Help with Ocing

[sa_ill]

I have an E5200 processor and a Gigabyte G31M-S2C mobo teamed up with 2GN Kingmax DDR2 800 RAM

I'm having problems overclocking. Can any tell m if wanna reach speeds of 3.6 or 3.8 what volt I should use and what FSB should I use?

The CPU OCing guide doesnt have a guide for my processor.

I'm sorta new to thiis overclockcing thing, so it would be great if someone could guide me.

 

[V3NOM]

k. start with 240fsb at stock voltages. leave the multi at 12.5x, leave RAM at stocks... turn off C1E and EIST etc... thats a nice simple overclock. then if thats stable for a few hours in orthos, drop the multi to 6 and try 266, then 300, 333.. once you reach your maximum FSB, up the multi .5x a time and orthos for a few hours.

i have mine stable at 3.6/3.7...

 

[sa_ill]

What bout the volts?....how do i increase/decrease them?
Plus do I overclock RAM?
Can my RAM be overclocked?
Whats C1E and EIST?

 

[V3NOM]

read my post... leave volts at stock for 240. anything above that i would say give the cpu 1.3625 (ONLY IF YOU HAVE AN AFTERMARKET HEATSINK WHICH I STRONGLY ADVISE)

you don't need to overclock the RAM. at stock, the RAM can be running at 400mhz :lol: its pretty much impossible for e5200's to run at 400fsb (800MHz RAM) so... no need to overclock your RAM.

I thought you said you had actualyl read the guide... its pretty much the same as the rest of the core 2's. omg. google C1E and EIST, or

READ
THE
STICKIES
.

 

[sa_ill]

ok been trying OCing and then testing with OCCT
It crashed at 12.5,12,11.5, 300 FSB, 800 RAM and 1.3V...but it always crashed after 2-3 mins

Next....at 11x (3.45Ghz), everything same except the volts at automatics, OCCT ran for 18 minutes

Any suggestions?

 

[V3NOM]

ran for 18 min then crashed or...?

 

[sa_ill]

got the message CPU too hot
my temps during the benchmark were b/w 65-58

 

[V3NOM]

what cooler are you using? thermal paste?

 

[sa_ill]

no cooler....but i will get the thermal paste 2morrow

 

[V3NOM]

lol no cooler, what's that 500 degrees? 😛 jk i know you meant the stock cooler..

i hope.

 

[sa_ill]

Yeh actually I have a stock cooler for now.

I had a doubt, if I get an aftermarket cooler and a nice OCZ RAM, how much approximate can I overclock till?

 

[V3NOM]

depends on your chip. 3.0ghz is a near certainty, 3.6 is doable, but anything really over that needs **** of voltage...