E5200 OC/BenchMark Thread.(56k warning)

[InnocentCriminal]

FYI My 5200 was able to reach 3.3ghz on stock voltages So you will be fine with that cooler until you want to push it further with more volts.

Excellent!

The more I read this thread and about the E5200 the more appealing and the more it makes sense to purchase one. It really does depend on how much the E6400 goes for on eBay. If it is half the price of the E5200 then I'll definitely go for the E6400, lap the bugger and see what I can get. Just the E5200 appeals so much (despite the lack of L2 cache - which is the same as the E6400 anyway) 45nm opposed to the 65nm of the E6400.

Hmmm.... really depends on the price of the E6400, if it hits anymore than £40 I'll just grab the E5200.

 

[_jM]

Excellent!

The more I read this thread and about the E5200 the more appealing and the more it makes sense to purchase one. It really does depend on how much the E6400 goes for on eBay. If it is half the price of the E5200 then I'll definitely go for the E6400, lap the bugger and see what I can get. Just the E5200 appeals so much (despite the lack of L2 cache - which is the same as the E6400 anyway) 45nm opposed to the 65nm of the E6400.

Hmmm.... really depends on the price of the E6400, if it hits anymore than £40 I'll just grab the E5200.

A budget is a budget... Im right there with ya m8.. just go for what you can afford

 

[r9]

@JM
Please update according to posts #148 and #149

 

[Fleck]

Wow, I REALLY need a board that'll let me raise voltages

 

[r9]

Wow, I REALLY need a board that'll let me raise voltages

If you want serious overclocks than yes you gonna need one.

 

[_jM]

@JM
Please update according to posts #148 and #149

I will ASAP.. I've been a lazy bish last few days.. lols My ear infection is gone so Ive been gaming out with my new headset (RAZER Barracuda's) 5.1 surround in these babies woot! This is one of the better investments I've contributed to my gaming habbit/hobby I have never owned a headset of this quality.. worth every penny I spent on em. ($95) .. Cool thing is .. I sold my old 184pin DDR 400 Kingston HyperX (3GB) For 80$ .. so its kinda like I got em for a little over $15...

But yea Im going to get your scores updated tonite, I promise...

 

[_jM]

Fixed

@JM
Please update according to posts #148 and #149

All scores have been updated as of Fri. Feb. 27th 09 @ 4:30pm

Just wanted to say thank you to all of the members here that have put forth the effort to help me build this thread. It has been a very fun learning experience for all of us and im sure there will plenty more to come. Thanks Guys!

 

[InnocentCriminal]

^^

Well I didn't win the E6400, some bum'ole beat me by £1 - so kudos to them. Now I have the option of buying a E5200 for £40 off eBay or waiting for the R0 revision to be released in April.

Hmm... can I hold out?

 

[clock_ed]

Think I've found the max of my chip without insane volts:
Vcore 1.6v, pretty stable, afew mins of occt and gamed for about 15min, till it crashed. lol
fsb term/vtt was 1.45v, nb:1.55v

 

[InnocentCriminal]

Nice!

XD

 

[r9]

Think I've found the max of my chip without insane volts:
Vcore 1.6v, pretty stable, afew mins of occt and gamed for about 15min, till it crashed. lol
fsb term/vtt was 1.45v, nb:1.55v

Don`t giveup

 

[InnocentCriminal]

I couldn't wait any longer. My current setup is just too damn temperamental. I blue-screened when playing CoD 4 on Sunday morning and couldn't get back into Windows so I've just ordered 2GB of Crucial Ballistix DDR3 1333MHz and, shamelessly a OEM E5300 as some bum'ole bought the last E5200 on Saturday.

So instead of having them bought for £98.89, I got them for £104.64 - which is cheaper than eBuyer. I would have got a OEM E5200 and OCZ Platinum (looser timings) RAM for £106.06 - so I kinda saved there.

Gutted I won't be joining the E5200 club. :/

 

[pantherx12]

How far would you guys take this on stock fans?

for a 24/7 clock :] cheers

Had it at 3.0 ghz but the temps went from 28 c@2.8 ghz up to 34 c!

I know that's still in the safe range by miles but what do you guys think?

 

[Fleck]

34C is ice cold. Worry when you hit 70.

 

[pantherx12]

Cheers, how ever it now refuses to be stable.

Will fiddle about a bit more.

 

[Fleck]

Cheers, how ever it now refuses to be stable.

Will fiddle about a bit more.

Gotta raise the voltage. Of course the faster you go the more cooling you're gonna need, and everyone's mileage will vary when overclocking, if you hit 4GHz with a high voltage and it's still running at 50C under load and crashing, you've probably hit the limit. You'd probably have to go water cooling to lower the temps a little and have a CHANCE at a stable system, but it definitely won't guarantee anything just coz you're lowering the temps.

 

[InnocentCriminal]

I feel like a skank.

I know it's not an E5200 but I got my E5300 about 5 minutes ago. I doubt my girlfriend will be keen if I start building my rig tonight, but we'll see.

I'll keep coming back to this thread to see how you guys are getting on. Especially when people with R0 E5200s start popping up.

 

[JrRacinFan]

@IC

You skank! I am soo interested in just selling my e5200 right now to just go out and purchase an R0. May have better luck than what I had. This damn M0 needs too much voltage for what it is.

O btw, I expect results to better than our e52's!

 

[InnocentCriminal]

I hope so!

I'm going to see how far I can get the bugger on the stock copper based Intel cooler as I'm going to have wait before I can purchase a Thermalright Black True 120. Ymmmm!

 

[r9]

R0 aka 5GHz
That how i see it.

 

[pantherx12]

Gotta raise the voltage. Of course the faster you go the more cooling you're gonna need, and everyone's mileage will vary when overclocking, if you hit 4GHz with a high voltage and it's still running at 50C under load and crashing, you've probably hit the limit. You'd probably have to go water cooling to lower the temps a little and have a CHANCE at a stable system, but it definitely won't guarantee anything just coz you're lowering the temps.

Bah sounds like I got a processor that is sub par then, someone earlier got to 3.3 on stock voltages!

I needed 1.3 volts to get to 3ghz : [

Edit: found out the reason for the problems, something in my OS is notching down the voltages about .300 to .400 so at stock voltages I was running at 1.1700 instead of 1.2 !


Seams to be stable with voltages set to 1.2500 in bios, when in the operating system it says it is at 1.2240.



Will let you know how I do in a bit : ]

 

[_jM]

Rig Updated!!!!!!!

OK here's what this big ass GTX 260 looks like in my mid tower. And Im posting a few pix of my latest idea...

OK here's my new creation I had... I had to find a way to keep the PSU plug more stable when moving the case around. (I would move the case and the plug would pop out from time to time)

waddya think guys?

 

[sxcce]

i just get 4.16GHZ,and 13.9s

 

[r9]

OK here's what this big ass GTX 260 looks like in my mid tower. And Im posting a few pix of my latest idea...

OK here's my new creation I had... I had to find a way to keep the PSU plug more stable when moving the case around. (I would move the case and the plug would pop out from time to time)

waddya think guys?

Looks awesome. Coming from some that does not have a case

 

[_jM]

lol...thanks