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I figured before I tried to see what sort of numbers I could get stable on my performance 965-based rig, I'd submit my workhorse rig that is also running a 965, but with a super-conservative overclock for stability. Breezed through 2 hours of testing.

CPU: X4 965
Name: OCMusicJunkie
Frequency: 4000mhz
ref*multi: 200mhz x 20
CPU voltage: 1.4725
CPU-NB: 1.10
nb frequency: 2000
NB volts: 1.10
RAM: 4 x 4gb 1333mhz Kingston HyperBlu 1.5v, 9-9-9-24 timings
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0
Cooling: Xiagmatek Logi 92mm tower
OS: Win7 64-bit

OCCT2hour.jpg
 
Somebody please help ......

I wan to overclock my Intel Core 2 Duo E4500 @ 2.20 Ghz to 2.80 Ghz or higher ---

My PC Specs are :-
2 GB DDR2 RAM
230 GB HDD
Perx P-4 450U Power Supply
Radeon HD 5450 Graphic Card
Asus P5GC-MX Motherboard

Any help will be appreciated
 



Come on now...You are on the wrong side of the tracks...Please read the forum topics and post your query in the appropriate section....Geez does anyone bother to read anymore.
 
I was stable for 1 hour and 39 minutes yesterday morning running OCCT on my X4 965 @ 4.5ghz using regular air-cooling. Sadly, it fell apart not because I had an error, but because I left the room and forgot to turn on the fans or crack a window. It had warmed up enough to push it over my cutoff temp of 60C and end the test. 🙁

I do have the CPU validation I'll toss up with voltage info for the overclock, just for anyone else to reference if attempting something equally nuts. 😉

I just ordered seven 100CFM 120mm fans to replace the 40-60CFM fans that are currently being used for my push/pull cooler and case intake/exhaust flow. I have high hopes that I'll be able to stop battling the thermal ceiling that I always hit before I seem to have actual difficulty with stability.
 


4.6GHz, that's very good. I'm thinking in the same Crosshair, ASUS and MSI has rule my hardware the last months.
 


Very nice overclock- not sure what "normal" top-end is for a 975, but I imagine it doesn't go much further than that. What is your load-line calibration setting, if you don't mind sharing?

I am looking at the 8350 as well as the 6300 for my two primary desktops- the dilema I have is that I'll actually feel sad letting go of the pair of Phenom 965's I run now. I considered the thought of moving one into the HTPC system I have, but there is no chance a pair of 92mm case fans with a 95w heatsink would survive....
 
4.2/4.3 is the usual, a few get 4.4 but you and I have special chips, diffused by sparkly overclocking pixies 😛
My other half is getting my 975 and 890FXD5 when I upgrade but it'll be back to 3.6 for her
LLC on that is disabled and I'm sure with some tweaking I can get it stable enough for a stress run,

Moto
 
Very nice... I am planning on trying to get a stable config at 4.6 once my new memory shows up. I had been confused as to why it kept dropping one of the modules and setting the latency to something like 11-12-11-30 by default unless I overvolted..... turns out I upgraded motherboards to one that doesn't list my Corsair modules as compatible. I figure once I can avoid all the memory-related BSOD crashes, things should be a lot easier. 😀
 
I usually set the timings manually and drop the speed to approximate 1333, or thereabout, once I can boot and validate I try putting it back to 1600 area, I've often found the lower stting makes for a more responsive machine though
Heres to upgrades though, I'm aiming for 5GHz on the 8350 (To begin with 😛)
Moto
 
Yeah, I've had to run 9-10-9-27-2T at 1600mhz on the ram I have been using, and that's while it's overvolted to make possible. I know it's held back my performance- I'll be excited to find out just how much. I landed on these bad boys as my upgrade: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148561

8gb modules rated for 1600mhz and 8-8-8 latency at 1.5v? Don't mind if I do. 😀

How much do you feel your watercooling gives you an edge over the better options available for air cooling? I don't know how much more you can do than run seven 120mm fans like I do, so I am trying to decide if I want to take it further and go to H20 when I switch to the Piledriver chips.

 
**I don't know how much more you can do than run seven 120mm fans like I do**

Run twenty nine like I do? 😛
all on about 600Rpm so not noisy, don't worry, but I ramp them up for clocking sessions
but temperature is not a worry for my overclocking as you saw above, 37'c idle on 1.56v and that includes the two cards heat output as well
I'm very happy with my water performancewise although I'm always trying to push harder with that as well, I'm halfway through a chillerbox mod that connects up to the loop to lower my delta below ambient,
I don't really like big air coolers from a looks and noise point of view and water is more efficient anyway,
I'll post back if I can get 4.6GHz stable in any way (For stess testing), work tonight so may not have time to play today
Moto
 
Malmental was permabanned which really sucks
I know he could be argumentative and all but I feel he was a valuable member of the THG community
I also think he wasn't given enough chances though I don't know the full story of his permabanning since mod magic made the posts disappear
I do know I have seen some other members do some atrocious things on here and were given many more chances than Mal got before finally being permabanned
I still chat by voice,text and email with him (we have become pretty decent friends)
while his actions might have pushed the limits I do know that the many many members he helped over the years should of factored into the decision
 
sure will

man I got a Asus M4A88T evo board 880g board and the thing has to be RMAd
I wasnt looking to get crazy on a mobo since this 1100T will probably be my last AM3 socket CPU (not worth it to go FX IMHO)
I just wanted to upgrade to Sata III and USB 3.0 on this rig
the main thing was my old board (Asus M4A77TD) only has a 4+1 VRM and the new board had 8+1
I think I am hitting a VRM/NB limit on my OCing
the best stable OC I could get on the old mobo on the 1100T was 4.1 though as temps climbed up to 60c on the CPU it would throttle the CPU from 4ghz to 1.7ghz
which I think was really the VRM/NB getting too hot since at 60c the 1100t is not near throttling temps
Argghh
 
Swapped cases for my daily-driver into something smaller (Thermaltake Commander) and left the larger case for my performance rig (NZXT S210). Wanted to make sure I could still keep the clocks up- actually managed to squeeze an extra 100mhz from the CPU and 200mhz from the NB stable.

CPU: X4 965 C3
Name: OCMusicJunkie
Frequency: 4100mhz
ref*multi: 200mhz x 20
CPU voltage: 1.4625
CPU-NB: 1.20
nb frequency: 2200
NB volts: 1.15
RAM: 4 x 4gb 1333mhz Kingston HyperBlu 1.5v, 9-9-9-24-1T timings
Motherboard: Asus M5A99FX Pro R2.0
Cooling: Xiagmatek Loki 92mm tower
OS: Win7 64-bit

4100stable.jpg
 


d'oh!

I raised multi to 20.5 x 200- that's how I kept a NB at an even 2200. Should show that in the screen cap there somewhere. It was early. 😀
 
i understand trust me LOL

you know that raising the NB will give a nice performance increase
I had my 965 running at 4ghz and 2800 NB
the extra speed of the NB will be more performance than the 100mhz of CPU
I did tests with Cinebench 11.5 and raising the NB will give more performance than 100mhz of CPU
of course if you can raise NB and keep the 4.1 that would be the best
 



Yeah, I've had my best SuperPi 1m times <14s while running at 4.4ghz CPU, but 2800mhz NB. Ticking up to 4.6ghz on the processor with 2200 NB actually slowed me down. I just ordered memory for both machines that should be able to keep things stable running relatively normal latency, plus better fans for the push/pull cooling on both as well. I'm hoping to spec out at 4.1 CPU and 2600 NB on the daily I just posted, and 4.3 or better with at least 2800 NB on the tinkering rig. I'm getting close to not worrying if I do fry a processor, since I need an excuse to try the FX out in one of these anyway 😀
 
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