Weekend Tweaking : Pushing my E8400

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Weekend Tweaking : Pushing my E8400

Too high of a tRD such as 11 can also cause issues, so you might want to lower that to 9 for now as that should be fine

[Triton05]

Re: Weekend Tweaking : Pushing my E8400

Im done trying for 4.2Ghz ! I gave it a good shot :P

4.05Ghz @ 1.328v vtt 1.30v // MCH 1.24v MCH ref 0.76v // 450 FSB Dram 2.04v // 2.4B strap 5-5-5-15 tRD 9 running at 1080Mhz //

IBT max temp 61C
Prime max temp 55C
Idle temp 30C

^^ Sticking with that.

Also to note, the temp differnce from 1.328v and 1.360v on the CPU is about 10C. Not worth it IMO for another 150Mhz.

Thanks tho for all the assistance. It was worth a shot, and atleast I learned a bit more about my board in the process!<!-- edit note -->

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Weekend Tweaking : Pushing my E8400

4.05 is good, not much difference between 4.2 anyway as you mentioned, plus less voltages would be needed.

[Triton05]

Re: Weekend Tweaking : Pushing my E8400

4.05Ghz @ 1.328v vtt 1.30v // MCH 1.24v MCH ref 0.76v // 450 FSB Dram 2.04v // 2.4B strap 5-5-5-15 tRD 8 running at 1080Mhz //

Managed to get everything rock solid with a tRD of 8. Started with 10 IBT passes on high, which were sucessful. Then I ran Prime95 Blends for 4 hours. No errors.

Actually very happy with temps. Since Im now running my MCH lower then I ever have and my dram a bit lower. My over all system temps are down.

So even tho I was never able to hit 4.2Ghz, I was atleast able to finesse 4.05Ghz :)

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: Weekend Tweaking : Pushing my E8400

Sounds like a good stable point to be at, less voltages and less heat that way anyhow