Just got my new Conroe running!

[Cali3350]

Just got my new present running. E6300 with Biostar 965P. Easiest build of my life.

I want to start running this puppy through her paces, seeing her max clocks and all. I was wondering though - ive seen some people use some sort of Intel Designated Thermal utility. Was wondering where i might find that. My board came with its own sensor but its reading the CPU a little lower then the Mobo at startup, so i dont think its reading the digital diode.

This thing is fast as is! Dual core is amazing.

 

[SLee]

http://www.hardware.fr/marc/TAT.exe

 

[Cali3350]

TY very much sir! Im at 39C full load at stock everything. Ill try bumping her up some now.

 

[Cali3350]

Well i set the FSB to 333 and the system refused to start. Just spent 30min getting the thing to post again. Ill get to back to this a little later...

 

[Cali3350]

Hmm well it looks like the problem was that i didnt lock the PCI-E bus. I figured that was gonna be done auto - but there was a option to adjust that. Oops!

Right now im stressing at 333fsb (running just fine, i know it will go a lot higher) but i notice the Voltage drops when not at full load. While i dont mind this, im afraid it will affect my stability in the end. I dont want it to throttle to 1.17v when its running at 2.8+ghz!

 

[wee96]

Is speedstep enabled? That would be why the voltage is dropping.

 

[theelectic]

Voltage drop is fairly common with the 965 chipset.

 

[Arcygenical]

Yes, but not to 1.17v

Disable speedstepping.

 

[theelectic]

Doh, my bad - didn't read the "not on full load" part.

Disable ALL unnecessary processor features - virtualization, C1E, EIST, etc. The only one I leave active is NX bit, but I suppose I could disable that too.

 

[Cali3350]

Heh thanks, was called Thermal Control in the bios and it just skipped right past me. Also disabled virtualization and C1E.

Anyway im at 366fsb right now still at stocks and going strong. Already a 700mhz overclock on stock voltages and it isnt breaking a sweat yet. Sweet!

Temps are ~37 at idle and ~60 at load. I really dont want to go too much higher then 60 so i may stop pretty soon ( but ill deff atleast try 400 first )

 

[Cali3350]

Well it can handle 380 but not 385 at stock voltage. Its already at ~65 load so i really dont wanna increase it any more then that right now.

Anyone have some good coolers to recommend?

 

[theelectic]

Anyone have some good coolers to recommend?

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. Can't be beat for the price - $25. Has my E6300 running at 3.22GHz at 60C load, 1.4Vcore.

 

[Darkatom]

Noobish question, but what is the Voltage drop?

 

[blade52x]

Well it can handle 380 but not 385 at stock voltage. Its already at ~65 load so i really dont wanna increase it any more then that right now.

Anyone have some good coolers to recommend?

You sure? Most Conroes can hit atleast 3Ghz on stock voltage. Up your VDIMM, your RAM might be holding you back (or set the divider 1:1 if you haven't already done that).

 

[Cali3350]

You sure? Most Conroes can hit atleast 3Ghz on stock voltage. Up your VDIMM, your RAM might be holding you back (or set the divider 1:1 if you haven't already done that).

Well i was pretty sure, but i just tried booting it at 380 with 1.35vcore and it wouldnt boot at all. It would POST fine, however when reading the IDE devices, or immediately after reading the IDE devices, it would hang. No restart, just hang. Maybe a Chipset issue?

UPDATE: Im posting this at 1.34vcore right now at 401fsb... for some reason it would not post before that, but posted fine at 401...im gonna assume thats the chipset, different latencies past then or something perhaps?

Ah well - back to stressing this. 65C right now Thats really more then id like...

UPDATE 2: Well im at the same speed but stock voltages now and its running fine. Deff seems like it was a chipset thing above 366 and below 401.

UPDATE 3: 7*401=2807mhz at 1.28v! Ive undervolted it at a ghz over stock and its running Orthos! Amazing!

 

[chinesepiratefood]

http://www.hardware.fr/marc/TAT.exe

This program reports my e6300 at 50C idle, while my motherboard reports it at 36...why the huge difference?

 

[SLee]

This program reports my e6300 at 50C idle, while my motherboard reports it at 36...why the huge difference?

The Intel utility is reading directly from the new digital sensors found in Yonah and Core 2 Duos and are placed closer to the hottest points of the core. Your motherboard is probably reading from somewhere else.

 

[Cali3350]

Just as another update ill post again: 7*430=3010 at 1.264vcore.

I cant get the TAT utility to work for me - it gives me an error saying it could not be enumerated so im using the utility that came with my board - i hope the readings arent too far off.

Also, whenever i go to stress test i lose a solid .02 on my vcore. Is this due to my power supply? For instance if vcore is set to default it will be at 1.31 for orthos, at 1.3 it will be at 1.28 in orthos etc, but for super PI it and all other times it stays at what i set it at.

O well - i cant complain for over 50% overclock while undervolting a proc! Yeah damn right im gonna take it higher, if only to find the max!

UPDATE: Well im calling it for the night - i need some sleep. Its running right now at 430fsb (3010mhz) at 1.216 (under load - 1.230 normaly - not sure why the voltage is dropping) and its running perfectly. I think its safe to say i got a pretty damn nice chip here on my hands

 

[Wonda-Boy]

Super stuff dude, nice work....just take it easy while bedding her in. TBH the best stability tester I have found is real world tests...not SUPER PI etc. Stick on BF2142 for a few hours straight and no issues you are laughing...gaming is the real stress tester!

Great O/C m8

 

[tisb0b]

Just as another update ill post again: 7*430=3010 at 1.264vcore.

I cant get the TAT utility to work for me - it gives me an error saying it could not be enumerated so im using the utility that came with my board - i hope the readings arent too far off.

Also, whenever i go to stress test i lose a solid .02 on my vcore. Is this due to my power supply? For instance if vcore is set to default it will be at 1.31 for orthos, at 1.3 it will be at 1.28 in orthos etc, but for super PI it and all other times it stays at what i set it at.

O well - i cant complain for over 50% overclock while undervolting a proc! Yeah damn right im gonna take it higher, if only to find the max!

UPDATE: Well im calling it for the night - i need some sleep. Its running right now at 430fsb (3010mhz) at 1.216 (under load - 1.230 normaly - not sure why the voltage is dropping) and its running perfectly. I think its safe to say i got a pretty damn nice chip here on my hands

undervolting owns anyways I do find the voltage does fluctuate under load and idle so its normal

 

[Cali3350]

Well im gonna have to run her at 401*7=2807mhz. The procc is stable all the way up 3.40ghz at 1.30v Orthos stable for 2 hours ...but for some reason FEAR will hard lock at anything above 401fsb. Everything else will run - 3dmark, sanda, orthos, every other game i own - but not FEAR. Says device driver got stuck in a thread. I figure its my RAM (though memtest and windows memory tester pass it fine running it for hours).

Regardless, once i figure this out im gonna have to fix it by whatever means and push this baby. 3.4ghz while still undervolted!

 

[tisb0b]

Well im gonna have to run her at 401*7=2807mhz. The procc is stable all the way up 3.40ghz at 1.30v Orthos stable for 2 hours ...but for some reason FEAR will hard lock at anything above 401fsb. Everything else will run - 3dmark, sanda, orthos, every other game i own - but not FEAR. Says device driver got stuck in a thread. I figure its my RAM (though memtest and windows memory tester pass it fine running it for hours).

Regardless, once i figure this out im gonna have to fix it by whatever means and push this baby. 3.4ghz while still undervolted!

run orthos for at least 8 hours to make sure its stable