How much of a performance increase could I see?

Yeah, I can tell it goes faster with the OC I have, but I couldn't even begin to put a number on it. Percentage-wise, what would you guys estimate I might see going from 3.0Ghz to 3.5 on an E5200? I like this little sucker, but I'm itching to know if it can give more! Plus, there's this cool $40 cooler that I'm looking for an excuse to buy. The ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro.. and holy sh*t, looking at it now, it looks a lot bigger than I thought it did. I just moved away from a TT Typhoon, and was beginning to enjoy the small profile of the stock HSF. Anyone have any recommended low-profile aftermarket HSF's that will keep the temps of an [email protected] down?

The new Thermalright AXP-140 is low profile...it's made for HTPC setups without much case height...although at $60 it's a little pricey



http://www.jab-tech.com/Thermalright-AXP-140-HTPC-Heatsink-pr-4375.html

The Xigmatek HDT-D1264 is much more affordable...but also a bit taller



http://www.jab-tech.com/Xigmatek-HDT-D1264-Heat-pipe-Direct-Touch-Universal-CPU-Cooler-pr-4096.html

A happy medium might be the Scythe Mini Ninja... great cooler...not too big, and only $36 at newegg



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185046

It's hard to tell from pictures, but the Freezer 7 pro is in reality, much smaller that the Typhoon.

I also have an E5200, and mine is at 4.01ghz 24/7 stable.

MIAHALLEN said:

The new Thermalright AXP-140 is low profile...it's made for HTPC setups without much case height...although at $60 it's a little pricey

http://www.jab-tech.com/Thermalright-AXP-140-HTPC-Heatsink-pr-4375.html

The Xigmatek HDT-D1264 is much more affordable...but also a bit taller

http://www.jab-tech.com/Xigmatek-HDT-D1264-Heat-pipe-Direct-Touch-Universal-CPU-Cooler-pr-4096.html

A happy medium might be the Scythe Mini Ninja... great cooler...not too big, and only $36 at newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185046

Click to expand...

Definitely, of those choices, the Mini Ninja would be the best choice for me! But if glussier is right that the Freezer 7 Pro is as small as he says, the Mini Ninja might not be much different in size. Thanks for the links! What cooler do you personally use?

glussier said:

It's hard to tell from pictures, but the Freezer 7 pro is in reality, much smaller that the Typhoon.

I also have an E5200, and mine is at 4.01ghz 24/7 stable.

Click to expand...

Dang, man! 4.0?! What cooler are you using? And what % performance increase would you rate the E5200 @ 3, 3.5, and 4GHz over stock? This is more of an opinion question than looking for benchmark results.

Gotaro said:

Definitely, of those choices, the Mini Ninja would be the best choice for me! But if glussier is right that the Freezer 7 Pro is as small as he says, the Mini Ninja might not be much different in size. Thanks for the links! What cooler do you personally use?

Click to expand...

I use a CoolerMaster V8 for my 24/7 rig. But I've used many over the years...My favorite was the TRUE...but I used the original Scythe Ninja for a while in a near silent system a built a couple years ago, and I was pleased with it from a low noise/good cooling perspective.

I use water cooling and dry ice on my benching systems.

Dang, man! 4.0?! What cooler are you using? And what % performance increase would you rate the E5200 @ 3, 3.5, and 4GHz over stock? This is more of an opinion question than looking for benchmark results.

Click to expand...

On apps which are not heavily dependant on the graphic card, I get proportional increase in performance.

My cooler is an OCZ Gladiator MAX with a bolt thru kit. It cools great, once you figure how to install a quad pipe direct touch cooler. I don't think you would like it, it's much bigger than the artic freezer 7 pro.

what's the vid and fpo/batch on your E5200?

Mine is:

vid ==> 1.1250
FPO/BATCH ==> Q836A897

glussier said:

On apps which are not heavily dependant on the graphic card, I get proportional increase in performance.

My cooler is an OCZ Gladiator MAX with a bolt thru kit. It cools great, once you figure how to install a quad pipe direct touch cooler. I don't think you would like it, it's much bigger than the artic freezer 7 pro.

Click to expand...

Proportional, huh? Hm.. So your 4 GHz OC is (4-2.5)/2.5 = 60% faster than stock? I think a 20% increase would be worth it for a 3.5 OC.. Think I'll get myself a new HSF!

glussier said:

what's the vid and fpo/batch on your E5200?

Mine is:

vid ==> 1.1250
FPO/BATCH ==> Q836A897

Click to expand...

I don't know how to check the VID, but if I turn my CPU voltage to auto, it's 1.232V in BIOS.
FPO/Batch: 3825A766

Proportional, huh? Hm.. So your 4 GHz OC is (4-2.5)/2.5 = 60% faster than stock? I think a 20% increase would be worth it for a 3.5 OC.. Think I'll get myself a new HSF!

Click to expand...

If you are talking about gaming, it won't give you as much of a performance boost, but, at least it will help you extract most of the performance of your video card.

I don't know how to check the VID, but if I turn my CPU voltage to auto, it's 1.232V in BIOS.
FPO/Batch: 3825A766

Click to expand...

Thanks for the FPO/Batch.

Your cpu was manufactured in Costa Rica on week 25 of year 2008.

coretemp can give you the vid for your cpu.
You can get coretemp there: http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/