e8400 overclock

coleman · 10-01-2008, 10:59 PM

your chip might not be able to reach the speeds you want, not all will.

4.6ghz is very ambitious, you would need water cooling for that, plus it sound like your chip doesn't even like 4ghz. if you relay want to reach those speed then a lot of research needs to be done

What power supply are you using, this can often be a problem.

sokol · 10-02-2008, 12:09 AM

ok i got it back to 4.0ghz stable running at 38c idle. Gonna try pushing it alittle more maybe to 4.16 - 4.2ghz no more.

coleman · 10-02-2008, 12:30 AM

what is the temp under load?

you might be better leaving it at 3.8 or so in order to increase te cpu life(just a suggestion)

10-01-2008, 10:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
coleman Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London Posts: 81	your chip might not be able to reach the speeds you want, not all will. 4.6ghz is very ambitious, you would need water cooling for that, plus it sound like your chip doesn't even like 4ghz. if you relay want to reach those speed then a lot of research needs to be done What power supply are you using, this can often be a problem. Last edited by coleman; 10-01-2008 at 11:03 PM.

10-02-2008, 12:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
sokol Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 177	ok i got it back to 4.0ghz stable running at 38c idle. Gonna try pushing it alittle more maybe to 4.16 - 4.2ghz no more. __________________ Case: Raidmax Smilodon Extreme Black MB: DFI Lanparty DK P35 T2RS CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 @ 4.1ghz 1.312v, 456x9 Ram: Mushkin 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 961 @ 5-5-5-12 2.125v PSU: Xigmatek MC NRP-MC651 650W GPU: EVGA Geforce 8800GT @ 701/1747 HDD: Western Digital Raptor X 150GB @ 10k SC: Creative X-FI EXtreme 7.1 OS: Windows XP Home Edition 3dmark06: 13963

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10-02-2008, 12:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
coleman Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: London Posts: 81	what is the temp under load? you might be better leaving it at 3.8 or so in order to increase te cpu life(just a suggestion)