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rich rich   06-21-2008 at 02:46:52 PM

I just build my own PC with the help of people in the new build forum and was wondering about overclocking the PCU slightly.

This is my current setup:
Memory - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/139662
Processor - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/145258
Cooling - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/105994
Motherboard - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143176
500W PSU

I was told that the E7200 can reach 3.16GHz as a "natural overclock".
Does "natural overclock" mean i can just go into the bios and shift the FSB to 333 and everything will be fine?

Im aware the chip can go up to 4GHz+ but i dont really want any of the messing around that overclocking comes with, id just like a safe option of getting the most from the chip.

Any advice would be priceless! thanks.

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elbert   06-21-2008 at 03:22:39 PM
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All depends on what you mean by natural overclock? Overclocking isnt promised on any CPU and you could have an E7200 that could just make the cut. If you mean natural in no voltage change you at best would have a 20% chance. If you mean natural in not breaking the 10% voltage increase rule you would have a 99% chance.

I suggest you set your FSB to 333 at stock voltage and see if it boots. If it doesn't reset and increment the voltage by 1%. IE if stock is 1.2v then 1.21. If it does boot but isn't stable increment by smaller numbers. You want the least amount of voltage as possible while keep the system stable.

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rich rich   06-21-2008 at 08:40:51 PM
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Well i shifted the frequency to 333 and it automatically changed my RAM speed to 1000MHz so i tried to boot and it failed.

I then reduced the RAM back to 800MHz and its fine now.

I set the voltage control to automatic and it says that its now 1.216V when it was only 1.5~ before.

Also CPU-Z tells me that the multiplier of the CPU is changing between 6 and 9.5 fairly often, is that right?

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rich rich   06-21-2008 at 08:49:45 PM
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Sorry,

I set the voltage control to automatic and it says that its now 1.216V when it was only 1.12~ before.

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roadrunner197069   06-21-2008 at 09:02:24 PM
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The change from 6-9.5 is normal and can be disabled in Bios. Its Intels Speedstep technology to save power while not under load.

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pcgamer12   06-21-2008 at 09:31:27 PM
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Post your idle temps. Just load Real Temp and watch the temperature settle for 2-4 minutes, it should be <40. Better yet, <30.

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iluvgillgill   06-21-2008 at 09:33:56 PM
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you might be able to do 4Ghz on it. but i think lapping both will be better.

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rich rich   06-22-2008 at 06:14:49 PM
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Its at 3.16Ghz now and running fine, i was playing around last night and it peaked at 49*C while playing old games, havent tried any stress tests yet tho.

Anyone got any good suggestions on stress test software?

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Evilonigiri   06-22-2008 at 06:17:11 PM
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Prime95.

Run the blend test first for about 12hours. Then move on to the small FFTs for about 8hours. These are the bare minimum for everyday use, but I found out running the blend test for 24hours gave me absolute stability.

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iluvgillgill   06-22-2008 at 06:35:40 PM
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run small ffts for 10 hours at least and dont forget to tick error checking.

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rich rich   06-22-2008 at 10:21:56 PM
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Well i just set my case fan to Medium speed and it idles at 37*C which i think is pretty good.

Il give those stress tests a go but im not sure about 24 hours :O
Is that really needed? i was just thinking about using something that would max out the CPU load for an hour or so just to check it wont overheat.

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rich rich   06-22-2008 at 10:23:55 PM
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I meant to say 27*C idle, but i cant edit it.

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iluvgillgill   06-22-2008 at 11:08:36 PM
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do a screenie with CPU-Z,coretemp,realtemp,hwmonitor and of course prime on small ffts:)

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rich rich   06-23-2008 at 02:04:51 AM
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There was a constant 10*C difference in temp between realtemp and coretemp, somethings not ok there but i got no errors during 15min of the test and the temp seemed to level off.

Il run a longer test tomorrow.

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iluvgillgill   06-23-2008 at 02:12:28 AM
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sorry im not into 45nm. i wish the temp is Realtemp but i somehow prefer the "safer" reading of the coretemp. i think the temp different you better query a person called Lupiron.PM him along with screenshot.:)

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Shadowthor   06-23-2008 at 02:42:03 AM
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I would run the longer test and see how it goes.

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gmanvbva   06-24-2008 at 10:30:13 PM
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rich rich wrote :

There was a constant 10*C difference in temp between realtemp and coretemp, somethings not ok there but i got no errors during 15min of the test and the temp seemed to level off.

Il run a longer test tomorrow.

http://img113.imageshack.us/img113 [...] yt7.th.jpg



The difference is because of the value for the processor's TjMax configured in Real Temp and Core Temp. It has not been formally documented (externally) by Intel but many believe it to be 95C. Some of the older versions of programs have it as high as 105C, which many believe is too high to be correct.

Edit: In other words, RealTemp is currently considered more accurate at defaults. You can configure the TjMax

Core 2 Quad and Duo Temperature Guide
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] ture-guide


Message edited by gmanvbva on 06-24-2008 at 10:32:57 PM
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rich rich   06-25-2008 at 01:44:03 AM
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So the cooler readings were the correct ones, should be able to chill beers in this thing if i turn the fans on max :P

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Evilonigiri   06-25-2008 at 03:00:26 AM
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Or you can fry eggs if you remove the fans.

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mugz   06-26-2008 at 12:02:15 PM
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*burp*

Now where's my cheeseburger?

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iluvgillgill   06-26-2008 at 01:18:44 PM
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how many "mugz" of coke you want?

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We$   07-23-2008 at 12:45:57 AM
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Hey I have an Asus P5N-D 750i with a E7200 2gb of Patriot DDR2DDR2 SDRAM 800mhz RAM. Asus has a program with the mobo called AI gear 3 or something and you can overclock from there and they have presets that allow inciments of 5, 10, 15, and 20% I went with 10 then 20 and my CPU is running at 2.78ghz at about 42 degrees C. All I have changed is applying the 20% setting is it safe to do this without changing anything else???

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