Overclocking e4400 on p5k-e wifi/ap

[PITER]

Please I need help. I am new to overclocking and have problems with 2,8Ghz stable with my e4400 rev. M0 my goal is to reach 3,2. Any help is very appriciated (I am newbie to OC)

 

[Mondoman]

Check out the excellent overclocking guides in the forum stickies.

 

[halister_one]

Read the C2D guide here, I learned how to OC my E8200 on my P5K-E from there. 3.2Ghz shouldn't be a problem, given that heat isn't a concern.

 

[PITER]

Could you give me link please?

 

[iluvgillgill]

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/240001-11-howto-overclock-quads-duals-guide

its in the main page of this forum.pay attention next time

 

[PITER]

thanks

 

[PITER]

One more question what would be the best price/performance ddr2 1066 memory for p5k-e Wifi/Ap and E4400?

 

[iluvgillgill]

you dont need ddr2 1066 ram it just totally waste of money. since the E4400 got 10x multiplier you dont need ultra high speed ram to get high OC. just get some CL4 DDr2-800 ram and it will do the job. lower the multiplier to 9X and max the FSB along with 1:1 ram ratio.

 

[iluvgillgill]

the E4400 will be max out anyway its a physical core limit nothing to do with mobo or ram. its known as a FSB wall. so maybe 8x multiplier will get you better result.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2duo-e6420_11.html#sect0

 

[PITER]

but in 3-4 months I will swap to e8200 or e7200 and I was thinking of Ram that would be good for these and of course e4400

 

[iluvgillgill]

if you swap to a E7200 DDR2-800 will still do the trick. but E8200 in the other hand needs 1066 DDR2 and a very overclockable mobo. what mobo you have?

 

[PITER]

Would GeIL Dual Evo 2x 1GB DDR2 800 MHz CL4 do the job?

 

[iluvgillgill]

yeah it should do the job just fine. as you can up the voltage to 2.2V+ and loosen the timing to CL5 and you should(may not) get DDR 1000+ but at least i think you will get 950mhz. which equal to 450FSB.

 

[PITER]

Will it be good for e7200 and e8200 too?

 

[iluvgillgill]

well hard to say.i would say yes.but who knows!

 

[PITER]

Thanks very much for help iluvgillgi.

 

[iluvgillgill]

you left "ll" lol you can call me alex if you can remember that!lol

 

[PITER]

Thank you alex

 

[PITER]

by the way does fsb strap really effect oc?

 

[iluvgillgill]

the really bad ting about FSB strap is when you say like OC a 1066FSB processor to about 1600+ the memory performance will suddenly drop and because the mobo think you have select the wrong fsb and hence work in a "safe mode".

but what it does is the NB have its own latency and clock speed according to CPU FSB. so basically the higher the FSB is the lower timing it would be at the NB to maintain stability.

if you open memset you should see a timing with the title "PERFORMANCE LEVEL" that equivalent to the NB timing(actually its not but linked)

 

[PITER]

Would "Corsair Twin2X Pro DDR2 2x 1GB 800MHz CL-4-4-4-12" than geil

 

[iluvgillgill]

both seems fine to me. its upto you. but you could google some review on them and decide.

 

[PITER]

Is it better to leave FSB STRAP on auto the highest manual I can select is 333

 

[iluvgillgill]

the lower the better for FSB strap but it will need more voltage on the NB and MCH to run at that setting.because you are somehow oveclocking it.

 

[PITER]

I heard that a good choice memory is corsair xms2 twin2x 2x1GB pc6400 cl5
What do you think about it? thanks