E6400 VID 1.325 Worth OC?

Just a nickname · 01-30-11, 04:20 PM

Hey,

I have the scythe ninja installed on it. It is still running stock speed. The airflow is really bad; there is no cable management possible. It idle at 30C so I guess it is pretty hot.
I was wondering if it could worth to overclock it a bit. Maybe to 2.8 or 3GHz.

satandole666 · 01-30-11, 05:26 PM

If anything, manually set the VID as the vcore in the BIOS and overclock as far as you can on that. My E6600 back in the day could push 3.2ghz on stock volts alone. It shouldn't do that much damage to your temps either.

hUMANbEATbOX · 01-30-11, 07:55 PM

my e6300 would do 525fsb plus. the limit will be your board/memory really.

nd4spdbh2 · 01-30-11, 08:01 PM

give it a shot.... the 65nm c2d's clocked pretty good, and undervolted ESPECIALLY WELL.

My E6600 (stock 2.4ghz, 1.325v) would do 3ghz @ 1.20v, 3.4 @ 1.34v ... even got her to 4ghz at one point... but it wasnt stable.

My E4300 is a gem (stock 1.8ghz, 1.325v) would do stock 1.8ghz @ 0.9875v, 3ghz @ 1.25v and 3.2ghz at stock volts, never did play much higher than that as i always used it where i wanted to keep power usage way down.

MattNo5ss · 01-30-11, 08:13 PM

Definitely worth a try. My E6300 is pretty good, but I haven't had a chance to OC the E6400 yet. The E4300 I had sucked big time, it couldn't do over 390MHz FSB...

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Just a nickname · 01-30-11, 09:06 PM

Nice to know! What is the max safe temp and voltage (I can google that but... always simpler to ask)

?
I see 1.623vcore but coming from MattNo I'm not quite sure every cpu could go that far (mine has 2-3 years old)!

MattNo5ss · 01-30-11, 09:09 PM

Their VID range goes up to 1.5v, so up to that is safe. Tcase on them is 61.4C, so I would say ~70C core temps should be safe for 24/7 use.

nd4spdbh2 · 01-30-11, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MattNo5ss

Their VID range goes up to 1.5v, so up to that is safe. Tcase on them is 61.4C, so I would say ~70C core temps should be safe for 24/7 use.

+1... typical max 24/7 limits were just what was said... 1.5-1.55v and 70-80*C core temps.

This is not to say that higher voltages rnt allowed... i had my e6600 up to 1.65v to get the magic 4ghz.... but that was a VERY short time.

01-30-11, 04:20 PM	Thread Starter #1
Just a nickname Member Join Date: Aug 2010	E6400 VID 1.325 Worth OC? Hey, I have the scythe ninja installed on it. It is still running stock speed. The airflow is really bad; there is no cable management possible. It idle at 30C so I guess it is pretty hot. I was wondering if it could worth to overclock it a bit. Maybe to 2.8 or 3GHz. __________________ System: i5-750 @ 4.4GHz (and beyond), 1.368v under LinX & 1.225v VTT EK supreme cooper, MCP655 with 2x360 swiftech EVGA P55 classified 200 2x2Gb ECO G.skill 1600 7-8-7-24 @ 2000MHz 7-8-7-24 1.61v / 2100MHz 8-9-8-24 1.5v XFX 5870 @ 960//1300 stock voltage CM690 II Samsung F3 spinpoint Corsair 750W
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satandole666 Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Columbus, OH	If anything, manually set the VID as the vcore in the BIOS and overclock as far as you can on that. My E6600 back in the day could push 3.2ghz on stock volts alone. It shouldn't do that much damage to your temps either. __________________ i7 920 Gigabyte X58 Extreme 6gb OCZ DDR3 2000 7970 Fuzion/MCP655/3x120 rad
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nd4spdbh2 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Camarillo, CA!	give it a shot.... the 65nm c2d's clocked pretty good, and undervolted ESPECIALLY WELL. My E6600 (stock 2.4ghz, 1.325v) would do 3ghz @ 1.20v, 3.4 @ 1.34v ... even got her to 4ghz at one point... but it wasnt stable. My E4300 is a gem (stock 1.8ghz, 1.325v) would do stock 1.8ghz @ 0.9875v, 3ghz @ 1.25v and 3.2ghz at stock volts, never did play much higher than that as i always used it where i wanted to keep power usage way down. __________________ #12 in the 4ghz core 2 duo club baby! - 52 inches of CRYSIS! - Black Belt Ubercloxx0r -- Heatware Main -- Lian Li V2000b -- i7 2700k -- MSI Z68A-GD80 -- 12gb 1600 -- GTX560Ti --Adata 128gb S510 & 2x500gb -- Seasonic S12 600w -- Dell 2209WA HTPC -- Silverstone GD05B -- E7200 @ 3.2ghz -- G41-M7 -- 4GB 800mhz -- g210 passive -- 320gb 2.5in WD -- Antec EA 430w -- 52inch Samsung LCD Server -- Antec NSK4480B -- E3300 @ 2.5ghz -- ECS G33T-M2 -- 3gb 667mhz -- Onboard Vid -- 500Gb + 1TB hatachi + 1tb WD -- Zalman 400w Netbook - Dell Mini 9 - Atom 1.6ghz - 8GB ssd - 2GB pc6400 - WIN 7 PRO! Need 4 Speed - BH
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MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	Definitely worth a try. My E6300 is pretty good, but I haven't had a chance to OC the E6400 yet. The E4300 I had sucked big time, it couldn't do over 390MHz FSB... __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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01-30-11, 09:06 PM	Thread Starter #6
Just a nickname Member Join Date: Aug 2010	Nice to know! What is the max safe temp and voltage (I can google that but... always simpler to ask) ? I see 1.623vcore but coming from MattNo I'm not quite sure every cpu could go that far (mine has 2-3 years old)! __________________ System: i5-750 @ 4.4GHz (and beyond), 1.368v under LinX & 1.225v VTT EK supreme cooper, MCP655 with 2x360 swiftech EVGA P55 classified 200 2x2Gb ECO G.skill 1600 7-8-7-24 @ 2000MHz 7-8-7-24 1.61v / 2100MHz 8-9-8-24 1.5v XFX 5870 @ 960//1300 stock voltage CM690 II Samsung F3 spinpoint Corsair 750W
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01-30-11, 09:09 PM	#7
MattNo5ss b4n4n4 dr4g0n d00m3d m0d3r4t0r Overclockers.com Editor Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: AL	Their VID range goes up to 1.5v, so up to that is safe. Tcase on them is 61.4C, so I would say ~70C core temps should be safe for 24/7 use. __________________ i7 3770K \| Asus Maximus V Gene \| 4x2GB Dominator GT DDR3-1600 6-6-6-20 \| eVGA GTX670 SC \| 50GB OCZ Vertex 2 \| SeaSonic SS-1000XP i7 2700K \| Gigabyte G1.Sniper M3 \| 4x2GB G.Skill Eco DDR3-1600 7-8-7-24 \| eVGA GTX680 \| 256GB OCZ Vertex 4 \| SeaSonic X750 E8700/E6750/P4 631 \| Rampage Extreme & EP45T-Extreme & Commando\| Whatever I Can Find Laying Around... O/C Author Profile \| HWBot Profile \| Heatware (89-0-0) \m/ OverClockers mATX L33T Club \m/ Projects: Copper-Framed, MDF Station \| PVC-Framed, MDF Station \| Custom Cascade Cart/Case \| Untitled TJ07 Build
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