Overclocking an E7400

[Sheep]

Hi,

I'm a huge newb when it comes to overclocking, and most of the guides I've tried to read are way over my head. I know that FSB plus multiplier are what equals your speed, and the higher the FSB, the faster the system is on a whole. Here's my system:

Asus P5Q pro
E7400
G.Skill PC2-6400
Thermalright AXP-140
HD4870

Currently, I'm at a FSB of 333 with a multiplier of 10. The CPU voltage reading from CPU-Z is 1.3v. Should this be lower? With this FSB setup, should I be worried about my PCIE Bus? These are my only 2 real concerns.

Thanks,
Brian

[Sheep]

Ok no cream.



Sheep

[gingerbee]

trial and error try and lower the voltage until it will not boot or is unstable ( as long as the pcie is set to 100 mhz then your fine)on a p5q i got my e7200 to 3.8@ 1.36v

[Sheep]

Originally Posted by gingerbee

trial and error try and lower the voltage until it will not boot or is unstable ( as long as the pcie is set to 100 mhz then your fine)on a p5q i got my e7200 to 3.8@ 1.36v

Thanks fr the reply. With the current voltage my temps are still fine. I think I'll just leave that alone.

Thanks for clearing up the PCiE slot bus.

Sheep

[gingerbee]

no problem at all those chips run very cool

[Realityshift]

The E7400 runs a multi of 10.5 does it not? Why not set it to 10.5 and a FSB of 343 - 345 to get 3.6ghz, My E7400 ran these settings with great temps at 1.326v. Your motherboard should be auto configing your CPU to run a 10.5 multi since its the CPUs default.

[Sheep]

Originally Posted by Realityshift

The E7400 runs a multi of 10.5 does it not? Why not set it to 10.5 and a FSB of 343 - 345 to get 3.6ghz, My E7400 ran these settings with great temps at 1.326v. Your motherboard should be auto configing your CPU to run a 10.5 multi since its the CPUs default.

I lowered down the Multi just to be safe. I wasn't sure how well the AXP140 would cool the CPU. I'll change the Multi back to 10.5, and see how that goes. 333fsb is fine for me.

Thanks for the reply,
Sheep

[Sheep]

Changed the Multi back to 10.5 and running 3.5GHz.

Superpi 1m at 15 seconds, 2m at 40s flat.

Sheep

[gingerbee]

raise the fsb till she won't boot then back off by 10 mhz and start to run some prime or occt stress tests to check if it's stable. and i always leave my TM function on

[Sheep]

Originally Posted by gingerbee

raise the fsb till she won't boot then back off by 10 mhz and start to run some prime or occt stress tests to check if it's stable. and i always leave my TM function on

I think I'm good where I'm at. I don't think eeking out another 100MHz is going to make a huge every day difference.

Thanks for the help though,
Sheep