Well I made it to 4ghz(e5200)....Maybe gots Super Chip :)

[Kenmitch]

Damn I thought this chip topped out about 3.45ghz but decided to try for more

E5200 RO
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
OCZ2G10662G 4gb running at 889mhz 5-5-5-12
Coolermaster Vortex 752 ----Needs replaced as it won't keep up with the heat

Had to bump the voltage a little bit cpu-z reads 1.264 at idle drops to 1.248 under load

Currently running at 333x12=4ghz rounded off

Updated today from here down
These are the stable settings I've gotten with the chip so far

3.75ghz (300x12.5) bios vcore set 1.29375 bios reads 1.268 cpu-z idle 1.248 load 1.232
4.00ghz (333x12.0) bios vcore set 1.33125 bios reads 1.300 cpu-z idle 1.290 load 1.264
4.16ghz (333x12.5) bios vcore set 1.38125 bios reads 1.348 cpu-z idle 1.334 load 1.312

My heatsink pretty much crapped out at 4.00ghz under load at 4.16ghz loaded upper 70's*C

Looking for a repacement cooler at the moment as load temps are getting crazy

With the following settings Vista loads up and I'm only able to load with Prime95 do to heatsinks inability to keep up.

4.25ghz (340x12.5) bios vcore set 1.40000 bios reads 1.364 cpu-z idle 1.360 load 1.344

This is the point that I loose my balls....Idles at 44*C load shoots to mid 80's*C withi a couple of seconds....Me kills load

I decided to kill any further testing until I replace the cooler but am thinking that I'd most likely be able to stabilize 4.25ghz....Not sure if she'd have anymore room after that tho.



Thanks,
Ken

 

[Shmee]

Congrats! Certainly better than the E5200 my friend has! (maxing at about 3.4 I believe) and that is on a UD3P! I recently got my C0 stepping i7(soon to be sold) to 4 GHz, it was a chore...but I already have my D0 stepping 920 to 4.2 GHz, and will go further.

 

[imported_Shaq]

I thought about getting a D0 too but 10% faster isn't worth the hassle. I'd rather spend the money on video cards. lol It would be nice with a good TEC though.

 

[Yukmouth]

Damn, you beat me. I can get 3.8ghz but the voltage's needed at that clockspeed or above are insane, also.

What's your 3d Mark 06 Score???

 

[Kenmitch]

I didn't run any benchmarks yet. Just tested with intelburn test and prime95 so far to check stability.

I can boot windows at 4.17ghz but fails stress test and a couple of voltage bumps didn't help. Was kinda scared to keep
trying as 4ghz on air is good enough

 

[Kenmitch]

Oops double post....Damn iPhone

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Kenmitch
Damn I thought this chip topped out about 3.45ghz but decided to try for more

E5200 RO
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
OCZ2G10662G 4gb running at 889mhz 5-5-5-12

Had to bump the voltage a little bit cpu-z reads 1.264 at idle drops to 1.248 under load

That's an amazingly low voltage for 4Ghz. Is it prime95 stable?

I got one of the first M0 step E5200s for a friend's rig, got it up to 3.75Ghz stable, needed 1.4v actual under load, set to 1.425v in BIOS on an IP35-E with BIOS 18.

We could get it to 4Ghz no problem, but it just wasn't completely prime stable, and I didn't want to go over 1.4v much for 24/7 operation, so we clocked it back down to 3.75.

 

[Arkaign]

Nice one OP! I love the E5x00 series, just a ridiculously good value when OC'ed. At that speed, you're almost certainly faster than my 3.5ghz PhII 805 for anything that can't use 4 cores.

 

[Kenmitch]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry

Originally posted by: Kenmitch
Damn I thought this chip topped out about 3.45ghz but decided to try for more

E5200 RO
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
OCZ2G10662G 4gb running at 889mhz 5-5-5-12

Had to bump the voltage a little bit cpu-z reads 1.264 at idle drops to 1.248 under load

That's an amazingly low voltage for 4Ghz. Is it prime95 stable?

I got one of the first M0 step E5200s for a friend's rig, got it up to 3.75Ghz stable, needed 1.4v actual under load, set to 1.425v in BIOS on an IP35-E with BIOS 18.

We could get it to 4Ghz no problem, but it just wasn't completely prime stable, and I didn't want to go over 1.4v much for 24/7 operation, so we clocked it back down to 3.75.

I tried intelburn test first as it seems to error out faster and seems to up the heat more than prime does. I did a total of four runs with it. As for prime I had to shut it down after almost 2 hours as I was using the wifes monitor keyboard and mouse to test it. Had to hook her comp back up as I work late tonight.

Both cores idle at 35*C which seems constant from stock speed up to 4ghz intelburn test would push them into the mid 60's while prime would only hit in the upper 50's.

I waisted to much of my time trying for 4.17ghz

I'm gonna have to try prime overnight just to make sure.

 

[Yukmouth]

Originally posted by: Arkaign
Nice one OP! I love the E5x00 series, just a ridiculously good value when OC'ed. At that speed, you're almost certainly faster than my 3.5ghz PhII 805 for anything that can't use 4 cores.

At least you know you can Rip DVD's to AVI twice as fast .

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: Yukmouth

Originally posted by: Arkaign
Nice one OP! I love the E5x00 series, just a ridiculously good value when OC'ed. At that speed, you're almost certainly faster than my 3.5ghz PhII 805 for anything that can't use 4 cores.

At least you know you can Rip DVD's to AVI twice as fast .

Heh, true true All things considered, this PhII isn't bad, but not near the performance bargain that the E5200 is (it was my primary setup w/Asus G31 before this, I still have it).

 

[mazeroth]

Very nice! My E4300 (1.8ghz stock) ran all day long at 3.4 ghz with the STOCK COOLER! Now that's what I call a great chip.

 

[zagood]

Grrrrrr...my M0 won't go past 3.8 stable. Nice OC!

 

[Kenmitch]

I pretty much got 4ghz whipped and stable so I thought I'd try for more

For some reason core 2 needs more voltage than core 1 to be stable ???

I had to up the voltage a couple of bumps at 4ghz to make it prime stable for long turm. Good thing is I can keep speedstep and iest enabled at 4ghz.

For 4.16 I had to disable iest in bios and I'm currently trying to figure out the majic voltage number. I am running into thermal barrier with my current heatsink setup tho.

What's max vcore for this chip?

 

[geokilla]

Hmm, I wouldn't go past 1.45Vcore on any Core 2 CPUs. However, for daily usage, I say keep it at like 1.4Vcore max.

Use OCCT to stress test instead of Prime95. I find it to be much, much better in detecting errors and stress testing the CPU. As for the Intel Burn Test....I hate it. Useless to me.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

That sounds like a great value. Those chips are like $60 right? A dual core running at 4.0ghz and put it with a 4850 and you have got a cheap capable gamer.

 

[faxon]

Originally posted by: Shmee
Congrats! Certainly better than the E5200 my friend has! (maxing at about 3.4 I believe) and that is on a UD3P! I recently got my C0 stepping i7(soon to be sold) to 4 GHz, it was a chore...but I already have my D0 stepping 920 to 4.2 GHz, and will go further.

it maxed at 3.3 lol. 3.4 was never properly stable. remember, i was only testing with prime back then? not enough lol. geokilla is right, use OCCT instead. it uses the same algorithms as prime95 to find errors, but it does it a lot faster and it seems to heat the cpu up more as well.

ed: should mention mine is only an M0 stepping. i got it like a week after the e5200 came out

 

[TurtleCrusher]

Originally posted by: Kenmitch
Damn I thought this chip topped out about 3.45ghz but decided to try for more

E5200 RO
Gigabyte G41M-ES2L
OCZ2G10662G 4gb running at 889mhz 5-5-5-12

Had to bump the voltage a little bit cpu-z reads 1.264 at idle drops to 1.248 under load

Currently running at 333x12

Tried to get 4.12 but kinda lost my nerve with the voltages. Not the best board for overclocking but guess it gets the job done.

Thanks,
Ken

Well.. Uhh..

I made it to 3ghz..



/holds knees in the shower

 

[n7]

Very nice!

4 GHz E5200 is a huge bang for buck scenario

 

[Kenmitch]

Decided to go thru my saved bios settings and update my post with the stable settings.

This boredome buster project was kinda fun....But I gotta replace the heatsink to continue with it

I was kinda surprised I could push it this far with my whimpie MB anyways....Maybe a new OC record for the Gigabyte G41M-ES2L as far as % OC ???

Gotta go measure case clearance and see how much room I got to play with as far as a cooler goes....Kinda like the downdraft style as the coolermaster MATX case I'm using has a air intake tube above the cpu socket

 

[geokilla]

Whatcha using to stress test?

 

[yh125d]

You got a nice chip! the highest I got my e7200 to was 4.1gHz, at ~1.41v I think

 

[schneiderguy]

Very nice, mine can't do much about 3.3ghz. Oh well, a 800mhz OC isnt bad I guess

 

[Kenmitch]

Originally posted by: geokilla
Whatcha using to stress test?

I start with intel burn test as it pumps the heat up and fails quickly.

Next I'll do prime for long duration for stability. At 4ghz my heatsink is at it's upper limits. The 4ghz was tested running prime95 while clicking windows open and shut exploring folders etc while smashing intel burn test on top of prime95 randomely for 4or5 runs.

4.16ghz is getting way to hot to try this tho. It will pass. Intel burn test and will do prime95 but I pretty much won't hammer it too hard yet. When you see the load in the mid 80's*C you kinda start to wonder when sh's gonna melt

I have just started to play with 4.25ghz and was too scared to finish even the intel burn test after the third calculation I shut it down.

I did download OCCT but have not tried it much yet. Only ran at 4ghz so far. Just can't seem to keep her loaded when she start going over 80*C

I'm gonna upgrade the cooler as this was put together from spare parts and done for fun. I didn't think I even get this far.

While waiting I may just see how low of a vcore she's stable at stock settings for fun

 

[happy medium]

A e5xxx series @ 4.0 = a e8xxx series @ ??. I'm guessing 3.5? Just curious because I picked up a e5400 and motherboard for 100$ shipped and I'm gonna overclock it.

Nice chip by the way.