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E8400 and ASUS P5k/EPU

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glyph   01-01-2009 at 02:58:13 AM

Hi there,

I am looking to overclock my E8400 on an ASUS P5k/EPU board with the stock heatsink. I am also running 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2-1066 5-5-5-18. Everyone seems to be confident with 3.6Ghz on stock cooler by upping fsb to 400hz with no voltage increase. Can this be done thru the bios without using Asus AI overclocking software?

Thanks.

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calinkula   01-03-2009 at 09:24:42 AM
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FSB, RAM timings, voltages and much more can be done through the bios, I see no reason why you couldn't hit 3.6. Save goofy settings though and you may have to reset the CMOS to get the machine to post.

However, with a stock cooler that could be a very hot 3.6Ghz. Dish out ~$40 and get a good CPU cooler.

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