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[computergeek]

So currently I have my IntelCore2Duo E6850 running at a stable 3.80Ghz which is all fine and dandy but erm, I want to run it at 3.90Ghz stable lol.><​

Now I have tried this in the past and it would only run stable for a few days before I started having issues now as far as, I can tell my ram is playing funny buggers with me.​

They're essentially the same type of ram DDR2 400Mhz but my ram modules are the issues, let me show you.

Slots one and two ram modules.

Slots three and four ram modules.

And here was the last attempt I posted of over on the overclockers.com forum trying to achieve a stable 3.90Ghz overclock.​

I'd feed the ram 1.9v, the Geil ram should handle it without any complaint and may OC further there. The ram that is rated at 2.0v will be much happier at 1.9v than at 1.8v.

In a perfect world that'll perk the ram right up and get you 4GHz

I was right 1.9v no where near enough and 2.1v was needed just to achieve a stable 3.90Ghz overclock with the ram at 2.1v and running the CPU at 434 FSB frequency, CPU Ratio 9 and with a vcore of 1.575v, NB still 1.3v and VTT set to auto.

3.92Ghz or 3.95Ghz Overlockings are no where near stable with prime 95 it seems, I would have to seriously nuke the crap out of this CPU to achieve a stable overclock higher then 3.90Ghz.

I can overclock my CPU to 4.0Ghz and it will boot but, I cannot get it stable with prime 95 on the blend test and as far as the large fft test goes.

I didn't bother at 4.0Ghz as there would be no point if it can't even pass the blend test for at least 10 minutes.

Edit

Removed mem timings and set to auto to fix Battlefield 3 random BSOD.

Oh if only I was so lucky lol as eventually it crashed a few days later (BSOD memory issue) and I was running my Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 at voltage 1150, core clock 1044, shader clock 2088 at the time but also bare in mind that you can't really set the shader clock separately nowadays on these newer GPU's as they are linked together grrr damn fermi.><, memory clock 2052.

I did manage a very unstable 4.0Ghz overclock on my IntelCore2Duo E6850 but meh if it isn't stable, I don't bother posting the results.

I am just anal like that but nowadays I am running my IntelCore2Duo E6850 at the following 3.80Ghz stable with the following clockings.

CPU FSB Frequency

423

CPU Ratio

9

FSB 1:1

CPU Vcore 1.55v

Memory Voltage 2.00v

NB

1.3v

VTT

Auto

And when needed I will run my Asus GeForce GTX 550Ti 1024MB GDDR5 at voltage 1.2v, core clock 1066, shader clock 2120, memory clock either 2052 or 2155, when running say Crysis 1st series collection, Battlefield 3 or heavily graphically modified older games, recently Grid especially but the FXAA injector tool seems to help a lot with FPS so really GPU overclocking isn't needed as much more on the side of tweaking the game and GPU settings via the Nvidia control panel for the games that, I run along with the Nvidia inspector tool.

Also the damn open gl issue is still present with drivers for this GPU but I have used EVGA OC Scanner at the stock OC the GPU comes from Asus and my own OC's and all is stable.

 

[Lauralarry]

that voltage lmao.. your cpu is a warrior

 

[computergeek]

Yeah I know lol I'm not sure if its the mobo having issues or my CPU is on its way out but any lower and it won't past prime 95 and also the increments in the bios is well erm crap you can't just set the voltage how you would like you have to use -/+ on the vcore.

Grr I wish I had my old mobo now instead granted its even more ancient now then this mobo but at least setting your own vcore manually wasn't much of an issue but no lol MSI thinks it has to be in even increments lol back to Asus for me when, I finally finish my PC upgrade eventually.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Turn the vcore down man

 

[computergeek]

lol read the above post I know exactly how much less it has to be but, I can only set even increments on my mobo with regards to the vcore because of the bios restrictions.

Also bare in mind that this CPU chip can't even run 3.90Ghz stable 24/7 so the chances of it running stable at a lower vcore increment at 3.80Ghz is less likely and also, I have confirmed this.

 

[seumasbeathan]

lol read the above post I know exactly how much less it has to be but, I can only set even increments on my mobo with regards to the vcore because of the bios restrictions.

Also bare in mind that this CPU chip can't even run 3.90Ghz stable 24/7 so the chances of it running stable at a lower vcore increment at 3.80Ghz is less likely and also, I have confirmed this.

Well then lower the oc

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

Jesus Christ 2v on ram, you could probably fry some eggs on that

i wont dare to have more than 1.6 on my ddr3 17k rams with decent heatsinks

 

[computergeek]

Why on earth would I want to do that, I OC'd the CPU this high stable so newer games would run better as my newer GPU was being crippled for it if the CPU is running at lower clocks.

I could barely get past 40fps in Battlefield 3 on lower CPU clocks but now everything run's just fine at High/Ultra settings and way above the 40fps mark and also bare in mind this wouldn't help much on a bigger monitor at higher resolutions and with regards to ram voltages, any lower and I get bsod's all over the place and it isn't stable.

That and the fact the two lots of ram use different voltages slightly but then what the heck are you gonna do as I was given the other ram some years ago and plus, I need all the ram I can use.

Also erm you're using ddr3 which uses less volts lol ddr2 behaves much differently.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Why on earth would I want to do that, I OC'd the CPU this high stable so newer games would run better as my newer GPU was being crippled for it if the CPU is running at lower clocks.

I could barely get past 40fps in Battlefield 3 on lower CPU clocks but now everything run's just fine at High/Ultra settings and way above the 40fps mark and also bare in mind this wouldn't help much on a bigger monitor at higher resolutions and with regards to ram voltages, any lower and I get bsod's all over the place and it isn't stable.

That and the fact the two lots of ram use different voltages slightly but then what the heck are you gonna do as I was given the other ram some years ago and plus, I need all the ram I can use.

Also erm you're using ddr3 which uses less volts lol ddr2 behaves much differently.

40fps with your graphics card is what you should expect in Bf3 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/512?vs=541

 

[computergeek]

Erm I get over 50fps now with both the CPU and GPU overclocked as Asus built the GPU to take the strain of overclocking and with fxaa being used instead its way over 60fps(I hit 90 the other day, fxaa much better).

And on some levels 60fps and above average instead of 50fps+ but I do tweak my games to get the best performance and graphically appealing visual.

Also it was discovered in the Nvidia drivers that your GPU's performance is constricted on the fermi GPU's because the way voltage/power is handled so manually setting a profile for BF3 in the Nvidia control panel power wise etc, turning off multi sampling in game and using fxaa helps a lot or just simply changing how the GPU's power is managed helps using the game settings that come as is on ultra.

But maybe toning down anti-aliasing differed if fps is that much of an issue but OCing the GPU gives you way over 50fps average.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Ok but imo your ram voltage and cpu vcore is to high

 

[computergeek]

Well ram wise that is because of them being slightly different and ddr2 not the efficient ddr3 voltage wise and ripping two of them out wouldn't help much as I need all the ram, I can get and vcore wise.

Like I said bios restrictions because on my older mobo I could just enter the vcore in manually instead of using -/+ and being restricted to even increments and, I did check CPU-Z when using blend test on prime 95 and really the CPU needs around 0.15 less or something like that volts wise but mobo restrictions prevent me from setting it at exactly what is needed.

Unless someone knows of a tweaked erm...hacked bios's>< for this board but so far, I haven't found anything as of yet.

 

[seumasbeathan]

Well ram wise that is because of them being slightly different and ddr2 not the efficient ddr3 voltage wise and ripping two of them out wouldn't help much as I need all the ram, I can get and vcore wise.

Like I said bios restrictions because on my older mobo I could just enter the vcore in manually instead of using -/+ and being restricted to even increments and, I did check CPU-Z when using blend test on prime 95 and really the CPU needs around 0.15 less or something like that volts wise but mobo restrictions prevent me from setting it at exactly what is needed.

Unless someone knows of a tweaked erm...hacked bios's>< for this board but so far, I haven't found anything as of yet.

Having a vcore that high could damage your cpu though

 

[computergeek]

I'd lmao of if there is a vcore voltage option I am missing in this bios but, I haven't found anything that would let me manually input the vcore voltage but meh maybe I just have a crap CPU chip.

As my old CPU was an E2180 I think it was and, I managed a straight overclock from 2.00Ghz to 3.80Ghz stable on much lower volts in this mobo so maybe this CPU just isn't as good of a chip as.

I would like it to be but once I upgrade the motherboard later in the year, so new CPU, new ddr3 ram etc, this thread and endeavor will be pointless but thanks so far for all your input and feedback.

Also I have a pretty decent CPU cooler so I am not as bothered about CPU damage but still, I would rather not kill it before finishing my PC upgrade later this year.

 

[computergeek]

If I am running my current CPU at 3.60Ghz stable I would usually use a vcore of 1.3.

I think I used last time but anything higher then that much more voltages is needed and also, I noticed when I first got this CPU chip anything higher then 3.60Ghz under load one of the cores temp wise were higher or lower then the other.

So maybe I had a duff CPU chip to begin with who knows.

 

[seumasbeathan]

If I am running my current CPU at 3.60Ghz stable I would usually use a vcore of 1.3.

I think I used last time but anything higher then that much more voltages is needed and also, I noticed when I first got this CPU chip anything higher then 3.60Ghz under load one of the cores temp wise were higher or lower then the other.

So maybe I had a duff CPU chip to begin with who knows.

put it back to 3.6, that cpu at 3.6 should be fine for most games

 

[computergeek]

Yep its fine for most games but there is a significant decrease in Battlefield 3, hmm maybe I should choose to upgrade to a mobo with dual bios's, hopefully less hassle.

But thanks for your help I will just stick to bios profiles then for now one with 3.60Ghz stable overclock and one with 3.80Ghz stable overclock settings but, I do feel like I got a bit of a bad CPU chip or maybe.

I am still a tad in experienced still in CPU overclocking seeing as GPU overclocking wise, I have never had an issue.

lol this is what I get for spending all my time of late modding/playing PC games.><