Overclocking an e2180

[v0va]

Been researching for the past hour and looking this up and then tried going into BIOS and following some guides and no luck really. Had to reset the computer a few times and gave up after that.

I heard that its possible to OC e2180 to 3.2 GHz on stock cooling, can someone help me out or point me in the right direction on what to set my bios to achieve this. I am planning to upgrade to be better hs in the future and already have 7 120mm fans in my cm690 running to cooling shouldn't be a problem. (I think)

Thanks again. I just got sick of trial and error.

 

[v0va]

anyone have any suggestions?

 

[downer]

http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=515316

This guide would be a good starting point. Once you've read through that, asking more specific questions will probably prompt more responses.

 

[ancalime]

Yup read the guide so you can avoid asking such broad questions. You will always have to deal with trial and error though as all chips are unique in their clocking abilities.

 

[v0va]

I did read the guide but my question is, had anyone else with a 2180, can share their settings with me? ive been trying to go this trial and error stuff for at least an hour now and still not a lot of luck

this is what my bios setting looks like ( stock ),

ive played around with the speeds but nothing good there, either the computer restarts a few times and goes back to the original settings or once i start up it up and watch cpuz my core speed hops from 1500 to 2500 as the multiplier goes from 6x to 10x, ( this is when i tried to oc to 2.5). I dont really know how to adjust the voltage, so i set it to auto

 

[Hazaro]

Bump Vcore a little and set FSB to 300, should be fine.

 

[sno.lcn]

Also change pcie frequency from auto to 101. And when you put your fsb up your ram will change since it's set to auto as well. Manually set it to the closest option to stock speed it gives you.

 

[Dermen]

Read the stickys more.

You need to disable speedstep, c1e, eist, whatever else it may be called.
You need to lower your ram speed when you increase your FSB speed.
You need to increase the speed in increments, usually large at first, then lower as the speed increases. I started at 250, then 275, then 290, then 10mhz increments from there on.
You need to run prime95 between each increase to test for stability. Usually for 10-15 mins at first, but once you get close to your max overclock you will have to run it longer.

 

[v0va]

Ok guys, thanks for your suggestions, I kept playing around and got it to work fine under 3 Ghz, I was trying to use that prime95 program but was somewhat confused about it.

here are my specs, what do you think

 

[EchoTheDolphin]

Instead of "playing around with settings" try and give us an idea of exactly what you did. If you went step by step the completely correct way and got no results you may need to rma your board, or you have a chip that won't clock well.

 

[v0va]

Ok, bringing this thread back

these are my settings in my bios

 

[OldSkool]

I have an E2180 I was able to attain A SOLID 3.2Ghz and was a step away from 3.4Ghz before I replaced it with my E8400. I still have the chip and can do some more testing or show my numbers if it helps you. I was using an Abit IP35-E, but otherwise about the same setup.

 

[v0va]

Would I be able to bump it up with the same setting to 3.2 GHZ, and just change my System Memory Multiplier to equal 800 or under 800??

Do I have to worry about voltage at all? can I just keep it on auto?

also how DO i check stability, I tired prime95 but I was totally confused on how to use it, is there anything more user friendly?

 

[duper]

my brother cranked his upto 2.8 on stock cooling runs nice and cold in the basement

 

[v0va]

Hmmmm, Ill see, well i installed prime95 and now im running to check stability at 3.0 ghz, i let it run in the background, if it hits an error it will say so correct? right now its just showing that its running tests, also how long should i run it for?

ok quick question, im running prime95 and i opened up speedfan to check the temperatures, this is what it showed me, over 80! so i immediately stoped prime and it quickly droped down to 34C for Temp 2 and to 33C for Core 0 and Core 1

 

[OldSkool]

Would I be able to bump it up with the same setting to 3.2 GHZ, and just change my System Memory Multiplier to equal 800 or under 800??

Do I have to worry about voltage at all? can I just keep it on auto?

also how DO i check stability, I tired prime95 but I was totally confused on how to use it, is there anything more user friendly?

Not to be mean, but you haven't done your homework

Stability works simply like this to start: You increase your FSB by a little bit and see if you can boot to windows. (starts at 200fsb x10 - change the FSB to 220 and boot) Here's where we get fun. If you fail to boot, go back into the bios and raise the CPU voltage ONE notch at a time until you can boot to windows. Run Orthos. You are stable only when Orthos can run for a solid 24 hours(Some choose 12 or some other variation) That's a good starting point, If you need more help later, just post

 

[v0va]

Well I got that, Im running it t 3.0 just fine, and im trying to do the stability test via prime95, how high should my temperatures go??

 

[OldSkool]

Tj max is 85c on that I would personally not go above 60c, that's just me. (65c at the most if it's not a 24/7 rig.)

 

[v0va]

Tj max is 85c on that I would personally not go above 60c, that's just me. (65c at the most if it's not a 24/7 rig.)

60 on idle or 60 while running prime95?


These are my temps when its idle:

The screen that i posted before is while i was running prime 95

 

[OldSkool]

60-65c Load and use "Realtemp", far more accurate than coretemp. What are you using for a heatsink?