So I just built my first comp. and then decided to take it to a local shop to have them finish up for me. Here is my question, they asked if I wanted to OC and I said sure. They told me they changed my multiplier and that was all. They didn't have to change the voltage. They ran it on I believe it was CPU-Z to get a rating. They showed it to me and my machine is running at 4.0 is this a good stable number to run at? They said he ran it for a day and a half and it ran perfect, and didn't run hot. They said the E8500 runs these numbers without any issues. That if I wanted to mess with it later I could and make it run faster, but to just be careful especially seeing I don't no what I'm doing. My comp is running on air....
E8500 Overclock Question
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TrainTrackHack
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If you're already at 4GHz, I wouldn't bother screwing around with it any more, as that's really close to that CPUs ceiling and you can't get a lot more performance out of it, even the little you could get out of it wouldn't be noticeable and you'd have to bump up the voltage to get there. Voltage increase alone results in exponential increase of heat production, and topped up with the higher clockspeed the thing is going to get REALLY sweaty. I would leave it there... 4GHz for an 8xxx is excellent, there's no need for more.
[-0MEGA-];1044973 said:
I probably misunderstood, but I no he said something about the multiplier being 9.5 and he went into the bios and bumped it up and didn't touch the voltage. They said they tested it and it was running perfect, he was quite impressed with the performace. How do you stess test, I'll do it myself. Go to a website and d/l something? Thanks, and yes I saw it, they d/l the cpu-z and it showed something like E8500 3.16 running 4096 I think. I'll d/l and pull it up again. They said this was a validation or something. How do I copy and save so I can show you guys.
I'm not sure, but he said that they were checking to make sure it was stable. So I'm assuming, yes. I'm gonna long on the other comp now and post with my validation, give me a minute.
O.K. check it out....
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1 (Build 6001)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 2 Cores - 2 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 EM64T
CPUID : 6.7.6 / Extended : 6.17
CPU Cache : L1 : 2 x 32 / 2 x 32 KB - L2 : 6144 KB
Core : Wolfdale (45 nm) / Stepping : C0
Freq : 4009.14 MHz (422.02 * 9.5)
MB Brand : Asus
MB Model : P5Q-E
NB : Intel P45 rev A2
SB : Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev 00
GPU1 Type : ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
GPU1 Clocks : Core 750 MHz / RAM 900 MHz
GPU2 Type : ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
DirectX Version : 10.0
RAM : 4096 MB DDR3 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 422 MHz (1:1) @ 5-5-5-15
Slot 1 : 2048MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : G.Skill
Slot 2 : 2048MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : G.Skill
cpuz
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8500
Windows Vista Home Premium Edition SP1 (Build 6001)
CPU Arch : 1 CPU - 2 Cores - 2 Threads
CPU PSN : Intel Core2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz
CPU EXT : MMX SSE SSE2 SSE3 SSSE3 SSE4.1 EM64T
CPUID : 6.7.6 / Extended : 6.17
CPU Cache : L1 : 2 x 32 / 2 x 32 KB - L2 : 6144 KB
Core : Wolfdale (45 nm) / Stepping : C0
Freq : 4009.14 MHz (422.02 * 9.5)
MB Brand : Asus
MB Model : P5Q-E
NB : Intel P45 rev A2
SB : Intel 82801JR (ICH10R) rev 00
GPU1 Type : ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
GPU1 Clocks : Core 750 MHz / RAM 900 MHz
GPU2 Type : ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
DirectX Version : 10.0
RAM : 4096 MB DDR3 Dual Channel
RAM Speed : 422 MHz (1:1) @ 5-5-5-15
Slot 1 : 2048MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 1 Manufacturer : G.Skill
Slot 2 : 2048MB (PC2-6400)
Slot 2 Manufacturer : G.Skill
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fade2green514
Active Member
a good day to day speed for a core 2 duo is 2ghz.. or lower. lol for gaming and more a good speed is 3ghz. 4ghz is kind of overkill.. but hell who doesnt want more speed right?
not to hijack the thread or anything though.. it sounds fine to me. @ omega i think he meant the fsb when he said multiplier, and im not sure if hes 100% sure what hes talking about.. considering he had someone else overclock his computer... which is also something i really would NOT do...
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Heck yeah, your right, I have no clue. That's why I'm on this forum looking for info....
These guys have been helping me out. Every post is please help.... Anyway can anyone tell me why my memory says PC 6400? Thanks
