unofficial E4300 overclocking database

I hit 3 without doing anything but uppin the FSB. Ran orthos for 9 hours last night and its working fine.

Im using a scythe kitana, had to push a lot of air through my case to keep it cool ordered a ninja so we will see how high i can go with the ninja.
 
i cant seem to get it stable at 3ghz lol .. boots into vista fine and everything, just Orthos craps out after a few min. It was at 1.4v and temp increased by a few C, gets a little too high for my liking.

perfectly stable @ 2.8 though with 1.34v (8x350). even though Vista shows me at being 3.15ghz lol (i guess it uses multiplier 9 as default?)

what could be preventing my cpu from getting stable at 3ghz or higher? RAM? Power supply?

Specs:
E4300 @ 2.8 / 8x350 (Thermaltake SI-120 HSF)
Gigabyte DS3 F10
2x1gb PQI Turbo DDR2-667 @ 700
ATI X1800XL
Antec NeoHe 430w
2x160gb SataII
 
onebelo said:
i cant seem to get it stable at 3ghz lol .. boots into vista fine and everything, just Orthos craps out after a few min. It was at 1.4v and temp increased by a few C, gets a little too high for my liking.

perfectly stable @ 2.8 though with 1.34v (8x350). even though Vista shows me at being 3.15ghz lol (i guess it uses multiplier 9 as default?)

what could be preventing my cpu from getting stable at 3ghz or higher? RAM? Power supply?

Specs:
E4300 @ 2.8 / 8x350 (Thermaltake SI-120 HSF)
Gigabyte DS3 F10
2x1gb PQI Turbo DDR2-667 @ 700
ATI X1800XL
Antec NeoHe 430w
2x160gb SataII
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Your CPU is most likely the limiting factor

Your CPU was only intended to clock to 200 MHz and you are already pushing it to 350 MHz. Running at 8x multiplier you're treating it like a E6400. Why not just run at the 9x multiplier that the CPU was intended for?
 
finally got it to be stable at 3ghz (9x333) .. ran orthos for over 4hrs but I had to bump the vcore to 1.44. seems like thats the sweet spot to hit 3ghz or higher with these chips? temp gets kinda high though.
 
yeah 1.45 for me to hit 3ghz (shows 1.4 in cpuz though)... temps are 36idle and about 46 under load
 
interesting - I'm beginning to think I might pass on the 4300 if most people aren't getting past 3.0ghz....
 
Well a 1.2Ghz increase for this ship is not something to be disappointed about. With the E4300 having the 9x CPU multi is it nice for people on a budget that cannot afford the 500+mhz overclocking boards and memory. Your able to hit 3Ghz on this within 350mhz on the stock multi.
 
jbmx4life said:
Well a 1.2Ghz increase for this ship is not something to be disappointed about. With the E4300 having the 9x CPU multi is it nice for people on a budget that cannot afford the 500+mhz overclocking boards and memory. Your able to hit 3Ghz on this within 350mhz on the stock multi.
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Yes that is true - especially as the price drops . The 9x multi is the best part.
 
Yea aren't the price drops supposed to be within the next month or so? I saw it was gonna drop to $113 or something like that. That is a killer price for a C2D 3Ghz chip. I actually got an E4300 comming this week but my good HSF won't be on it til I get a new bracket/holddown for it and the company isn't responding to my e-mails so far. If I have to go out and buy another one I am gonna be PO'd. For now I am going to have to use the sotck HSF that comes with the E4300......shame. :(
 
definitely. thats the main reason i chose this chip instead of the E6300. i was replacing pent D920 so since I was still using DDR2-667 ram, E4300 was the better option for me to OC. looking at the conroe database, most ppl that got the E6300 to 3ghz and higher all has their memory going at 800 or higher. doubt my ram could get that high :D
 
This is an excellent chip. I am really happy for my OC. I mean 3ghz dual core and I only payed $170. If prices drop down to $113 it might be worth it to pickup another one for a HTPC.
 
I see most are reaching aroudn 3 GHz so If I reached 3.2 GHz, I would be a happy guy... I'll try my own with a SI-128 with the Silverstone FM121 110 cfm fan to see if I can reach a bit higher.

Anyway, my E4300 is a temporary solution until I see a good priced E6420 or even Quad cores.
 
I think the reason you are just seeing alot of 3ghz is because its so easy to do. Just up the FSB to 333/1333 and don't have to really touch anything else, and you can run your cheap 667 ram 1:1
 
Im really confused. Why are you people complaining about only reaching 3ghz?
theres not even a dual core that out there that is 3ghz. So you guys are buying a 200 doller cpu and making it run like a 1000 doller cpu? Man I wish I overclocked my computers, just thought it was pointless and just cause more headaches.
Good for you guys for pulling this kind of stuff off. Wish someone can teach me this kinda of stuff becuase you people have skill.
 
I think E6400 is quite better than the E4300 even with lower multiplier. People have better results than most E4300 users out there.

Some hit high but that's just luck.

Running @ lower multiplier and high FSB gives you better performance than just mhz.
 
Marvelous said:
I think E6400 is quite better than the E4300 even with lower multiplier.
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True that it might be but the price point is totally different.


Marvelous said:
Running @ lower multiplier and high FSB gives you better performance than just mhz.
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Some people can't afford the stuff that hits the high FSB. Granted that, yeah, there is a cheap Biostar that can do ~500+ FSB but that is not gauranteed. Then there is the memory side of it since you want to run 1:1. Not everyone can afford DDR2 1000 memory for the guaranteed speed. Sure you could go with a slower speed for less money and try to get it to 1000, but then again that isn't guaranteed either. Having a higher multiplier makes it easier for the cheaper stuff to hit the higher CPU speed.
 
Yeah. This was supposed to be a nice budget-minded upgrade from my old A64 3500+ I used to have. It suits me well, and I'm not looking for crazy better than everyone scores/fps/etc. The e4300 overclocked does alot more than I really need to be honest. It was a nice upgrade for sure :)
 
Marvelous said:
Running @ lower multiplier and high FSB gives you better performance than just mhz.
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I mean, technically it makes sense, because it makes your FSB and possibly your memory bus faster. But that extra FSB speed seems like one of those things that might not actually make much of a differance on performance. So, it might be wise to sacrifice a little CPU performance in the form of high multipler low FSB, but it seems to me like it should be to a pretty small extent.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
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I mean, technically it makes sense, because it makes your FSB and possibly your memory bus faster. But that extra FSB speed seems like one of those things that might not actually make much of a differance on performance. So, it might be wise to sacrifice a little CPU performance in the form of high multipler low FSB, but it seems to me like it should be to a pretty small extent.
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Why did you have that funny looking picture?

Anyway. It does make quite bit of difference from running say 350fsb and 9x multiplier @ 3150mhz than say running 450fsb with 7x multiplier @ 3150mhz... This has been proven time after time.
 
Once we cranked up the voltage, we were able to hit speeds of 3.582GHz (9.0x398MHz FSB) with our E4300. That’s an FSB speed of 398MHz – just two MHz shy of 400MHz! We needed a voltage of 1.525V to hit that speed with complete stability however.

Firingsquad did it. But they used $500 ram.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8GHz)
ASUS P5B Deluxe Wi-Fi AP
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C3 (EXPENSIVE)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145035
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX w/ForceWare 97.92
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
DirectX 9.0c
 
Stupac said:
Once we cranked up the voltage, we were able to hit speeds of 3.582GHz (9.0x398MHz FSB) with our E4300. That’s an FSB speed of 398MHz – just two MHz shy of 400MHz! We needed a voltage of 1.525V to hit that speed with complete stability however.

Firingsquad did it. But they used $500 ram.

Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 (1.8GHz)
ASUS P5B Deluxe Wi-Fi AP
2GB Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C3 (EXPENSIVE)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145035
EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX w/ForceWare 97.92
Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
DirectX 9.0c
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$500 RAM to overclock a $175 CPU lol what a bunch of dweebs. :p For those of us who are not getting free manufacturer samples to do reviews on their websites, that is what's known as "throwing money at the problem"
 
ShinaKitsune said:
Yeah. This was supposed to be a nice budget-minded upgrade from my old A64 3500+ I used to have. It suits me well, and I'm not looking for crazy better than everyone scores/fps/etc. The e4300 overclocked does alot more than I really need to be honest. It was a nice upgrade for sure :)
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That is exactly what I am comming from (A64 3500+ Venice).

wdn said:
$500 RAM to overclock a $175 CPU lol what a bunch of dweebs. :p For those of us who are not getting free manufacturer samples to do reviews on their websites, that is what's known as "throwing money at the problem"
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QFT. Like everyone has got $500 to dump into JUST memory. I got my setup on the way and it cost me right around $700 shipped and I am going to be making some of that back with selling off my old stuff and some MIR's.
 
Got my rig up and running and it turned out great.


Initial overclocking on the P5N-E board was going fine till i hit a brick wall at 1100QDR. The board will not go past that. The CPU was at 2460MHz on 1.33v and probably capable of some more at that voltage but the board is not complying. So, RMAed the P5N-E SLI and have a P5N32-E SLI Plus on the way. I'll post more results when I get he system back up and operating.
 
I have the P5N-E SLI and the 4300. Currently sitting at 3.4. Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 800. Originally had G.Skills ddr2 800 and couldnt get above 1095 fsb. Love this set up.
 
I had my RAM at nearly 450MHz with little or no voltage added and it was fine. Possibly there is some conflict I don't know about. The board hit that same wall at 1095, though, which is interesting. I'm not swapping the RAM for this mobo as i got a great deal on it and it has MicronD9 chips. I'd rather move to another mobo than try and appease the P5N-E. Hope i am not RMAingthe wrong piece of gear :rolleyes: . Always a danger when doing this type of troubleshooting and i don't have another CPU to test the setup with so best guess and pray. ;)
 
Chill said:
I have the P5N-E SLI and the 4300. Currently sitting at 3.4. Patriot Extreme Performance DDR2 800. Originally had G.Skills ddr2 800 and couldnt get above 1095 fsb. Love this set up.
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I got the same CPU and memory commin tomorrow but with a different motherboard (Abit IB9). Hope to see something good out of it! :D
 
I have my E4300 at 285x9 stable with a Asrock 775Dual-VSTA I payed $29 for with DDR and a AGP card had laying around. I will have to use it in my P5W DH and max it out. My ram suck bad but the 9x multiplier will help, 400 FSB 5-6-6-18 is fine with my E6300 so if the chip will do 3.6 GHz with sane voltage I will make it so,
 
I played around with my E4300 today, got it to post somewhere above 3.2 ghz but kept getting errors in OCCT, gunna bump the voltage up higher. (only had it at 1.36, see you guys goin up to 1.44)

One strange thing did happen, when I booted at high FSB my X-fi stopped working, is there a PCI bus setting I need to lock the same way the PCI-Express bus is locked? This is my first time overclocking an Intel chip.
 
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