pentium celeron e3300 overclocked from 2.5 to 3.75 without voltage change

[alienworkshop]

Ok guys, bow down to me, you gotta admit that's brutal. i'm installing windows right now laughing at all the people that picked up a quad or whatever core. I can't believe i didn't have to change the voltage for a overclock that high, that's ridiculous. i'm going to see if i can go any higher. that would just be brutality if could get it at least 4 ghz without voltage change. i could probably high 5 ghz if that's the case with voltage change. I bet no one knew about these chips, it's basically a e5200 with 1 meg less cache, same multiplier too but a newer chip, maybe i got lucky, who knows. anybody else doing something like this? for a low price too. these are definitely bargain chips, the ship has set sailed for the e5200 but i think this celeron e3300 is the holy grail now.

all i got to say is look at the title and read it and weep, lol. yes these are bargain chips again. i wonder how much hate threads i'm going to get because of this. again i'm trying for 4.0 and above to see if i can get it without voltage change. i will be posting later on this. people should know about deals like this, wasting time with "i" series cpu's that cost a lot when all you need a good graphics card. LOL!

 

[pcgaming98]

I gotta admit, that's pretty friggin impressive.

 

[aldan]

what are your ram clocks?

 

[alienworkshop]

i tried to set as close as possible to 800 for stability. i redid it since it wasn't stable, but i was able to get 3.2 stable, which is still very imprssive, and yes thank you, i was like wtf, cause it was my first time overclocking this cpu, i had it for years but i never got around to getting a mobo for it, my stupid cheap psu fried my bundle deal mobo.

so yeah, that's my update. 3.2 ghz stable from 2.5, when i get another motheboard with voltage control, from the looks of it, i can hit about 4.0 with voltage higher. that's what i'm expecting from this chip. it's more impressive then my e5200 which only could get a 3.0 ghz stable overclock from stock voltages. i just can't believe i picked this chip out, i only got it cause the bundle deal was a good price. ends up, it's more then that.

btw, i was able to hit 3.8 stable with a e5200 with voltages higher. the celeron e3300 chip is something people should look into, it was released after the e5200 i believe.

 

[alienworkshop]

but yeah, i kept it as close as possible to 800 since it's generic ram, it's just a budget build, that's all. i can't wait to get a new mobo for it with voltage change. *drools, lol, but it's still obvious i can overclock higher then the e5200 with this celeron, and that's unheard of for a celeron to be this powerful, i was laughing my ass off at how fast it was.

4 ghz + here i come!

 

[aldan]

dont laugh too quick here.you still should test your clock with a program like prime95 or occt.a few hours of testing will tell the tale.i know when i clocked my old phenom triple core to 2.95ghz i thought i had it made.then i found out my ram was underclocked to 400mhz instead of 800mhz.then the fun started.ive now gone to 2.75ghz and i think i might finally have it.there is more to this than boosting clock speeds,but it sure is fun aint it?

 

[alienworkshop]

yeah, i was thinking of running prime 95 soon, but i think i got it, from my experience, i never really had to run it. all i had to do was try to use and if it freezes, then it doesn't work, but i'm sure i'm able to get 4 ghz+. that's guaranteed, i mean the e5200 is nowhere near this chip, i was like what is going on? i got it stable at 3.2 though. i'm sure of it. but for a celeron to be able to hit that high speeds, that's still good for booting. it was unstable but still i wasn't able to do that with my e5200, i was only able to get 3.3 unstable and it wasn't as stable as the celeron e3300, so that tells me right away it's a higher bin then it. i can't believe i'm upgrading to a celeron, that's ridiculous, that's why i'm laughing.

but yes, it is a lot of fun with chips like these around, i mean talk about getting your money's and hype worth of fun. i heard the 8320 is better for price/performance, but i don't think they took into account how overclockable these parts are. makes them special. lol.

but the fact it can even boot at 3.75 unstably, and the e5200 can only boot at 3.30 unstably, that tells me a lot that i'm going to have more fun with this chip and i'll probably get more then 4 ghz for the price of a celeron, lol.. it's basically an upgrade if you can overclock.

 

[alienworkshop]

*bump

okay, so i got it stable at 3.8 ghz. 1.45v. up from 2.5 ghz. still an impressive overclock from such low end parts. runs really fast. recommended to people on a budget. runs everything smooth as silk.

 

[bmacsys]

Ok guys, bow down to me, you gotta admit that's brutal. i'm installing windows right now laughing at all the people that picked up a quad or whatever core. I can't believe i didn't have to change the voltage for a overclock that high, that's ridiculous. i'm going to see if i can go any higher. that would just be brutality if could get it at least 4 ghz without voltage change. i could probably high 5 ghz if that's the case with voltage change. I bet no one knew about these chips, it's basically a e5200 with 1 meg less cache, same multiplier too but a newer chip, maybe i got lucky, who knows. anybody else doing something like this? for a low price too. these are definitely bargain chips, the ship has set sailed for the e5200 but i think this celeron e3300 is the holy grail now.

all i got to say is look at the title and read it and weep, lol. yes these are bargain chips again. i wonder how much hate threads i'm going to get because of this. again i'm trying for 4.0 and above to see if i can get it without voltage change. i will be posting later on this. people should know about deals like this, wasting time with "i" series cpu's that cost a lot when all you need a good graphics card. LOL!

Did you run Prime95 for an hour or two for a real test of stability?

 

[bmacsys]

yeah, i was thinking of running prime 95 soon, but i think i got it, from my experience, i never really had to run it.

Never ran Prime95 to test your overclock for stability? Until you pound your overclock with Prime95 for an hour and get the heat cranked up I don't think you can say your "stable" imho.

 

[alienworkshop]

i'm running linux, it will error out if anything goes wrong.

 

[bmacsys]

i'm running linux, it will error out if anything goes wrong.

That is hardly stress testing your overclock.

 

[aldan]

im bettin that under a stress test its not gonna be pretty.there is a reason you get an oc that nobody else has.trust me bud,ive overclocke a lot of old hardware and i smell something here.

 

[alienworkshop]

i beg to differ. so far it has done a good job of detecting errors. plus i can't find a mprime or prime 95 install that works for fedora core 20. just for shits and giggles, can somebody post a guide to installing prime 95 or mprime? i couldn't install the tar file. a guide would be nice.

edit: also, the rpm i found for mprime won't install.

 

[Comgen]

Hmmm, this is a perfectly normal overclock for a 45nm Wolfdale, nothing impressive.
I had an E5200 back in the time, was a lower-priced processor, but with a huge overclock potential.
~1GHz gain without touching the voltage on intel heatsink, was a normal thing even with the "bad" revision.

To further increase the frequency, then better to take an aftermarket cooler. (the only thing that stops this CPU is the heat generated after a certain frequency).
The voltage was not a problem, it could take from ~1.5V up to +1.8V peak (depended on the batch) for frequencies between 4 to 5GHz and higher... (even though, if the voltage increases, consequently must increase the quality of the cooling; H2O or higher, to a point it will not be for daily use, but for fun/competition)

With frequencies above ~3.5GHz you have to see the stability with both cores at full load, otherwise it can not be declared stable...
You may begin to start some tests such as IBT (at maximum, even 1 cycle) or run wPrime - 1024m. to have an idea. (then for the full stability, you have to test longer).

P.s. I've seen some E5200 touch 4GHz with only ~1.350V all depends on your batch and revision, but once again the voltage is not a problem for this CPU, the heat is.

As I mentioned before, I've had one operative for many years, the only flaw was that I had it on a DDR2 platform... if not, the E5xxx, E6, E7, E8 would still be good CPU's for general use / low-medium games; if supported by DDR3 and a good GPU.
Yeah, these processors are fun and all, but getting to the point of comparing them to a modern platform / processor, is not the case 😉

 

[alienworkshop]

*bump

okay, so i stress tested my system, i got it stable at 3.7 ghz with 1.45 v. not bad for a low end part. apparently this motherboard is holding back it's overclock to higher speeds, but i will fix that in the future. looks like it is pretty. lol. linux did a good job of finding errors. you should try fedora core 20. works charms. looks like i didn't need to run prime 95 after all like i said.