First timer... did I screw up my e4300 overclock?

[Twisted_Sister]

Followed WUSY guide and some others on the internet.

My specs:

CPU: e4300
MOBO: GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 board (rev 3.3)
RAM: 2 GB 800 Gskill (pc2 6400) Ram (timings 4-4-4-12)
Intel stock fan (plus case fans)

I heard a lot of folks talk about getting 3.0 ghz at stock voltages. I can only get to 2.79 WITH slight increase on voltage. If I try to raise my FSB to 333, I get horrible crashes (computer won't even let me go to Bios options).

Ok, first... the stock voltage of the e4300 is 1.325

I increased it to 1.35 (per another guide suggestion).

The memory voltage per Gskill is 1.9-2.0...

I have it at 2.1V (+0.3V) (IS THIS SAFE!!!!??? WILL I KILL MY RAM???)

Why do I need to increase the voltage on a 800 OC ram? Is it because I'm using the manufacturing RAM timings instead of the default 5-5-5-12?

Also added a pcie voltage +0.1v

Any help would be much appreciated.

FYI - idle is about 33C, under load (for some reason I could only run 1 instance of Prime) it's at 47C.

 

[zervizer]

Set the memory timing and the voltage to the manufacture specification. You might need to increase the voltage a bit. It is alright if you increase the voltage as long as your temps are cool. This is a really good Guide for Overclocking with the DS3

 

[kitchenshark]

The +0.1v beyond spec on the RAM won't hurt it. Make sure your FSB:RAM is set 1:1. (This is marked as 2.0 in the DS3 BIOS). You may need to apply slightly more voltage to the CPU. I couldn't get my E4300 past 2.4Ghz without 1.37v. It won't boot at all at 2.97Ghz without 1.37v.

Remember too, that not every chip OC the same, your milage may vary.

To get 2 instances of Prime95 running, you have to run them from seperate folders. You have to copy the Prime95 folder to another location and run the second copy from the new location.

 

[Twisted_Sister]

Thanks zervizer and kitchenshark! I'm going to check up on these things tonight.

I'm relieved that I'm not the only one who can't get past 2.6 barrier @ stock voltage.

@ 1.37 how as your heat... I'm running stock cooling.

 

[kitchenshark]

2.97Ghz @ 1.37v gives me idle of around 46-50C (Reported by TAT on both cores) and loads around 70C (Again, reported by TAT on both cores). I've got the Scythe Ninja Plus...but then again, I don't have any A/C so the ambient is in the 80s F.

 

[lashton]

I have an e4400, with the same mobo and same RAM, I get 3.2GHz thats 355 X 9, im unload the COPU multi and load the FSB up, it you got to 355 you would get the same, but you would also need to set multi to 8 which would get you around 2.8GHz, which is where I would expect you to top out, also the conroes (allendale core) have a FSB hole that some people need to "punch through", raise the FSB by 5 - 10 MHz and see if you get it stable.
I get 3.2 and a successful boot into windows, in windows using easy tune I get OVER 3.6GHZ, and it reflects in benchmarks and reporting tools as 3.6

 

[kitchenshark]

Let us know how things turned out.