hi everyone, yesterday, i finally attempted to overclock my 4 months old Pentium E6300, excited to see over 4.0Ghz!!!
i read almost all the reviews on Newegg, and other websites, and i concluded that this chip will do atleast 3.5 on stock voltage. that is why i bought this chip. upgrade from e4400. i was increasing FSB, prime for 5 min, and increase FSB little more. at the point when i was 3.41Ghz and prime got me an error after 2 minutes. long story short, i figured out it was vcore that needed to bump. (i was trying to find out what other could affect stability than vcore because what i have researched online, which this chip should not have vcore shortage until atleast 3.5). trying to not believe the reality, i kept going...
here are my STABLE results
clock voltage
2.8 1.2875 (stock)
3.36 1.2875 (stock)
3.41 1.3
3.46 1.325
3.51 1.3375
3.57 1.35
3.62 1.3625
3.67 1.3875
3.72 1.4125
3.78 1.4375
i didnt go anyfurther because of too high vcore for 45nm.
with 1.4375 volt, i could not get 4.0Ghz, not even 3.8Ghz. i dont know how much performance exactly ill get at 4.0 over 3.78, but i like to see this at 4.0. maybe i like to see the "numbers" go high.
someone got 4.0 with 1.36Vcore. 3.6 at stock.
btw my specs
e6300 Wolfdale
1GB x2 , 512MB x 2, DDR2 6400
Gigabyte P35 DS3L
GTS 250 512MB EVGA
3 HDD
2 ODD
i raised FSB, GMCH, DDR Voltage also. makes no difference.
is there something BIG i am missing?
or is it just a chip from a bad batch??
i read almost all the reviews on Newegg, and other websites, and i concluded that this chip will do atleast 3.5 on stock voltage. that is why i bought this chip. upgrade from e4400. i was increasing FSB, prime for 5 min, and increase FSB little more. at the point when i was 3.41Ghz and prime got me an error after 2 minutes. long story short, i figured out it was vcore that needed to bump. (i was trying to find out what other could affect stability than vcore because what i have researched online, which this chip should not have vcore shortage until atleast 3.5). trying to not believe the reality, i kept going...
here are my STABLE results
clock voltage
2.8 1.2875 (stock)
3.36 1.2875 (stock)
3.41 1.3
3.46 1.325
3.51 1.3375
3.57 1.35
3.62 1.3625
3.67 1.3875
3.72 1.4125
3.78 1.4375
i didnt go anyfurther because of too high vcore for 45nm.
with 1.4375 volt, i could not get 4.0Ghz, not even 3.8Ghz. i dont know how much performance exactly ill get at 4.0 over 3.78, but i like to see this at 4.0. maybe i like to see the "numbers" go high.
someone got 4.0 with 1.36Vcore. 3.6 at stock.
btw my specs
e6300 Wolfdale
1GB x2 , 512MB x 2, DDR2 6400
Gigabyte P35 DS3L
GTS 250 512MB EVGA
3 HDD
2 ODD
i raised FSB, GMCH, DDR Voltage also. makes no difference.
is there something BIG i am missing?
or is it just a chip from a bad batch??