Problems with Overclocking my e8400

[Tumdace]

1.3v is what i have cpu at..

on a side note.. how come coretemp ALWAYS says 1.1125V for VID..

oh and i have ram divider at 1:1.. what is the significance of that? how is that so great? isnt it better to have like 1000mhz ram than 800mhz? because i sure as hell cant put my fsb at 500 unless i put the multiplier down to like 7 or 8

[Tumdace]

as for timings.. i always had this idea that faster timings made ram faster, as well as frequency (like 5-5-5-15 is better than 5-7-7-24.. maybe its just my head..)

[Prof. Dr. Silver]

Good for you! CoreTemp does not read out your voltages.....CPU-Z tries....but it's better to trsut programs such as Everest of SiSoft Sandra or HWMonitor!

Now, knowing that your CPU might very well go above 4.0 GHz lets try the following: set the multiplier to 8 and set the FSB to 500MHz. This will make your CPU run 4.0GHz!! This changes your RAM speeds to 1000MHz....so lets see if it works....

If it doesn't run, set your Core Voltages to 1.35 and if that doesn't work try 1.40V... but make sure those steps are small! Set both your FSB/MCH voltages to +.3V

[BALISTX]

Core Temp is usually off for the CPU voltage (vcore) CPUz should show about 1.25 for your CPU voltage.
I would set your memory multi to 2.5 that will give 1000 for your memory and have it run faster.

[BALISTX]

Originally Posted by Prof. Dr. Silver

Good for you! CoreTemp does not read out your voltages.....CPU-Z tries....but it's better to trsut programs such as Everest of SiSoft Sandra or HWMonitor!

Now, knowing that your CPU might very well go above 4.0 GHz lets try the following: set the multiplier to 8 and set the FSB to 500MHz. This will make your CPU run 4.0GHz!! This changes your RAM speeds to 1000MHz....so lets see if it works....

If it doesn't run, set your Core Voltages to 1.35 and if that doesn't work try 1.40V... but make sure those steps are small! Set both your FSB/MCH voltages to +.3V

I wouldn't try 500FSB yet since he doesn't have active cooling on his NB and the Gigabyte NB run hot even with out having any extra voltage pumped to them.

[Prof. Dr. Silver]

So, lets listen to Balistx, cause he makes sense.....LOL (I don't....I had a loooooooong day)

Try 9 * 425 first!

[Tumdace]

wahts weird is i only have 2.0, 2.4, and then like 3.2 (or w/e makes it go to like 1288 o something like that)

[BALISTX]

425 for the FSB x 9 and then try 2.5 for your memory multi that will give you 1062-1063 for your memory.

[BALISTX]

then set it to 2.4

[Tumdace]

tried 425.. booted to windows but was unstable..

lowered to 410.. stable.. and i found 2.5.. it was hiding..

also.. in this picture i also decided to include SPD stuff.. can u tell me why it says my ram is PC-6400 when i know for a fact that it is PC-8500 (or maybe its labelled as PC-8500 but NCIX sent me the wrong stuff?)