Processor too slow

[onewildbill]

I have a E5200 with a Gigabyte EP43-DS3L motherboard. My clock speed on CPU-Z is running at 1200 - 1800 MHz.

Any type of overclock over 2.5 is unstable even with a voltage of 1.38.

Any suggestions how to get a stable factory clock speed?

p.s. I have an aftermarket cooler.

 

[alvine]

are you talking about intel speed step?

 

[roadrunner197069]

Try the overclock stickys.

A P43 isnt as good as OCer as a P45, and you need to adjust more then v-core.

Again read the overclock stickys!

 

[zenmaster]

Make sure your Memory is running at a 1:1 Ratio

Likely it's not set to 1:1 and when you increase the FSB, your memory is OCing more than you realize.

 

[iluvgillgill]

^isnt it abit obvious?!LOL

 

[Priv]

Pretty much what zenmaster said, check your max memory overclock before you start overclocking your processor...

 

[onewildbill]

I have CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory.

I could not even get 2.5gz without touching any of the motherboard settings.