Originally Posted by Mr GRiM

This is mine, I don't think it is to bad considering only having an old e6420 and a mid range card. Would like to get a better score on 3dmarks06, maybe if I add another 4 gig of ram, a GTX280 and a quad I would get some better results . My CPU is at the maximum stable clock that I can achieve on this set up using a ASUS P5K SE mother board.
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!!holy Vcore!!...

1.544v ...after vdroop you are frying the pants off that chip
0.85V – 1.5V specified for that chip
65nm the max you want to be pushing 24/7 is about 1.45v ...1.5v at the very max!!!



surly you can drop some voltage off that & still hold your OC..

what temps are you getting full load....?

Originally Posted by Mr GRiM

Hi Skunksmash,

I have it set at 1.6v in the bios but it doesn't want to go any higher than 1.544v and when I set it higher it turns the temp setting red, so I think that it's telling no more but the reason I have that High is because I was experiencing crashes during game play on cod4 before I set it to that. My temp on idle is about 28-32 and about 45-50 on full load and my GPU is on about 50-60 on full load.

those temps don't seem too bad ...but that is serious voltage!!
if i were you i would drop it to 3ghz & pull the vcore down slightly
the loss of 200mhz would be minimal performance wise
but the extra power to hold that 200mhz stable is pretty big

my own chip sails past 3ghz with only a slight bump over 1.3v
but to hold 3.2ghz i have to push 1.485v in the bios

lol... you seriously need to drop your vcore down... waaaaaay down. If you can't hold a decent OC with less than 1.4 volts (much less) with that core, then that core was just not meant to OC.

A lot of how well you do is pure luck of the draw; sometimes we get lucky, sometimes we don't.

+1 to what Fumz said.

I'd see whatever your Highest stalbe OC is at with settings at 1.4v and stay there. anything higher your loosing life span. unless your Wanting to fry it so you can upgrade. then go for 1.6 and enjoy it While it lasts. but thats not recommended.

I have my Quad at 3.5 GHz runs at 1.384v

Originally Posted by Mr GRiM

I have decided that all your advice is good and thought it was very high, however I have already decided to upgrade as soon as I can afford to so in the mean time I am going to fry the pants off this mother.

Its all good fun, anyway could anybody tell me a good CPU to Overclock when I decide to upgrade I thinking maybe a E8400 or E8500 I have heard that some people have had the clocks above 4Ghz.

P.S. This CPU is going to be the upgrade for my partners computer, she only has a 3Ghz Intel Celeron 346. LOL

lol....... well as long as your partner is not as ''gun ho'' with voltage as you have been the 8400 would be fine jk

these chips are great clockers!! 4ghz is the standard for most ....i have seen one cooled by LN2 @ 6.7ghz

don't bother with the 8500 ...the 8400 will do those speeds with ease ...
if budget is an issue the XEON E3110 is worth a look this is the server version of the 8400
personally im not too fond of 45nm chips ...i myself am quite ''gun ho'' & these chips leave little room for error

1.6 volts kills Conroes.

Don't be fooled by what cpuid says. If you've set 1.6 volts in the bios, it's getting close to 1.6 volts. Cpuid shows fewer volts because after 1.5 volts its reporting becomes inaccurate. If you keep doing what you're doing, giving the cpu to someone else isn't doing them any favors. What benefit is a chip that's been abused to such a degree that it could, and just might, fail at any time?

You do know that past a certain point, more voltage actually reduces a Conroe's ability to OC? That's probably why your results are so poor? Yours is the lowest Conroe OC I've ever seen. My brother in law has an Allendale E4200 clocked higher than yours, 3.6GHz, and he's doing it on 1.35 volts. Those 6400's normally do ~3.5GHz-3.6GHz in the 1.3-1.4 range.

Perhaps instead of cranking as much voltage as you possibly can into the core thinking these chips will react the same way AMD chips used to, you could read up some and find out what you're doing? Cause right now, it seems like you're taking the "more voltage willy-nilly" approach... and it's doing you no favors either.