Hi all, I was hoping I could get some help with my OC of the e2180 (using an Abit IP35 mobo)
I am not very experienced with OCing, so I read the sticky guide here to get a grip on things.
I believe I disabled everything I need to in Bios.
I set PCIE to 100Mhz (some guides mention this though I think the guide here said 101, is this important?)
The aim was to get the CPU to 3ghz. To cut a long story short (incrementing the speed gradually), at 3ghz I could not get it to start windows with less than 1.38V on the CPU. Given that people claim to get around that at stock Volts, is this a bit high?
The Multiplier is x 10
The FSB is 300mhz
The voltage is 1.38
The RAM is running at 700mhz (it is capable of 800mhz, so it is underclocked)
The RAM is running at 1.9v as recommended on the modules (I assume as it is underclocked there is no need to give more juice to the RAM?)
The suggested timings are 5-5-5-15 for the RAM (though thinking about it, I fear perhaps I left this all on auto)
I am using a Hyper212+ CPU cooler and temperatures on the CPU do not look to be an issue.
Due to the machine going to a friend I did not have time to do a thorough check on the OC (only managed a short while on Prime95 to make sure temps did not go too high, temps were peaking around 45C)
My friend took the PC and set it up at his place and started playing a game (Rift). Everything went fine but after 30 mins or so the machine turned off. It did this a couple times before he called me and asked for advice.
My first assumption was temperature, but according to Coretemp that was still fine (temps still below 50C while playing)
My next thought was maybe more Voltage required, which would mean 1.4v, my understanding is the CPU can handle up to a max of 1.55v, so increasing the voltage is not a big deal, but again, it seems like I am having to up the voltage a lot for this OC so I am concerned that I am missing a trick, maybe there is something else I have forgotten to adjust?
My only other thought was perhaps the case itself is getting to hot? I know the case is crappy with pretty poor cooling capabilities. Is there a good way to monitor the case temps? Or should I just have him try playing with the side off for a while to see if that helps?
Any help is greatly appreciated. As I say, I am not too familiar with OCing and a lack of time for proper stress testing did not help - if it were not for the fact the PC was destined for the bin before being given to my friend for free I would not have risked its health with a somewhat rushed OC
Edit: After increasing the voltage to 1.4 he played for 40 minutes before going to bed and had no crash in that time, so it looks like the stability has improved.
I am not very experienced with OCing, so I read the sticky guide here to get a grip on things.
I believe I disabled everything I need to in Bios.
I set PCIE to 100Mhz (some guides mention this though I think the guide here said 101, is this important?)
The aim was to get the CPU to 3ghz. To cut a long story short (incrementing the speed gradually), at 3ghz I could not get it to start windows with less than 1.38V on the CPU. Given that people claim to get around that at stock Volts, is this a bit high?
The Multiplier is x 10
The FSB is 300mhz
The voltage is 1.38
The RAM is running at 700mhz (it is capable of 800mhz, so it is underclocked)
The RAM is running at 1.9v as recommended on the modules (I assume as it is underclocked there is no need to give more juice to the RAM?)
The suggested timings are 5-5-5-15 for the RAM (though thinking about it, I fear perhaps I left this all on auto)
I am using a Hyper212+ CPU cooler and temperatures on the CPU do not look to be an issue.
Due to the machine going to a friend I did not have time to do a thorough check on the OC (only managed a short while on Prime95 to make sure temps did not go too high, temps were peaking around 45C)
My friend took the PC and set it up at his place and started playing a game (Rift). Everything went fine but after 30 mins or so the machine turned off. It did this a couple times before he called me and asked for advice.
My first assumption was temperature, but according to Coretemp that was still fine (temps still below 50C while playing)
My next thought was maybe more Voltage required, which would mean 1.4v, my understanding is the CPU can handle up to a max of 1.55v, so increasing the voltage is not a big deal, but again, it seems like I am having to up the voltage a lot for this OC so I am concerned that I am missing a trick, maybe there is something else I have forgotten to adjust?
My only other thought was perhaps the case itself is getting to hot? I know the case is crappy with pretty poor cooling capabilities. Is there a good way to monitor the case temps? Or should I just have him try playing with the side off for a while to see if that helps?
Any help is greatly appreciated. As I say, I am not too familiar with OCing and a lack of time for proper stress testing did not help - if it were not for the fact the PC was destined for the bin before being given to my friend for free I would not have risked its health with a somewhat rushed OC
Edit: After increasing the voltage to 1.4 he played for 40 minutes before going to bed and had no crash in that time, so it looks like the stability has improved.