Overclocking Xeon Mod

[AtoZ0to9]

Greetings Frome Greece everyone i just needed some help overclocking my xeon e 5450 mod that i did on an Asrock G41m-s3 my specs :
Mobo : Asrock G41m-s3
Ram: ddr3 2 x 4gb samsung 1333mhz
CPU: Xeon e 5450
Psu: 750w MS-TECH
Graphics: Evga gtx 970 sc
The fsb wont go any further than 350 mhz 351 and its a black screen anything i could try ? ram ratio is 2:3 cpu multiplier is 9 (6-9)

 

[Ethanh100]

Xeons are not designed or meant to be overclocked so it makes sense you are getting bad results

 

[AtoZ0to9]

Xeons are not designed or meant to be overclocked so it makes sense you are getting bad results

some youtube - google researche shows xeon e5450 at 4 ghz !
i need some help on ram settings because i think that ram is causing the problems

 

[COLGeek]

Please don't start a new thread, just to ask the same basic question. Stay here to carry on.

Xeons, especially the older ones are simply not suited for OCing. Also, don't believe everything you see on Youtube.

What settings have you tried to this point (while maintaining stability)?

 

[AtoZ0to9]

Please don't start a new thread, just to ask the same basic question. Stay here to carry on.

Xeons, especially the older ones are simply not suited for OCing. Also, don't believe everything you see on Youtube.

What settings have you tried to this point (while maintaining stability)?

it is stable without even touching the voltage at 350 fsb and checking the first setting of the ram at 500 mhz and it is stable

 

[AtoZ0to9]

Please don't start a new thread, just to ask the same basic question. Stay here to carry on.

Xeons, especially the older ones are simply not suited for OCing. Also, don't believe everything you see on Youtube.

What settings have you tried to this point (while maintaining stability)?

Also tried raising voltages cpu's 1.3 1.35 ram voltages 1.59 etc latency is currently at 7 - 7 - 7 with 333fsb and with 350fsb 9-9-9 on auto i tried lowering the multiplier to 8 to 7 to 6 and changing the fsb to get 3.2 ghz (because 350 with 9 fsb equals 3.15) i tried disabling cpus features - enabling features blah blah blah all the noob stuff the reason i made this thread was to get answers from people like you on what i could try e.g cas latency and which i should or ram settings -350ps +50 ps oh and sorry for my english it is very hard to tell you what i need to say dont get something wrong the last thing i would like

 

[COLGeek]

I am actually surprised you have done as well as you have. At your highest stable settings, how hot is the CPU getting at idle (doing nothing) and under load (like when gaming or benchmarking)?

 

[xeon_fan]

Get yourself X5460 (x9.5), I'm able to OC it to 4 Ghz with 1.35 V on Asus P5B Deluxe ( 965 chipset). I settled on 3.6 Ghz as I'm force to use Shadow Rock Topflow fan (max 160 TDP) in very small box (Magic IBox 6 with two additional fan holes). This processor costs 27 $ on aliexpress.

I never had G41 chipset based mobo (I tested P5W Deluxe - 975 chip - no OC at all - max 1333 FSB/ P5K SE - cheap version with P35 chipset - minor success with 3.5-3.6 Ghz OC) but I heard the chipsets with GPU are not best for OC.

 

[AtoZ0to9]

I am actually surprised you have done as well as you have. At your highest stable settings, how hot is the CPU getting at idle (doing nothing) and under load (like when gaming or benchmarking)?

aida64 30 minutes 55 degrees max 23 idle and fallout 4 gives me about the same keep in mind each core has +2 -1 cant get same degrees each core

 

[AtoZ0to9]

Get yourself X5460 (x9.5), I'm able to OC it to 4 Ghz with 1.35 V on Asus P5B Deluxe ( 965 chipset). I settled on 3.6 Ghz as I'm force to use Shadow Rock Topflow fan (max 160 TDP) in very small box (Magic IBox 6 with two additional fan holes). This processor costs 27 $ on aliexpress.

i think i could get my hands on a x5460 but i dont think the processor is the problem as i stated , i think the problem is from the mobo plus the ram because i have seen on the internet many others have overclocked an asus with ddr2 memory

 

[xeon_fan]

I use random DDR2 6400 (800Mhz) at default timings but underclocked for 3.6 Ghz - RAM at 760 Mhz with FSB 1520 Mhz - 6 GB. For 4Ghz I used some Patriots 4x1GB fancy 6400 memory which was overclocked to ~842Mhz.

I guess the Ram is not the issue if used with the FSB : DRAM 1:1 ratio.

 

[AtoZ0to9]

I use random DDR2 6400 (800Mhz) at default timings but underclocked for 3.6 Ghz - RAM at 760 Mhz with FSB 1520 Mhz - 6 GB. For 4Ghz I used some Patriots 4x1GB fancy 6400 memory which was overclocked to ~842Mhz.

I guess the Ram is not the issue if used with the FSB : DRAM 1:1 ratio.

my cpu - ram ratio is 2 : 3 how can i get a 1:1 ?

 

[xeon_fan]

For p5b in bios the settings shows like this:
example :
CPU frequency - 380 Mhz
DRAM frequency - 760 Mhz

380 Mhz is the FSB / DRAM frequency equals 2xFSB which means 1:1 ratio
but that's for the old asus motherboards

I'm not sure how yours bios looks like and what values for the frequencies it shows but you could to set it like this for e.g. 400 Mhz
( Based on pictures from other OC forum)
CPU frequency = 400 Mhz
DRAM frequency = 400 Mhz
(so the same values)

Of course try with lower FSB at the beginning.

 

[AtoZ0to9]

For p5b in bios the settings shows like this:
example :
CPU frequency - 380 Mhz
DRAM frequency - 760 Mhz

380 Mhz is the FSB / DRAM frequency equals 2xFSB which means 1:1 ratio
but that's for the old asus motherboards

I'm not sure how yours bios looks like and what values for the frequencies it shows but you could to set it like this for e.g. 400 Mhz
( Based on pictures from other OC forum)
CPU frequency = 400 Mhz
DRAM frequency = 400 Mhz
(so the same values)

Of course try with lower FSB at the beginning.

DRAM FREQUENCY : [500MHZ DDR3_1000]
DRAM COMMAND RATE : [AUTO] ...... (IT HAS 1N AND 2N)
DRAN TIMING CONF (AUTO)
RATIO STATUS UNLOCKED MIN:06 MAX:09
RATIO CMOS SETTING : 9
INTEL SPEEDSTEP : AUTO
OVERCLOCK MODE : MANUAL
CPU FREQUENCY : 333
PCIE FREQUENCY : 100
...... VOLTAGES ON AUTO
that is how it listed i cant get equal numbers on fsb and dram as you mentioned 400-400 it is 333-500

 

[xeon_fan]

It looks like for G41/Asrock it could work differently than it worked to me with Asus mainboards.

BTW if you set 400 Mhz then what options are available for DRAM ?

 

[AtoZ0to9]

It looks like for G41/Asrock it could work differently than it worked to me with Asus mainboards.

BTW if you set 400 Mhz then what options are available for DRAM ?

you cant downclock just the memory you lower the fsb and memory downclocks itself