whats holding the juice back?

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snefan

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aint stable over 3,05GHz, what u think is the cause? setup in sig.

idle 40 (25-30 cores)
load 55 ( 42-45 cores) fan @ 2100rpm (2800max)
 
TheRapture said:
Ever stop and think maybe your chip is maxed out?
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Shit getting over 3ghz from a 1.8 stock chip is a nice overclock in anyone's book. :p At least I think that is the stock clock for your cpu...E4300? Bah, too lazy to check, If I am wrong, I will get corrected by one of our forum super dudes ;)
 
Have you checked to see what the max FSB your motherboard will run at stable.
You might already be at the max.

I had the same thing with an E2160 and IP35-E a couple of weeks back, it also got to just over 3GHz with near a 330MHz bus.
Further testing revealed the motherboard wouldnt work at higher FSB.
 
bubomatic5 said:
voltage?
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i've tried higher and lower volt with no luck.

AMD_RULES said:
memory....?
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they're not even running as fast as they can with those steppings.

TheRapture said:
Shit getting over 3ghz from a 1.8 stock chip is a nice overclock in anyone's book. :p At least I think that is the stock clock for your cpu...E4300? Bah, too lazy to check, If I am wrong, I will get corrected by one of our forum super dudes ;)
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oh yeah its nice alright.
Yep 1,8GHz stock.

Nenu said:
Have you checked to see what the max FSB your motherboard will run at stable.
You might already be at the max.

I had the same thing with an E2160 and IP35-E a couple of weeks back, it also got to just over 3GHz with near a 330MHz bus.
Further testing revealed the motherboard wouldnt work at higher FSB.
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i'll have to check that and come back, sounds like that could be the problem

if its the FSB, is the only way to get more out of it is to get a mobo that allows higher FSB?


edit: Spec says 1066MHz FSB, so probably maxed out.
 
snefan said:
i've tried higher and lower volt with no luck.


they're not even running as fast as they can with those steppings.


oh yeah its nice alright.
Yep 1,8GHz stock.


i'll have to check that and come back, sounds like that could be the problem

if its the FSB, is the only way to get more out of it is to get a mobo that allows higher FSB?


edit: Spec says 1066MHz FSB, so probably maxed out.
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The FSB can go up to around 500MHz stable on the top overclocking boards.
I was surprised that my sisters motherboard wouldnt clock higher after reading so many good reports of the board but it seems I was only able to read about those that had good experiences.

It may be possible to get a higher FSB out of your motherboard by tweaking the chipset voltages.
I tried this with only small changes and totally hosed the Windows install lol. Waste of a good days tlc.
You can be sure I made a backup of the next install :)

So moral of the story, try increasing the chipset voltages but make a backup first.
I'd restore the backup to another drive and use that for the overclock testing that way you guarantee you dont lose your Windows.
 
well im back at this.

i tried raising chipset voltage to max, so thats not it.

a mate of mine said that this board had a bug that makes it freeze somewhere between 340-400 FSB and that i should try raise it over that.

your thoughts?
 
i'm thinking its the chip that is maxed out...i'm not sure about the average OC for an e4300, but a 1.2ghz gain seems to be about the max i got out of my e6600.
how have you tested the motherboards max FSB?
 
omz said:
how have you tested the motherboards max FSB?
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is there more than one way? :confused:

anyways i lowered everything else and raised it, stressed, raised, stress. wouldnt post on anything higher
 
snefan said:
is there more than one way? :confused:

anyways i lowered everything else and raised it, stressed, raised, stress. wouldnt post on anything higher
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lol, just making sure you did it like that instead of some other way you found...
but, if the max you're getting is that 330, i'm thinking that its the max the motherboard can hit
 
omz said:
lol, just making sure you did it like that instead of some other way you found...
but, if the max you're getting is that 330, i'm thinking that its the max the motherboard can hit
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only one way to find out :p

I'll get back here in a few weeks when I get my paycheck so i can get new RAM.
 
I haven't been able to take my E4300 on a P5B-Deluxe any higher and have it stable.

I don't get how you're running the voltage so low. I run at 1.46 iirc. Anything lower and it's a no go.
 
Check to see what stepping of E4300 you have. If its a L2, just leave it as is. You're not going any higher.

But if its a M0...
 
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