Having Probs O/C my 3.2E again.

[Vio1]

Hi, Ive had this current cpu for a while now, and when I first got it, it could run no probs at 3.84ghz (however) it was heating up real quick so i decided to lower the fsb to 230 (or 3.67ghz)... ive been running it at that speed since then with 1.4125v and everything is stable.

I went over to my cousins yesterday (he got a 3.2e sl7e5) and we tried oc with his stock intel cooler... we got it to boot at 4.14ghz with 1.4v (but it wasnt stable and the temps were getting high.)

I got excited and went home to see about pushing my cpu. Guess what: I cant even get 3.75ghz, let alone 3.84ghz stable. At 3.84ghz windows wont even load up. My temps are sky rocketing (a lot warmer then my cousins and I have an xp120 with a good fan... and the window open (window to the great cold outdoors)... im still hitting 60C.

This is frustrating. Ive tried different bios versions (was using 1016 since i bought the board.... then I tried 1020 beta 3, then 1019 and now 1018).... none of them change my situation.


Any ideas? Why is this chip crappy now? Why is it sooo hot?

[andyl33t]

could there be a problem with the thermal paste? Is it properly applied?

[Vio1]

ya its properly applied... im using as5 and i put a uncooked rice sized portion of it on the center of the heatspreader

[waddupmm]

Sounds like me however my 3.2e is at 4.0 and I cant get temps below 41, even with cpu on default speed and vcore and side panal off, oc at 4.0 i idle at 50 load at mid/high 60s and no matter how many times i reapply thermalpase or try differant fans my temps will not go down, I even got a new case which lowered my case and hd temps by about 8c but didnt effet my cpu 1 bit, I even gutted out one of my 120mm fans and placed it between the heatsink like someone recommended by nothing, im quite frustrated with my xp-120

[caboob]

Maybe dust is accumulating on your heatsink. Take the fan off and Blow/vacuum it off. Its something I occasionally have to do when I notice the idle temps rising.

[Egrimm]

Sounds like my 3.0E, it seems temps varies a lot between procs, even with the same stepping.
My 3.0E D0 (late november) was 66C under load at 1.35vcore/233fsb, my 3.2E D0 (one month older, late october) is 56C at the same vcore and fsb. Both of them had the waterblock mounted properly, rad fan running same slow speed, same bios etc.

[AZNCOOLED]

The problems lies on these factors, 1st of all your on air , and dont expect to get more then a 700mhz overclock on air. Second your mobo +ram and third your processor stepping code. I have a sl7e5 and its the best 3.2 out there due to it running at 84 watt. you might have the 103 watt version.

[ed.howell]

Hi Vio,

When I had that chip and another SL7B8 that they are VERY sensitive to temps. I was using a Hyper6 with 2 fans to cool it and my temps never went above 52C with that chip and that was at I think 3.9. I thought I could get better temps so I ordered a XP120 and it ran about 3-5C hotter than my Hyper6. I tried to reseat it, added a spacer between the fan and the Xp and that helped a little but I still liked my Hyper6 better. But now I am on water and its a lot different now.

I really think the heat is killing you right now but what PSU do you have?

[Vio1]

all my specs are in the sig below


my psu is an Ultra 500w PSU... the rails are all above and stable.

[waddupmm]

Well I have an ic7-g max II advance with some corsair pc3200, mosfets sank and the 3.2e d0 sl7eg stepping, no matter what I do even If i get a big ass cooling fan from my house and blow it in my case the temp will only lower by 1-2c and when I touch the heatsink I can feel no heat at all absoulutly none, but I unno ill prolly order a thermal probe thingy and see what temps that gives me