soujiroseta

Hi:

Right now I am trying to OC this CPU (this is my first time, so I am a noob in this stuff). My rig is a:

CPU: E7400
MB: Gigabyte P43-ES3G
Cooler: Stock
RAM: Kingston ValueRam 2GB DDR2-800

I have some questions for you guys, hope you can help
How high can I aim with stock cooling without damaging the CPU?

I went to a computer store (one of the big ones here), and unfortunately, I found just two third party cooler brands, one of them being Cooler Master (with a Hyper TX2 if I remember well, priced at 40$), and an Evercool (don't remember the product code, but from what I've seen it looks like the stock cooler, priced at $25)
Do you guys recommend any of these two brands? Will I be able to reach higher clock speed with one of them?

Thanks, and have a great day

Soujiroseta

P.D: Sorry about my writing, this is not my native language

asedsa

Hi,

Coolers that you saw at store are quite good and enough for you, but also I can advise some Arctic cooling solutions (eg.Freezer 7 Pro) and new on market Scythe cooling solutions which are quite good maybe better than you saw. But you wont mistake if you buy Cooler Master or Evercool.

Best regards,
Good luck.

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soujiroseta

Thanks for answering asedsa.

The bad thing is that where I live I have to choose between those two brands. I can't get any other brands here.

But will it make a big difference between stock cooling and those brands?
I mainly use my PC for gaming, at a mid-resolution (1360 x 768)

How far can I push the clock speed with stock cooling?

Soujiroseta

asedsa

Well, if you buy a new cooler you can push E7400 on 3,4 Ghz minimum without problems(3,4 is quite good overclock), but that is minimum.

Also you should know that overclock depends of capability of your motherboard, before you do anything download and install latest bios for your motherboard(do not try beta verisions). Intel stock cooler is quite good for overclocking but maybe it can be a little bit noisy than coolers that you considered. Also CPU life can be longer with new cooler and max overclock will be higher and more safe than intel stock cooler.

Best regards.

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mmd_danish

on stock cooler i can reach 3.1 with my e7200 and its running very stable for months...so i guess u can also try to go upto 3ghz on stock cooler but ON YOUR OWN RISK. happy over clocking.

Bolletje

Mwa, just keep the temperature below 65 degrees Celcius. Any higher isn't good.

I've reached 52 @ full load with an E7300 with the stock cooler. 1,225V, CPU @ 3,33 GHz. Though I have an airflow which is much better than an average system.

iPlayer

Just remember not all chips from the same line overclock the same. Besides the cooler/heatsink also make sure to properly apply some good thermal compound.

Bolletje

Though almost all the E7xxx's get to 3,4 without major effort. Even the pre-applied thermal paste is good enough for that kind of overclock.

soujiroseta

Hi!

Thanks for all your answers!

I OC'd a bit mi PC yesterday. It's now running at 3150 MHz.
Multiplier: 10.5x
FSB: 300
Vcore: 1.206...
Max Temp: 55C (Using realtemp)
I ran prime95 yesterday (is it alright if I use the blend test?), and It ran well for two hours (had to stop it cause I had to use the PC). Fan started spinning a lot and was making a terrible noise.

My RAM is now running at 720MHz (it is a DDR2-800)

I have new questions, hope you can help me out:

How can I clock my memory so that it is at the stock speed?

Do you think that I can OC it a bit more or should I leave it as it is now?

What is the highest recommendable temperature that I should reach so that I don't fry my processor?

Any tips that can help me with my OC would be greatly appreciated

Thanks, and have a great day

Soujiroseta

Bolletje

Blend test is ok.

Well, you've just met the stock cooler :P

Go to the System Memory Mulitplier (SPD), and select 2.66. Since 300 (your FSB) * 2.66 = 800

I think you've reached a nice overclock. Not bad at all..

I think you musn't exceed 65 degrees and do not set the voltage higher than 1.4.

asedsa

I think that you shouldn't overclock RAM, because performace of overclocked RAM are not so noticeable and high temperature after overclocking can cause damage to your RAM sticks and motherboard after a while. So, my advice is overclocking CPU without overclocking of RAM is OK for you.

Kingston ValueRam 2GB DDR2-800 is not so good for overclocking.

Good luck.

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Bolletje

He said That's not overclocking

btw, ValueRam can really kick ass sometimes.

soujiroseta

Thanks everyone for answering!

I will have a trip to my local computer store, hope that I can buy a good cooler so I can reach some decent OC.

Unfortunately, there aren't many computer stores here, and almost all of them sell computer parts that are directed to ppl who just use it to do word processing, and a bit of programming. I love to game, but I can't seem to find good gaming components here. So in order to game at decent fps I need to overclock it. I will see if there are good coolers here, and hopefully buy one today.

I will try to OC more once I get my cooler. Hope you guys can help me out when I have it. Thanks for your support!

Soujiroseta

Bolletje

Any progress ?


Don't forget to run SPI and post your score in the DH SPI topic

soujiroseta

Well I just bought a Cooler Master X Dream for $14. The Hyper TX-2 was out of stock.

I just installed it, and applied some AS5 on it. I left it as it was (same config), rebooted and I got a BSOD. Then, it happened again.

I entered the BIOS, and had to set it to 2.8 (stock speed). rebooted and no more BSODs.

Haven't tried anything since what happened. What could have gone wrong? Will it be something related to the current voltage I use?

Any ideas/suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks!

Soujiroseta

p.d: whats SPI?

Bolletje

Just reset the BIOS (take out the CMOS battery out for a couple of seconds or do it with the jumpers). Then you have a clean start and if you remembered the settings you can set the BIOS correctly in a couple of seconds

Super PI. It's a little benchmark for processors. Here's the topic here.

soujiroseta

Thanks! will that prevent me from those BSODs? Do I have to also turn up the voltage in order to achieve the same OC that I had before?

Soujiroseta

Bolletje

BSOD's are Windows Related. You will get them if your system isn't stable.

You don't need to raise the voltage if you have a new cooler for the same overclock. If you want to be sure, just raise it a little more.

RE III - Frankie

You could probably acheive a decent 3.4 3.8 clock providing you have the right cooling and parts to support that speed. Voltage concerns are only there if you are getting high temps, otherwise good luck!