Query

[greenbrucelee]

I have overclocked my FSB to 443 for my E8400 (4GHz) I haven't touched anything else, should I be doing anything else?

Just to add OCCT reports a stable system , my highest temp at 100% load is 60 degrees (I know the max temp for the e8400 is 72). I have ran prime 95 for about 40 minutes with no errors.

Orthos also reports no errors.

 

[V3NOM]

go into cpu -z and see the vcore. then go into the bios and instead of "auto" vcore, drop it down 1 increment at a time until it fails stress testing, then bump it up one more than necessary to ensure stability.

 

[Zecow]

What are your ram timings? Some people just OC the CPU and leave ram timings as it is, while some tighten it. So it actually depends. If you got it stable in prime, then good. There are no general rules though, but if you would paste your settings, then we might be able to give some tips.

 

[greenbrucelee]

I am at work at the moment so I can't paste them yet, will do it later. My ram timings are 5-5-5-15 2T running at 1064MHz. V3NOM why do I have to decrease the VCore? I am a noob at this as you can probably tell.

 

[V3NOM]

well i do tighten mine personally, but really how much more performance do you get? .5fps?

 

[greenbrucelee]

err I can't find an option to upload my cpuz screens, Any help