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11-02-2009, 07:36 AM
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My e8400 overclock
After a few days of tweaking!
  http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=804085 Dont know If I should push it more. Originally I said I'd just go for 4ghz but meh. Would there be anything wrong with running it at faster speeds even with acceptable voltage 24/7? I'm wanting this pc to last a good while. Last edited by spixel; 11-02-2009 at 07:50 AM. |
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11-02-2009, 07:49 AM
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Technically using the CPU at all, nye anything electronic I believe, is constantly wearing away at its lifespan, so yes overvolting and running it faster will impact that, but really, in the span that these chips are built to last I think it would be an utter dinosaur before you noticed anything of the sort.
I'd keep it at ~4.4 @ ~1.3v that you have, that's really nice imo.
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11-02-2009, 07:51 AM
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i'ts coooooooooooooooooool :"D
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11-02-2009, 07:54 AM
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Yep, I'm cold
 Skylamer, wtf kind of ISP do you have? Last edited by spixel; 11-02-2009 at 08:00 AM. |
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11-02-2009, 08:09 AM
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even game server renting companies don't have such a speed.. something's fishy 
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11-02-2009, 09:23 AM
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By the looks of the voltage on that overclock, I think with some decent cooling and some courage you could hit 5Ghz with that chip. By decent cooling I mean extreme water / maybe phase / LN2, but that chip has potential.
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11-02-2009, 09:40 AM
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BSOD on windows startup with 530x8.5 for 4.5ghz with one notch up on cpu voltage. Dropped it down to 520x8.5 with the lower voltage and its fine.
 I'm thinking I need to increase nb or vtt voltages but this board doesn't seem to like high voltages on either. When I had 500x8 I started with 1.35nb 1.2 vtt and it wouldnt post, no keyboard detected error, or just bsod in windows. Dropped them down to 1.24/1.1 and it worked fine. |
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11-02-2009, 10:40 AM
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4.5ghz
1.328 vcore 1.12 vtt 1.26 nb http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=804274 Its not liking orthos blend too much though. |
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11-02-2009, 03:22 PM
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Wow nice chip.
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11-02-2009, 03:50 PM
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Nice overclock. I'm surprised that your able to run >500 fsb with your low vtt and nb.
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11-02-2009, 04:04 PM
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That's a sweet little board.
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11-03-2009, 03:29 AM
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Heres my 24/7 OC
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11-03-2009, 03:39 AM
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Wait how did you get the half multi on your 8400?
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11-03-2009, 03:49 AM
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There's an option in bios called 'Enable N/2 CPU ratio'
I needed to select the multi to 8 first in bios, then enable it. If your multi is selected to 9 in bios then enable n/2 ratio nothing happens, it just stays on 9. |
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11-04-2009, 05:38 AM
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Yeah I know but I thought it had to be supported in the cpu because I know I've tried that with my e8400 on my last DFI board and no go. Also surprised I havent noticed more people using it...
edit: just tried again and it wow. How useful. Can't believe I was under impression it was only certain cpus like the 8500 with a 9.5 and not sure why it didn't seem to work for me last board... Last edited by Wrigleyvillain; 11-04-2009 at 05:53 AM. |
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