Whats the "Free" OC on an E7300?

[andrei3333]

With my E8400 in the living room its 3.6 GHz whats the magic number where i dont have to adjust many settings to get a free OC on this E7300 CPU ???

( on the 8400 i have to change the FSB and thats it !!!)

 

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: andrei3333
With my E8400 in the living room its 3.6 GHz whats the magic number where i dont have to adjust many settings to get a free OC on this E7300 CPU ???

( on the 8400 i have to change the FSB and thats it !!!)

While the setting you are after varies by chip, I am guessing that your other settings are on "auto", so they are adjusting themselves. It could be overvolting your E8400. However, @ 400 FSB I dont think your board would overvolt enough to hurt it.

 

[JMapleton]

It should be similar to the E8400, around 3.6Ghz.

 

[Quiksilver]

There is no such thing as a "free" OC. Any and all OCing has an effect on the processors life due to increased heat (and voltage when applied). On top of all that when it comes to OCing it's always YMMV.

 

[andrei3333]

Nothing is on auto on the E8400, the voltages are locked in as stock

but forget the E8400 for a second

i dont know whats better to adjust and which way ? FSB and multiplier

 

[PlasmaBomb]

They are both multiplier locked (upwards) so all you can do is up the FSB ...

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
There is no such thing as a "free" OC. Any and all OCing has an effect on the processors life due to increased heat (and voltage when applied). On top of all that when it comes to OCing it's always YMMV.

You forgot to mention the increased frequency itself causes them to wear out faster than stock, even if the voltage isn't increased and an aftermarket cooler is used to keep the temps down.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
There is no such thing as a "free" OC. Any and all OCing has an effect on the processors life due to increased heat (and voltage when applied). On top of all that when it comes to OCing it's always YMMV.

+1

Not to mention the stress it can cause on your other components.

 

[MarcVenice]

My e7300 runs at 3.0ghz at stock vcore with the stock cooler. Haven't pushed it harder with stock cooler though, but I bet it could do a little more on stock vcore.

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
There is no such thing as a "free" OC. Any and all OCing has an effect on the processors life due to increased heat (and voltage when applied). On top of all that when it comes to OCing it's always YMMV.

+1

Not to mention the stress it can cause on your other components.

it only matters if you plan to have the same parts running for more than 5-10 years, most of us here upgrade every year or every couple years

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: lyssword

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
There is no such thing as a "free" OC. Any and all OCing has an effect on the processors life due to increased heat (and voltage when applied). On top of all that when it comes to OCing it's always YMMV.

+1

Not to mention the stress it can cause on your other components.

it only matters if you plan to have the same parts running for more than 5-10 years, most of us here upgrade every year or every couple years

Not true at all. Look in Gen hardware, PSU's and Cases and Cooling and you'll see MANY MANY higher end rigs pieced together with cheap ram, power supplies and cooling hardware.

 

[andrei3333]

well this PC may in fact run for the next ten years, you see the reason my mom needs a new comp is because her the hard drive in her previous one lost all data - an AMD 1.5GHz, with a 64 MB geForce 2, 512 Ram with 40 GB HDD -


so i think ill let it run at a nice round 3.0 GHz and call it a day

thanks guys

Oh yeah and BTW i upgrade about once every 3 years so im not worried about shorteting the lifespan of my CPU from 50 to 10 or even to 5 years ...thanks guys

 

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: andrei3333
well this PC may in fact run for the next ten years, you see the reason my mom needs a new comp is because her the hard drive in her previous one lost all data - an AMD 1.5GHz, with a 64 MB geForce 2, 512 Ram with 40 GB HDD -


so i think ill let it run at a nice round 3.0 GHz and call it a day

thanks guys

Oh yeah and BTW i upgrade about once every 3 years so im not worried about shorteting the lifespan of my CPU from 50 to 10 or even to 5 years ...thanks guys

Actually yea, its a very good idea to be on low side of overclocking if it's not the computer that is actually yours to use. Make sure to set the fan to auto/throttle speed in bios so it would lower the fan speed when not under load, she would probably appreciate how quiet it is .

 

[Twsmit]

on my E7200 somewhere between 3.0 and 3.2ghz was my free stock voltage OC.

 

[Concillian]

Originally posted by: Twsmit
on my E7200 somewhere between 3.0 and 3.2ghz was my free stock voltage OC.

My E7200 is in this range too. E5200 is same stepping and also is in this range.

I'd expect similar for E7300.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: lyssword

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
There is no such thing as a "free" OC. Any and all OCing has an effect on the processors life due to increased heat (and voltage when applied). On top of all that when it comes to OCing it's always YMMV.

+1

Not to mention the stress it can cause on your other components.

it only matters if you plan to have the same parts running for more than 5-10 years, most of us here upgrade every year or every couple years

Not true at all. Look in Gen hardware, PSU's and Cases and Cooling and you'll see MANY MANY higher end rigs pieced together with cheap ram, power supplies and cooling hardware.

So, I'll just file this along with the naysaying about q6600's.
I don't understand Gillbot, why do you have to be against what everyone else says?

 

[Kraeoss]

easy way to increase post count

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
So, I'll just file this along with the naysaying about q6600's.
I don't understand Gillbot, why do you have to be against what everyone else says?

Because I like getting under your skin apparently.

Also, if you'd bother to search and read many of my replies, you'd see that I don't ALWAYS disagree with EVERYONE.

Originally posted by: Kraeoss
easy way to increase post count

Also because I care about post count. If that were the case, I'd be neffing in OT.

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
So, I'll just file this along with the naysaying about q6600's.
I don't understand Gillbot, why do you have to be against what everyone else says?

Because I like getting under your skin apparently.

Also, if you'd bother to search and read many of my replies, you'd see that I don't ALWAYS disagree with EVERYONE.

Originally posted by: Kraeoss
easy way to increase post count

Also because I care about post count. If that were the case, I'd be neffing in OT.

You just say a lot of things that are counter to what is accepted among most of the hardware community as fact.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux
You just say a lot of things that are counter to what is accepted among most of the hardware community as fact.

Because everyone here follows the norm with everything right? We must all be sheep and believe what is posted on the internet forums as complete fact?

Anyway, Back on topic. No point in derailing this thread any further.

 

[RazorBlade78]

hi guys. I just got some new stuff in from the UPS the other day. So I saw that you can O/C this E7300 45nm chip without changing stock cooler to about 3.0ghz without breaking a sweat. Every time I goto overclock it, and im talking not even 100mhz more- my system either freezes up or gives me the blue screen of death While gaming. I tried upping the cpu voltage to 1.2v and all it does is freeze up. The stock setting is only 1.16v. Wouldnt the CPU CHOKE under heavy stress like gaming at that low setting. Also the ram I'm runnig is at 2.02V set in the BIOS. if i go any higher my system crashes. Do i have to change anything else to make it run at 3.0ghz or even 2.8Ghz without it bombing out every min. Kinda thinkin i should of just spent $40 more and got the E8400. But i will not spend the shipping/handling to return it. So if anyone can help me, I'd really be thankful. ASROCK P43Twins1600 is my MB. BIOS VERSION 1.9

---E7300, asrock p43twins1600 MB, 9800GT vid, 2x 1 gig ddr2 ocz platnimun 1066mhz ram. 585watt psu.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: soccerballtux

I don't understand Gillbot, why do you have to be against what everyone else says?

cuz he repeats a lot of things i say. which is usually the correct statement?

unless your saying i tell everyone a lot of false / fake info?

also note, gillbot will be playing with a E7500 soon (b4 retail launch) .... u should give him some credit.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: soccerballtux

I don't understand Gillbot, why do you have to be against what everyone else says?

cuz he repeats a lot of things i say. which is usually the correct statement?

unless your saying i tell everyone a lot of false / fake info?

also note, gillbot will be owning a E7500 soon.... u should give him some credit.

We don't agree on the whole Quad/Dual thing but otherwise, you are ok for a n00b.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Gillbot

Originally posted by: aigomorla

Originally posted by: soccerballtux

I don't understand Gillbot, why do you have to be against what everyone else says?

cuz he repeats a lot of things i say. which is usually the correct statement?

unless your saying i tell everyone a lot of false / fake info?

also note, gillbot will be owning a E7500 soon.... u should give him some credit.

We don't agree on the whole Quad/Dual thing but otherwise, you are ok for a n00b.

Im sorry, your still talking about yorkfield... ive 2 up'd since then. ROFL....

 

[Idontcare]

Originally posted by: Quiksilver
There is no such thing as a "free" OC. Any and all OCing has an effect on the processors life due to increased heat (and voltage when applied). On top of all that when it comes to OCing it's always YMMV.

This is true even in the monetary frame of reference of the term "free". Overclocking increases power consumption which increases the electric bill.

If you have someone else paying your bill then I suppose you could argue that it is at least free to you, but it certainly isn't free free.