I took some of your guy's advice and it worked wonders. Thanks to the two guys who responded to my 1st post. This is now my 2nd post, evar.
My system is:
-EP45-DS3L
-E8400 Wolfdale E0 stepping
-4gb OZC PC8500 ram (max 533 fsb @ 5-5-5-15 @ 2.2v)
-Scythe Infinity cooler, awesome, silent, so much better than Zalman
And my OC settings are:
-9.0 x 445 Mhz = 4005.9 Ghz
-core voltage 1.25v set from 1.285 in the BIOS
-MCH=1.26v
-MCH ref=.74
-MCH/DRAM=Auto
-ICH I/O=Normal
-Strapping is 1:1 or "2.0B" in Gigabyte-speak
At 100% workload (Prime 95 Blend Operation) I'm seeing 47-48c on both cores. The CPU is drawing 35.57 amps at 43.28 watts.
So I've got a 4 ghz OC at only 1.25v, and here I was prepared to go to 1.365v !!!
Here is my question: It seems like too few volts are drawn by the CPU. Things are stable. Prime95 hasn't crashing in 2 hours and it used to crash in 10 minutes when I was using "auto" to set my vCore and getting 1.344v at lower speeds (i.e. 3.8 ghz).
I don't understand why I'm running more stable with higher speed and less voltage (4 ghz @ 1.25v) than I did with lower speed and higher voltage (3.8 ghz @ 1.34v). Oh, and I'd generate 60c heat at those settings, whereas now I'm at 4ghz and only making 48c in a pretty warm case. Can anyone explain?
Last question... if I'm only drawing 41 watts out of a potential 65w... AND I'm only making 48c temps, AND I'm only drawing 1.25v... how high should I try to go? As tickled as I am to be running 4ghz on air right now, I suppose that's only a 33% overclock from stock. Aren't these Wolfdales supposed to get 50% Is 4.5 ghz too crazy?
My system is:
-EP45-DS3L
-E8400 Wolfdale E0 stepping
-4gb OZC PC8500 ram (max 533 fsb @ 5-5-5-15 @ 2.2v)
-Scythe Infinity cooler, awesome, silent, so much better than Zalman
And my OC settings are:
-9.0 x 445 Mhz = 4005.9 Ghz
-core voltage 1.25v set from 1.285 in the BIOS
-MCH=1.26v
-MCH ref=.74
-MCH/DRAM=Auto
-ICH I/O=Normal
-Strapping is 1:1 or "2.0B" in Gigabyte-speak
At 100% workload (Prime 95 Blend Operation) I'm seeing 47-48c on both cores. The CPU is drawing 35.57 amps at 43.28 watts.
So I've got a 4 ghz OC at only 1.25v, and here I was prepared to go to 1.365v !!!
Here is my question: It seems like too few volts are drawn by the CPU. Things are stable. Prime95 hasn't crashing in 2 hours and it used to crash in 10 minutes when I was using "auto" to set my vCore and getting 1.344v at lower speeds (i.e. 3.8 ghz).
I don't understand why I'm running more stable with higher speed and less voltage (4 ghz @ 1.25v) than I did with lower speed and higher voltage (3.8 ghz @ 1.34v). Oh, and I'd generate 60c heat at those settings, whereas now I'm at 4ghz and only making 48c in a pretty warm case. Can anyone explain?
Last question... if I'm only drawing 41 watts out of a potential 65w... AND I'm only making 48c temps, AND I'm only drawing 1.25v... how high should I try to go? As tickled as I am to be running 4ghz on air right now, I suppose that's only a 33% overclock from stock. Aren't these Wolfdales supposed to get 50% Is 4.5 ghz too crazy?