E5200 + asus p5kpl amps - G31 overcloking issues

Hi All,

I have been using the following setup for past two weeks

CPU - Pentium dual Core E5200 (Hope Great overcloker)
MB - ASUS G31 P5KPL AM/PS
RAM - 800MHZ CORSAIR PC6400 5-5-5-15
Heat sink - Cooler master - tower type (forgot the name)

For the past two weeks i have bee trying to over clock this processor. But im unable to go beyond 233Mhz FSB it is not posting. I even tried with least multiplier 6.0x with 240 FSB it is not POSTing. I tried everything from increasing cpu voltage, Ram Volatge , Reducing RAM speeds still unable to cross that barrier 233. Need help in this regard

I think unfortunately your motherboard is limiting what you can do. At the very least, it doesn't have good customer impressions (search for your mobo on NewEgg and look through the reviews, and you'll see what I mean).

You can also try overclocking your RAM if you want to boost your performance.

just came form work guys.... ill try those and update you ASAP

^+1. Also don't forget to stress test.

Hi guys,

Temp are always well below 38c whether on load or idle, Because the cooler i have is best in class(cooler master V8). I dont think it is about cooling issues.

very stable upto 235Mhz (235*12.5 = 2.93Ghz). This is acheived with all voltage settings settings made to auto. RAM running at (approx 785Mhz)

Eventhough i relaxed RAM timings, RAM speed set to 667, Intel Speed Step disabled, and All voltage settings made to max

CPU - Default + 150mv(This is the maximum available setting)
RAM - 2.0000v
NB - 1.40V(This is the maximum available setting)

it is not posting at 236 Mhz. RAM is also not going to create problem here. B'cos 236*3.33 = 785.88Mhz,(6,6,6,15) which is not a problem for 800Mhz RAM. - (with default 800mhz settings i have acheived RAM oc up to 900mhz so this isnt a issue)

I seriously doubt that this board simply doesn't allow this processor to go beyond 235 Mhz.

I have another board with 945GC chipset will it be good overclocker than this G31? (GigaByte 945GC s2l).
Because i bought this processor for its overclocking ability and I made a big mistake by buying this crappy g31 board along with it.

Cheers

I have attempted to overclock on the older version of this board (pk5pl-vm) for a friend. He has an E1200 and the best we could get it to was 2Ghz using PC6400 ram.

On that version there are no Ram voltage options (his ram will do 1Ghz at 2.3v).

We then resorted to pin modding his chip but the pc refused to boot at all in this state. Just to make sure I tried his chip in my pc (P5k-VM) and it booted at 2.1Ghz.

Just to see if it was his chip i pin modded my E2160 checked it in my pc booted at 2.4GHz. put the chip in his pc no boot!

I have almost the exact same setup as you, PWM:

CPU - Pentium dual Core E5200
MB - ASUS G31 P5KPL AM/PS
RAM - 800MHZ OCZ PC6400 6-6-6-18

And I have had no issue getting it to 3.01 with a stock Quad core cooler... Maybe it is your RAM. I have always had issues with Corsair and Overclocking.

My RAM is currently running at 960 right now too...

Let me get something straight.
So instead of running at rated 800 MHZ, your ram is running at 960 MHZ ?
Now if that is the case I guess you have set FSB : DRAM to Auto ?
Because if i am not wrong then E5200 has a multiplier of 12.5
So to get 3GHZ you need a FSB of 240 ( ie 3000/12.5 )
With a FSB of 240 your ram should be running at(ie that is as it is double data ram ) 440 MHZ if FSB : DRAM set to 1:1
So set the ratio to 1:1 and that will run you ram at 440 MHZ, and this seems a good stable settings.
Would like to know the thoughts over it.
Thank You.

Read some articles about overclocking even if i give you specific figures it is highly unlikely to work.
Start From scratch with lots of reading.
Thanks

Hello,
my motherboard is p5kmpl - am/ps G31....dual core processor
1600 (o.c) fsb... 1+2gbddr2 ram... Please suggest me a nice graphics card. My buget is 6500rs... Wil hd6670 ddr3 work?