Bought a new system a week or two ago, with the intention of overclocking. I know its not an amazing system, but I was building on a budget, and it seems to do the job.
Specs :
Intel e7200
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Abit IP35
2 x 1GB Corsair DDR2 800mhz RAM (5-5-5-12)
Coolermaster case and 500w PSU (Good airflow for a budget case)
Kinda new to overclocking, but gave it a go the other day. Have succeeded in raising the FSB up to 294 mhz (294 x 9.5 = 2.79 Ghz) . Various other overclockers have reported 3.8ghz with a moderately similar system to mine (I am only aiming for 3.2 or so).
The issue is, whenever I put the FSB anything higher than 295, the system fails to boot. It powers on, but there is no display on the monitor.
I have tried the following :
Lowering multi - when I go over 295, same issue occurs.
Increasing CPU vcore voltages (up to 1.25) and CPU VDD voltages (cant remember what).
Skipping 295, and trying 300, 305, etc.
Neither of them works. I am stumped to what is going on. At the current overclock, my cpu idles around 49 degrees, and loads at 63ish (judging from CoreTemp).
Just wondered if anyone had any idea why I cant boot above 295? Any suggestions/advice is more than welcome, and I can provide additional information if required.
Thanks in advance, hope you can help an amateur overclocker to bring his CPU up to 3.0Ghz or greater.
Specs :
Intel e7200
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Abit IP35
2 x 1GB Corsair DDR2 800mhz RAM (5-5-5-12)
Coolermaster case and 500w PSU (Good airflow for a budget case)
Kinda new to overclocking, but gave it a go the other day. Have succeeded in raising the FSB up to 294 mhz (294 x 9.5 = 2.79 Ghz) . Various other overclockers have reported 3.8ghz with a moderately similar system to mine (I am only aiming for 3.2 or so).
The issue is, whenever I put the FSB anything higher than 295, the system fails to boot. It powers on, but there is no display on the monitor.
I have tried the following :
Lowering multi - when I go over 295, same issue occurs.
Increasing CPU vcore voltages (up to 1.25) and CPU VDD voltages (cant remember what).
Skipping 295, and trying 300, 305, etc.
Neither of them works. I am stumped to what is going on. At the current overclock, my cpu idles around 49 degrees, and loads at 63ish (judging from CoreTemp).
Just wondered if anyone had any idea why I cant boot above 295? Any suggestions/advice is more than welcome, and I can provide additional information if required.
Thanks in advance, hope you can help an amateur overclocker to bring his CPU up to 3.0Ghz or greater.