your ram amount. This might OC well but 2GB is really not enough, and will slow you down a lot more then a slower CPU will in many real world tasks.

that being said, congrats, it is a very impressive achivement. And 4.0 does sound much more impressive then 3.9

 

[Serradifalco]

Originally posted by: taltamir
a month of work eh? how much do you make an hour at your job?

also, you should really upgrade your ram amount. This might OC well but 2GB is really not enough, and will slow you down a lot more then a slower CPU will in many real world tasks.

that being said, congrats, it is a very impressive achivement. And 4.0 does sound much more impressive then 3.9

Well, a month of work on a part-time basis of course. I never understood the claims of people dropping in their new cpu, upping the volatge and instantly acheiving a max, stable oc. How does that work? Maybe I am just not that good.

I run 32 bit Windows XP Pro. I don't think it will recognize 4 gigs of ram. I would want to run 2 - 2 gig sticks in dual channel. You may be right about better performance from more ram. They recommend 1.5 gigs of ram to play Crysis. If you are playing Crysis and have some other common programs running in the background, you will probably not get the performance you should be getting. I don't think 2 gigs of ram cuts it anymore for today's high-end systems. I was thinking about upgrading to Vista 64 bit soon and then uprading to 4 gigs of ram. Would I get a different oc result with more ram?

 

[taltamir]

I think those people are just damn lucky... someone has to win the lottery...

4GB of ram has gotten good, so I think you should be able to find quality ram that can OC the same, but I am not sure. It also really depends on the exact make and model of your current and replacement ram. So in a nutshell, i don't know