1st Ever OC - FutureMarks Before & After

[SugarJ]

Originally Posted by misterlarry

Case ambient temp never exceeds 38c. I've got four 120mm case fans (2pull/2push) trying to run pos pressure. The core temps of 52c are only momentary. The cores seem to spend most of their time around 46-48c.

Sounds like you have lots of air movement. Just curious, what fan did you mount on your TRUE? I think the biggest difference for me moving into the 900 is not having the PSU at the top. The heat flows right up into that 200mm fan and out of the case. Anyway, enough about me.

If you're still not Prime95 stable, try a pass with just 2 sticks of ram seeing as you're running XP. That can make the difference sometimes.

Anyone else have any suggestions? I know I'm not the only one running a E8400.

[misterlarry]

Got greedy again...sigh. Went right up to a bios vcore of 1.44375v which reported 1.41 idle and 1.38 load - trying for 4.0 Ghz.

Running OCCT right now with bios setting of 1.41250v which reports 1.38 idle and 1.36 load @ 3.9 Ghz.

DDr voltage = +0.4
Rest = +0.2
Mem timings 5-5-5-15, 1:1 and speed of 868 Mhz.

Everything seems to run fine, and btw, way more stable than my old system which I would hard boot 10-15 times a day. Drove me insane (or at least to OCing). I know this still isn't stable but that is what I'm working towards. Can I hear a "hallelujah".

[misterlarry]

Finally got a stable OC at 3.8 Ghz. The work log shows that core temps are spiking up to max of 54c. I don't want to try for more until I improve cooling, but I already have a few more goodies on their way.




Unfortunately, I took the pic before I had finished updating the work log. Doh! This is what it should look like.