Whats the "Free" OC on an E7300?

[lyssword]

Originally posted by: 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.

is the memory 1:1 ratio to fsb? Try that

 

[RazorBlade78]

LYSSWORD

thanks for responding. so would changing the ram ratio help me acheive my goal of O/C CPU to 2.8ghz? If it does, I'll try it and see if i can actually change my ratio timming. bTW the timming is set to 5-5-5-15 by default. Thanks again.

 

[TidusZ]

Originally posted by: 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.

I disagree, I think we should be derailing the thread, it can't get back on track unless we push it off a little more.

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
Not to mention the stress it can cause on your other components.

No doubt. Want to buy alot more of the cheaper motherboards and PSU's? Then overclocking is your best friend. There's a very good reason that we overclockers buy good motherboards and PSU's, and a higher more stable overclock is only half of it.