E5200 OC/BenchMark Thread.(56k warning)

[_jM]

These chips are touchy. Once you get past 4.0GHZ, it's hit and miss. 3.875 is a 24/7 stable clock for me, any higher and it's BSOD's. I gto it to run Super PI at 4.1GHZ once and clicked off a 14.134, but my ram was running slow. Now I have it over 900, then I should be able to get a nice score. I have done suicide runs at 1.6V to get 4.3, but it wont go there.

Well from searching the net and reading reviews, the E5200 loves high voltages. One thing i have found out is that out of all the reading ive done on this chip, is that for air cooling most if not everyone will not touch past 1.68v Ive had mine at 1.62v and the temps were about the same as my 4.1 oc. Im just scetchy thats all, but dont let my words make you afraid to push it a little bit. Just keep in mind that, past 4ghz you must have at least 1.55v in order to post/bench. I had the same problem your are saying and once i uped the volts on the CPU and my NB, everything was fine. @ 12.5X333= 4.1ghz with 1.56v I ran Prime95 for 1 hour and it was STABLE and my temps Never reached pased 62c.. not once

But remember..at those volts on air, you need a pretty good HSF if not one of the best. So far this Tuniq Tower 120 of mine has been a champ, runs with the big dogs in my book.

 

[_jM]

My 24/7 OC

3.8Ghz 1.45vcore in bios




Will hit bench @ 4Ghz with 1.525vcore... abit much for air

Did you want me to add that score? And see if you can get your speed step turned off so we can see the actual clok speed in CPU-Z

 

[JC316]

Well from searching the net and reading reviews, the E5200 loves high voltages. One thing i have found out is that out of all the reading ive done on this chip, is that for air cooling most if not everyone will not touch past 1.68v Ive had mine at 1.62v and the temps were about the same as my 4.1 oc. Im just scetchy thats all, but dont let my words make you afraid to push it a little bit. Just keep in mind that, past 4ghz you must have at least 1.55v in order to post/bench. I had the same problem your are saying and once i uped the volts on the CPU and my NB, everything was fine. @ 12.5X333= 4.1ghz with 1.56v I ran Prime95 for 1 hour and it was STABLE and my temps Never reached pased 62c.. not once

But remember..at those volts on air, you need a pretty good HSF if not one of the best. So far this Tuniq Tower 120 of mine has been a champ, runs with the big dogs in my book.

Oh yeah, I am well aware of that, I have had mine since the day after it was on newegg. I have a good AC Freezer pro, so I am good for temps.

 

[_jM]

JC, got some WinPrime scores to put up?

 

[JC316]

JC, got some WinPrime scores to put up?

Coming up shortly.

 

[_jM]

I really want to put this CPU @ 9.5x400 so I can run my ram at a 1:1 ratio at 1066 but there is now f'n way. Have you tried that yet on your P5Q PRO yet JC. And if you have, please tell me the settings used.. i must know!

 

[JC316]

I really want to put this CPU @ 9.5x400 so I can run my ram at a 1:1 ratio at 1066 but there is now f'n way. Have you tried that yet on your P5Q PRO yet JC. And if you have, please tell me the settings used.. i must know!

I tried 400FSB once and it refuses to boot no matter the volts. That is just too much FSB for the chip.

 

[_jM]

You think so... look at this SS from the Highest Clock on a E5200 on HWBot.org maybe we need a different mobo/chipset

Thats on LN2 by the way...

 

[JC316]

You think so... look at this SS from the Highest Clock on a E5200 on HWBot.org maybe we need a different mobo/chipset

Thats on LN2 by the way...

Look at the volts required though. I know that I set it at 400x10 and 1.6V and couldn't get it to boot. But 320x12.5@ 1.55v was super pi stable.

 

[_jM]

Well, you know thats after his Vdroop, and the fact that CPU-Z reads a bit lower than in the BIOS, he's more than likely running that shit @ 1.8v or just over that mark. But still, we shouldnt have to put that much voltage through this chip to reach a 3.6ghz clock @ 9X400, there has to be something with the FSB termination voltage or GTL Reference. And Im not too keen on the GTL so I usualy leave that set to auto.

You should try my settings for 4.2 clock 12.5X340 with 1.575 or 1.58v and that will run nice and cool. I ran Prime95 like that for 1 1/2 hours and it was 100% stable and my temps never reached past 63c. I was able to bench SuperPi,WinPrime,and 3DMark03-05-06.

 

[JrRacinFan]

May be joining in with you guys on the benchmarks.

 

[_jM]

May be joining in with you guys on the benchmarks.

I know I can't wait...

 

[Beny-Nvidia]

You can safely run that chip at 3.6 (11X333)@ 3.6ghz with 1.375v... as a matter of fact thats my 24/7 clock

i couldnt got my pc up with this Option ... pleas advise lower Ferq than this ... Mobo is p31 Gigabyte ...
i dont want do do something with rams !

 

[_jM]

i couldnt got my pc up with this Option ... pleas advise lower Ferq than this ... Mobo is p31 Gigabyte ...
i dont want do do something with rams !

What was your voltage on the CPU? Try 10X333 with your volts at 1.33v on the CPU. And if you cant get your pc to post like that, then I would suggest trying to up your NB volts a little, not too much because for a low OC like that you dont need much at all.

Also when you tried those settings, it prolly raised your RAM frequency. Make sure you set your ram at its rated speed when you OC. There are numerous options to change in order to get your cpu running at the specs i listed. That is a mild overclock, you just need to make sure you know your BIOS options. These chips can runn up to 5ghz with the right settings and proper cooling. So dont get scared if your PC reboots/bsod/ or wont post while you are OCing at those settings or similar ones. That just means you need to do a little more tweaking in your BIOS.

 

[hec204]

What's a good voltage for 24/7?
I don't want my chip to die fast, right now I'm running it at 1.36v and I already think that's going to kill it quickly
I know I can hit 3.8+ if I go up past 1.4v

 

[_jM]

What's a good voltage for 24/7?
I don't want my chip to die fast, right now I'm running it at 1.36v and I already think that's going to kill it quickly
I know I can hit 3.8+ if I go up past 1.4v

Well the voltage depends on what speed your running @ 24/7, If your desired speed is running with 1.36v, you are fine. 45nm chips WILL NOT die faster with voltages under the 1.425v mark, and If you think 1.36v will kill it "quickly" you are wronge there too. Yes higher voltages will lessen the life span of the chip, but you will never see it die "soon". The chip will run fine for years to come, so lets say the actual life span is "20" years at normal voltages, and you decide to runn past 1.35 to 1.45v , then it may die when the chip is maybe "12-15" years old. So to make a long story short, you will be fine, even if you run those higher volts, more than likely you will never see the chip die. Unless this is the last CPU you buy for years and years.

Main thing here is to remember that IF you are that worried about the life span of your chip, then keep the volts under the 1.425 mark and you will be fine.

I think if you want to have a good OC on the chip and low volts.. just keep it around 3.6ghz(11X333) and about 1.38v. That will give you a good OC and a "piece of mind"

 

[hec204]

Well the voltage depends on what speed your running @ 24/7, If your desired speed is running with 1.36v, you are fine. 45nm chips WILL NOT die faster with voltages under the 1.425v mark, and If you think 1.36v will kill it "quickly" you are wronge there too. Yes higher voltages will lessen the life span of the chip, but you will never see it die "soon". The chip will run fine for years to come, so lets say the actual life span is "20" years at normal voltages, and you decide to runn past 1.35 to 1.45v , then it may die when the chip is maybe "12-15" years old. So to make a long story short, you will be fine, even if you run those higher volts, more than likely you will never see the chip die. Unless this is the last CPU you buy for years and years.

Main thing here is to remember that IF you are that worried about the life span of your chip, then keep the volts under the 1.425 mark and you will be fine.

I think if you want to have a good OC on the chip and low volts.. just keep it around 3.6ghz(11X333) and about 1.38v. That will give you a good OC and a "piece of mind"

Yea, I don't plan on having this chip for more than 2 years, maybe even less... But I hear around a lot that if you go over the Intel specs of 1.3625 that your chip will die in less than 6 months or so, I hope you're right about this, I'll stay under 1.425 then.
I'm confident I can get it up to 3.7 or even 3.8 if I do 1.425

Edit: Also should I keep speedstep off or turn it on, and enable the smart fan control? since the fan is always running at full speed and it can get kind of annoying, it's a little loud

 

[_jM]

Yea, I don't plan on having this chip for more than 2 years, maybe even less... But I hear around a lot that if you go over the Intel specs of 1.3625 that your chip will die in less than 6 months or so, I hope you're right about this, I'll stay under 1.425 then.
I'm confident I can get it up to 3.7 or even 3.8 if I do 1.425

Edit: Also should I keep speedstep off or turn it on, and enable the smart fan control? since the fan is always running at full speed and it can get kind of annoying, it's a little loud

Are you using a stock cooler? I should have asked that in the first place.. if you are then No dont turn off the smart fan control. And if your using the stock cooler then I would lower the clock speed and voltages.. down to something like 9X333 1.32v.

Yes to turning off speed step. All that does is lower your clocks when the system is in Idle. Its really up to you.

 

[hec204]

Are you using a stock cooler? I should have asked that in the first place.. if you are then No dont turn off the smart fan control. And if your using the stock cooler then I would lower the clock speed and voltages.. down to something like 9X333 1.32v.

Yes to turning off speed step. All that does is lower your clocks when the system is in Idle. Its really up to you.

Nope, using Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Right now I'm running 10x333 1.29v, I ran orthos for 4 hours no problems.

 

[_jM]

Nope, using Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Right now I'm running 10x333 1.29v, I ran orthos for 4 hours no problems.

good lil 24/7 OC... go ahead and go from 10 to 10.5 that will be a bit faster and you can keep the volts where your at now

 

[hec204]

good lil 24/7 OC... go ahead and go from 10 to 10.5 that will be a bit faster and you can keep the volts where your at now

Tried that... As soon as I leave the 3.3GHz mark I have to up the volts way higher, If I want a stable run at 3.5GHz I have to up it to at least 1.36v

 

[_jM]

1.36 is good.... you want to stay under 1.4v if you can... 10.5X??? @1.36v is great for a 45nm chip, you have nothing to worrie about.. a .01v change is nothing to be scared about... trust me

 

[_jM]

we need more competition! I think there is no way for me to get past 343FSB just cant do it no matter what volts are going through the NB/CPU...

 

[3dsage]

I should be in this thread by the beginning of Jan, Just doing research on which mobo to get. Hopefully I can score a cherry E5200.

 

[JrRacinFan]

we need more competition! I think there is no way for me to get past 343FSB just cant do it no matter what volts are going through the NB/CPU...

I'm getting mine tomorrow. I am going to try a low multi to see if I can pass that fsb wall your speaking of. If I can it is possible you reached your cpu's max effective clock.