Post your E4300 Overclock!

[YodaOfBowling]

Might be a little early for this yet...but I am sure everyone wants to know what an E4300 can do, so here's the place to put it.

I am personally very interested not only in the highest OC you can do, but also the E4300's capabilities with NO Vcore Adjustments...seeing as the motherboard I am planning on has no Vcore adjustment (but it has everything else...go figure). So, if you can, please post both with and without Vcore adjustments.

Thanks!

 

[LsRaven]

I would really like to bring this Thread Back....or well get someone to post here ...I am VERY interested in overclocking a 4300....I dont have alot of exp with OC so well...help us NOOBs and losers out ......how bout getting a couple of us to say 2.4 ..... how bout on a 945 965 ect mobo....where to start...MSI ASUS mobo's anything...

 

[Bache]

Might be a little early for this yet...but I am sure everyone wants to know what an E4300 can do, so here's the place to put it.

I am personally very interested not only in the highest OC you can do, but also the E4300's capabilities with NO Vcore Adjustments...seeing as the motherboard I am planning on has no Vcore adjustment (but it has everything else...go figure). So, if you can, please post both with and without Vcore adjustments.

Thanks!

Do a GOOGLE

There would be a few tech sites that would have OC'd them.

 

[pignoli]

Why would you plan on getting a motherboard you knew had no ability to adjust vcore when you want to overclock...?

 

[YodaOfBowling]

Why would you plan on getting a motherboard you knew had no ability to adjust vcore when you want to overclock...?

Excellent question. Because I am trying to build my C2D computer at the lowest possible price. The board I am planning on getting is $75.99 (ASUS P5L-MX). The closest board I have seen that has everything I want and has Vcore adjustments (and has fairly good reviews) is around $120. If any one else has any recommendations of a motherboard that has onboard video (again to keep the price down; This way I don't have to buy a video card, although I may upgrade later if I feel I need it), at least one pci express slot, dual channel memory capability, and of course will run an E4300, and has been shown to reach ~320 FSB, for under $100, please let me know . I am not looking for an amazing overclock...my original plan (before I heard about the E4300) was to get an E6300 and overclock to ~333 FSB, which I would have been perfectly happy with. Now with the E4300, if I can just get up to 300 FSB, it will be a 50% overclock, 2.7 GHz.

Hence, why I want to know how high people can get the E4300 before having to raise the Vcore...if many people make it to 300 FSB with no Vcore adjustments, then perfect. If not, then I may just have to consider upgrading my mobo...but I would rather not since the one I'm planning has a really attractive price, and everything other than the nonexistant Vcore adustment is perfect.

 

[Bobsama]

Try a Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 at $108. It is basically the same as the DS3 except it doesnt have 'solid capacitors' or some mumbo-jumbo like that. Saves you $40 though.

 

[ps2]

E4300 overclock not work with P5L-MX or P5LVM-1394. Seems not because of the CPU or RAM but the PCI/PCI-E clock lock.

We have many unsuccessful cases about these two mobo.

 

[YodaOfBowling]

E4300 overclock not work with P5L-MX or P5LVM-1394. Seems not because of the CPU or RAM but the PCI/PCI-E clock lock.

We have many unsuccessful cases about these two mobo.

Really? Thats interesting...Can you point me to any posts or links describing any particular cases where this has occurred? There were many reviews of this mobo on NewEgg that said that they got the P5L-MX to 319 just fine, but when they got to 320 the NIC stopped working. People then put in a PCI NIC and then were able to reach 360 FSB...This was with the E6300. I would love to hear more specifics of the cases where there were troubles overclocking to ~300 FSB

 

[ps2]

Read from some chinese discussion groups at Hong Kong.

I myself brought the P5LVM-1394 and all overclock is not success so far. Could oc to 233 but then the build-in LAN port would fail.

The P5L-MX seems overclockable for E6300(some successful cases published before) but not for E4300. Similar case on P5LVM-1394.

These two mobo seems unable to lock PCI-E/PCI speed for E4300(FSB800). RAM or CPU seems not the root cause of the failure so most likely the PCI bus is the reason.

Reason not yet know so be carefule to buy these two mobo for oc E4300. Better wait for a successful case before choose your mobo for oc.

 

[InterSlayer]

I finally put together my system last night. This is my first new system in ~5 years, and first time overclocking.

2GB DDR800 XMS2 5-5-5-12 1.9v
Gigabyte GA 965P DS3 Rev2
E4300
Tuniq Tower 120

Current : 356mhz x 9 @ 3203mhz, (Stable - 6hr Orthos)
vCore - 1.380v
Rest are stock voltages

Max:
390mhz x 9 @ 3.5mhz
Mem Timings 5-5-5-15
DDR2 Overvoltage +0.4v
FSB OverVoltage +0.3v
(G)MCH Voltage +0.3v
CPU Voltage +1.500v

Notes: It was stable for Memtest, Prime95, SuperPi, but the temp caught up to it on Test 2 in Orthos. The Tuniq couldn't keep it cool enough, the temp went to >60C and Explorer started to crash. It probably would have been fine with a water cooler.

I'm also using an old 3dfx voodoo banshee PCI video card (I'm being cheap and waffling on a video card decision). Not sure if, or how that would affect my overclock or stability =p

Resources Used:
Voltage Settings
Stability Testing
Semi Useful Guide

*I'm using a 965P motherboard, put 945 by mistake.

 

[Pax2All]

Where did you buy the MB? :?:

 

[InterSlayer]

www.allstarshop.com

Price went up to 150 though, from 130. Newegg has em for $140 shipped, but you'd have to ask em which rev it is if you're specifically looking for rev2.

*I meant 965P not 945P if you were wondering about that

 

[Pax2All]

okay makes more sense now. Gigabyte has a "Now Available" tagged onto the 945P ds3 rev 2 on their website but I have yet to see it anywhere in stock

 

[killerguppy]

I just got my E4300 up and running:
Currently @ 3420 MHz
Memory @ 760 w/ 4-4-4-12 timings @ 2.0V
Chipset and FSB overvolted .1V

I need to try a later version of the bios to see if I can squeeze more out of the DQ6: currently running version 5

 

[Kardiophylax]

Just built my rig last night and I've been testing it since then.

It is running quite stable at:
E4300 @ 2997mhz (333fsb)

I changed almost nothing in the S3 bios. I increased the fsb speed to 333, set the processor core voltage manually to 1.325v (stock), and set the ram multiplier to 2.0 (1:1). My 667 ram is running at 667 now and everything is working wonderfully. No other changes were required. (Well I disabled the onboard audio, but that was because I have a sound card)

My rig is E4300 processor, Gigabyte 965P-S3, Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, 1GB 667 ram, EVGA 8800GTS, 700w OCZ GameXstream PSU, SB Audigy soundcard, 80GB Sata II Hitachi drive.

My 3dMark06 score went up from 7404 to 8410 after the oc. That's a 1000 pt difference, not bad. Also Windows seems to boot faster. The highest temp my processor hit was 56c and was usually in the upper 40s to low 50s full load (used orthos and also tried a dual prime95 setup). Idle processor is around 23-25c on each core.

Overall, the E4300 was an awesome buy for me and I am very pleased with it. I could certainly push it further if I wanted to tweak with voltages and bring the cpu temp up a bit higher, but I'm satisfied with 3ghz stable.

 

[YodaOfBowling]

Well, after hearing about the problems with the e4300 on the p5l-mx, I think I have decided to switch to a GIGABYTE GA-965G-DS3 for $135 at newegg...it's a good $60 more than the asus board, but it has better onboard video (remember I'm not a gamer) and it will be sure to overclock easily. I also debated going for a cheaper 945P board and getting a cheap video card, but it would have totaled about the same price as the ds3 and may not overclock as well...so it's worth it I think.

Given that, its really good to hear the early reports from you guys about what the e4300 can really do. So far it's living up to the expectations.

Keep posting em!

 

[Pax2All]

The 965G chipset doesnt overclock as well as the 965P chipset. Be aware of that. You will have to work much harder. That board averages a FSB overclock of 300-325. A very few have got it up to 350.

 

[Gnurra42]

Hi all! I'm going for the E4300 and a Asrock mobo named conroe865pe to use my old but still ok 4-sticks of Kingston RAM, (3gig DDr-400 3200), in dualchannel, and my radeon x1950 pro AGP. I'm new with overclocking but will give it a try. Here's some info collected by another guy that is setting up a similar system as mine:
http://users.telenet.be/oiges/

looking forward to oc this when i get it two days from now... I'll check back with results!

 

[Parge]

I finally put together my system last night. This is my first new system in ~5 years, and first time overclocking.

2GB DDR800 XMS2 5-5-5-12 1.9v
Gigabyte GA 965P DS3 Rev2
E4300
Tuniq Tower 120

Current : 356mhz x 9 @ 3203mhz, (Stable - 6hr Orthos)
vCore - 1.380v
Rest are stock voltages

Max:
390mhz x 9 @ 3.5mhz
Mem Timings 5-5-5-15
DDR2 Overvoltage +0.4v
FSB OverVoltage +0.3v
(G)MCH Voltage +0.3v
CPU Voltage +1.500v

Notes: It was stable for Memtest, Prime95, SuperPi, but the temp caught up to it on Test 2 in Orthos. The Tuniq couldn't keep it cool enough, the temp went to >60C and Explorer started to crash. It probably would have been fine with a water cooler.

I'm also using an old 3dfx voodoo banshee PCI video card (I'm being cheap and waffling on a video card decision). Not sure if, or how that would affect my overclock or stability =p

Resources Used:
Voltage Settings
Stability Testing
Semi Useful Guide

*I'm using a 965P motherboard, put 945 by mistake.

Nice job man, I want to buy the exact same set up in June (bar the video card lol), I was just wondering, what kind of sound levels are you getting using the Tuniq Tower 120/E4300 combo @ 3.2Ghz?

I want to hit 3.2 as well, but not if it sounds like the a jet engine, what about compared to stock speed?

 

[Datman]

Check out the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P (v2.0), it looks like a DS4 without the heat pipes.
I found it on their website.

GA-965P-DS3P (rev. 2.0)

 

[flasher702]

Just built my rig last night and I've been testing it since then.

It is running quite stable at:
E4300 @ 2997mhz (333fsb)

I changed almost nothing in the S3 bios. I increased the fsb speed to 333, set the processor core voltage manually to 1.325v (stock), and set the ram multiplier to 2.0 (1:1). My 667 ram is running at 667 now and everything is working wonderfully. No other changes were required.

This is what I want to hear. Can anyone else confirm this?

Why? DDR667 is fairly inexpensive. 3ghz seems like it's fairly close to the max of what this chip can do with air cooling anyway. The mobo isn't OCed and shouldn't need to be anything fancy, the RAM isn't OCed and shouldn't need to be anything fancy. If the e4300 can do 333mhz FSB without significant votage increases on air cooling without running hot this could be the sweet spot for price/performance gaming rigs that has been rather elusive for some time.

Anyone else post their results for 333mhz FSB with e4300?

 

[Parge]

the tuniq tower is inaudible at it's lowest setting, and only is a c or 2 higher than it's full speed mode. Also, I suggest getting the ds4 over the ds3, same bios and everything, just has a lot better cooling, it's not worth the cash for the DQ6. I think you can get over 3.2 to possible 3.6ghz stable, since the allendale core runs cooler than conroe. But just know that there are new conroes coming out that may achieve even better performances for the price

Nice, and yeah, just checked out the DS4, gotta love those heatpipes, still though its, £20 more than the DS3, not sure its worth it or not if your on a budget. 3.2Ghz is fine for me, not trying to kill my chip. What about these new Conroes, are you refering to the E6320/6420 with the higher cache levels? If so, I don't think the performance increase will be enough to justify buying them over the E4300 will it?

 

[InterSlayer]

My Tuniq speed is maxed out and rather loud with a whirring sound. One of the fan cables is vibrating or something, should be easily fixed with some tape or tieing it down. It's nearly inaudible at its lowest settings mentioned earlier.

I seem to be capping out stability-wise around 362-370fsb, and am trying to find the sweet spot between there before I fiddle with noise/fan speeds. It's so frustrating, I can get it to 378fsb, but about 1-2 hours into testing Orthos will report a failure.

Hopefully things will stay peachy when I get a real video card, I'll likely have to get a slot fan so the temps don't go any higher than it is now.

 

[caamsa]

What was the cost of your rig?


I heard people say that you could over clock the 4300 on low end boards and I was saying that you needed a high end board and ram if you wanted to get above 3 ghz.

 

[sprite]

Just built my rig last night and I've been testing it since then.

It is running quite stable at:
E4300 @ 2997mhz (333fsb)

I changed almost nothing in the S3 bios. I increased the fsb speed to 333, set the processor core voltage manually to 1.325v (stock), and set the ram multiplier to 2.0 (1:1). My 667 ram is running at 667 now and everything is working wonderfully. No other changes were required. (Well I disabled the onboard audio, but that was because I have a sound card)

My rig is E4300 processor, Gigabyte 965P-S3, Arctic Freezer 7 Pro, 1GB 667 ram, EVGA 8800GTS, 700w OCZ GameXstream PSU, SB Audigy soundcard, 80GB Sata II Hitachi drive.

My 3dMark06 score went up from 7404 to 8410 after the oc. That's a 1000 pt difference, not bad. Also Windows seems to boot faster. The highest temp my processor hit was 56c and was usually in the upper 40s to low 50s full load (used orthos and also tried a dual prime95 setup). Idle processor is around 23-25c on each core.

Overall, the E4300 was an awesome buy for me and I am very pleased with it. I could certainly push it further if I wanted to tweak with voltages and bring the cpu temp up a bit higher, but I'm satisfied with 3ghz stable.

What are temps with the Freezer 7 like ?

Looking at buying an:

E4300
DS3
2GB 800MHZ RAM
AC 7 PRO
AS 5
X1950XT
(Have the rest)