PLEASE help me overclock my E8400 !!

[yetyhunter]

I own a E8400 , an Asus p5n-d and 2GB of ram PC2 4300 533mhz.How far can I oc'it with this memory?Can I reach 3.6 GHZ. I don't know alot about OC so someone can explain me step by step? Thanx

 

[MrMr]

There is no overclocking with that ram. As a matter of fact, your memory is already being overclocked past it's specs. I doubt you'll get it much further.

 

[yetyhunter]

so if i want to overclock i need to change my ram? if yes what would you recomend?

 

[cmashwin]

get yourself some ddr-2 800 ram ATLEAST.. U can buy 1066mhz in case u wanna go extreme..

 

[MrMr]

It would be helpful to know what motherboard model you have.

 

[yetyhunter]

I aleready said it ,look closer in the first post I have a an ASUS P5N-D

 

[MrMr]

I aleready said it ,look closer in the first post I have a an ASUS P5N-D

So you did. My bad. If you're looking to get to 3.6, then any DDR2 800 ram will do. You have a multi of 9x. At 400FSB you will reach your 3.6 goal. If you're looking for high quality ram, go with

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820144062

D9 chips. You can push it further than its rated 800. Most likely past 1000.

 

[MrMr]

Double post

 

[yetyhunter]

But I can't buy anything on newegg. I don't live in USA ,i live in belgium and I have to buy from a local shop.

 

[MrMr]

Post a link to one of the local shops. We'll see if they have some quality ram. If not, then any DDR2 800 will do for the overclock you're looking for.

 

[iluvgillgill]

just any ddr2-800 will do fine if you cant get any links.as long as you dont run it above 900 is fine by most ram.

 

[yetyhunter]

They have some ddr2 800mhz kingston ram and corsair but thats to expensive for my budget about 50 euros that's 65$.

 

[rozar]

Has anyone been able to get a 5.9 processor Vista score with a E8400/X3110? I have been able to get a 5.8 and have pushed as far as 4Ghz with a factory fan.

If anyone hit 5.9 what did it take?

 

[yetyhunter]

I think you need a quad core for 5.9

 

[yetyhunter]

So Ijsut got 2gb of 800mhz ram.Now can you tell me how to overclck? Not to much because i have the stock cooler.

 

[rozar]

My X3110 is running 3.8 on a stock Intel cooler and mem timings were on auto. I have an Asus board in this system with normal crucial DDR2 800, 2 x 1gb. I dont remember the CPU voltage but I think it was 1.35 or close to it.

Maybe that will get you started. I was also able to boot and run the vista score test at 4.0ghz but I didnt stress test it with just a stock fan.

 

[yetyhunter]

if I set the voltage to 1.3 I get 95°C

 

[rozar]

What fan do you have? The one that is about 3/4 of an inch thick? I may have been a little misleading. I have a stock fan but my processor was not retail box so my fan is from a different processor. (I have no idea which one)Its nothing special mind you, but probably better than the one that comes in the retail version.

Edit: I looked and I think my heatsink is very close to the one that comes on a Q6600.
Also I looked in our warehouse and the E8400 we had comes with a heatsink that is a sliver over 1/2 inch thick and has no copper. If yours is like this then I can see why you are running hot. The stock Q6600 is alot thicker and also has a copper center. Although still nothing great, its much much better than the E8400 one.

What motherboard do you have?

 

[yetyhunter]

I have the Intel stock cooler. The smallest one.It's very simlar to the q6600 but half the size.

 

[yetyhunter]

I have an ASUS P5N-D mobo with the 0502 bios.

 

[rozar]

Why not just get an aftermarket heatsink/fan? It sounds like yours is holding you back for sure.

 

[yetyhunter]

I'm buyng a Arctic freezer pro 7 soon. How far will I be able to overclock then?