Overclocking Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz

speedysim313

speedysim313

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So far i have gotten the overclock to 2.95GHz, i want to get 3.0+ everytime i try my computer freezes up and doesnt reboot. My motherboard wont boot the pc if the overclock fails so thts why its doing that. Anyway is there anything i can do in bios to make it go over 3.0? I disabled speed stream are there any other things i should disable/enable?



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CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E7300 2.66GHz OC'ed 2.95GHz
Mobo: ASRock 945GCM-S
PSU: Orion 585W
Memory: 2GB OCZ Value Series DDR2 667
HD: Western Digital 250GB
GPU: EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS SSC Edition
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Keyboard: Logitech G15
OS: Windows XP Professional
Monitor: Niko 19" Widescreen
 
I thought that maybe it becasue i need to up the voltages but i dont know if i should risk it, will it do extreme damage if something goes wrong. Or do you think my mobo will catch a problem and not boot becasue it has some special oc'ing option tht will do tht.
 
speedysim313 said:
I thought that maybe it becasue i need to up the voltages but i dont know if i should risk it, will it do extreme damage if something goes wrong. Or do you think my mobo will catch a problem and not boot becasue it has some special oc'ing option tht will do tht.
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You should be safe as long as you dont go insane on the voltages, as long as you dont go more than +0.1v your fine, even +0.15-0.2 you should be alright as long as your cooling is sufficient. You should be able to safely get that cpu to at least 3.2Ghz i would think, probably even higher such as 3.6-3.8Ghz, by the way, what cooler do you have?
 
i suggest leaving speedstep on. it should have no effect on the stability of your overclock. the multiplier will scale itself back when your CPU doesn't have a load on it, but the second it is needed it will default back to full. it is a good way to lengthen the life of your chip, especially when overclocked.
 
I had problems with my OC causing random BSOD's when I left EIST1, Speedstep and all the other options on. Once I turned them all off, I was 100% stable.
 
Kornowski said:
I had problems with my OC causing random BSOD's when I left EIST1, Speedstep and all the other options on. Once I turned them all off, I was 100% stable.
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too many variables come into play to suggest speedstep was the reason you were locking up. through the hundreds of webpages and forums i have read about overclocking, i have never seen anything suggesting that it will cause instability in an OC
 
DirtyD86 said:
too many variables come into play to suggest speedstep was the reason you were locking up. through the hundreds of webpages and forums i have read about overclocking, i have never seen anything suggesting that it will cause instability in an OC
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I cant overclock for anything with speedstep enabled.... and every overclocking guide ive ever seen has recommended disabling it, with speedstep and C1E enabled i could only get to ~3.45Ghz.... with it disabled i can hit the 3.95 that im at right now.
 
DirtyD86 said:
too many variables come into play to suggest speedstep was the reason you were locking up. through the hundreds of webpages and forums i have read about overclocking, i have never seen anything suggesting that it will cause instability in an OC
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bomberboysk said:
I cant overclock for anything with speedstep enabled.... and every overclocking guide ive ever seen has recommended disabling it, with speedstep and C1E enabled i could only get to ~3.45Ghz.... with it disabled i can hit the 3.95 that im at right now.
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^ Pretty much. The majority of the "guides" I've seen have recommended turning it off.

The fact that I'd had instability for months and then it went when I turned them off, kind of hints towards it.

I'm not specifically talking about speedstep, but them all.

Speed Spectrum,
EIST
C1E
TM1 & TM2
 
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