Intel C2D E4300 + Asus P5N32-E SLI Testing

[darklord]

Well i didnt know where to post but i thought this would be an idea place to do so.If its the wrong one,Mods please move it to the correct section

Ok now i have this combo in here for quite some time.Due to my lack of time right now,i though of taking these 2 for a spin later but lately i have been reading a lot of reports of latest steppings of Conroe,Allendales being bad overclockers.The thought, 'Whether i got a rotten egg' kept haunting me,so i finally decided to see what i got. So far so good,initial tests look positive.

While testing i found out some interesting things that might interest Asus P5N32-E SLI owners here

Ok now i set 1.3V in BIOS for Vcore.Booted into windows,checked Asus probe and i see 1.3V,interesting but nothing great,alright,maybe Asus fixed Vdroop in latest BIOS,who cares

Just to test stability @ 2.4GHz, i ran orthos and left it there.while killing some time on the PC doing nothing,i found something interesting, with full load Asus probe showed Vcore = 1.28V



I was like WTF ! This is a Asus Board and it must have massive Vdroop I monitored it for a good 15-20 mins and it didnt budge a little

Does this mean that with newer board revision and latest BIOS,Asus has solved the Vdroop issue or am i just jumping to conclusion too early

BTW, this chip is doing 2.4 @ 1.3V,not bad for starters.
Update:



I am still on stock cooler so not going beyond 3G ,

Settings -
Vcore in BIOS - 1.4V
Vcore in Windows - 1.39V
Vcore with Orthos Running - 1.38V

So Vdroop is still 0.02V Wooot !!!
here is a Suicide or quick shot though 3.4GHz

Temps were scary @ 3.4 so rolled back immediately.

Please note,this effort of clocking was meant for testing the Vdroop and to some extent the OC potential of the Chip. There is a lot more in this chip though.
Oh and btw,the stepping is Q641A373

Nothing more till i slap on my WC kit on after a few days.

Darky

[darklord]

No one interested in overclocking !

Thats sad

[Kniwor]

I bet that chip has more potential.

will you lower the multi and tell me the max FSB ur board does.

[darklord]

Originally Posted by Kniwor

I bet that chip has more potential.

will you lower the multi and tell me the max FSB ur board does.

Well even i am eager to do that but not now cos this chipset gets real toasty so anything on this stock shitty heatpipe coolers is risky.I am going to slap my blocks on chipset and CPU,more serious benching will be done after that.Will post here all the results

[samrulez]

Wooah! Darky you finally got your board!


3Ghz @1.24vCore is good enough!!!


@Darky
[OT] Where is XFX RMA center in Mumbai?? [/OT]

[darklord]

Originally Posted by samrulez

Wooah! Darky you finally got your board!


3Ghz @1.24vCore is good enough!!!


@Darky
[OT] Where is XFX RMA center in Mumbai?? [/OT]

I am not from Mumbai so i dunno.Contact Rashi,they deal in XFX cards now.

[samrulez]

^^
Okies! Thanx anyways!

[deathvirus_me]

Nice oc man ... the E4300 should easily do 3 GHz under 1.3V (currently mine is running at 3.02 GHz at 1.25V) ..... temps should be fine too ... but a few things .. i'd strongly recommend u to use a 1:1 divider if u have ddr2-667 ram ...

[assasin]

^^^ but ur using a E6600 not a E4300

[deathvirus_me]

the E4300 should infact take similar volts ... FSB jump is almost similar , and these chips are pretty much the same ... across other forums , people are running these E4300's at 3 GHz with voltages under 1.3 ... what i said was merely based on other people experience ... and for air cooled CPU's , the CPU voltage actually contributes more to temps ...

[assasin]

^^^ wats the highest clk speed u hav reached with ur E6600.

[darklord]

Originally Posted by deathvirus_me

the E4300 should infact take similar volts ... FSB jump is almost similar , and these chips are pretty much the same ... across other forums , people are running these E4300's at 3 GHz with voltages under 1.3 ... what i said was merely based on other people experience ... and for air cooled CPU's , the CPU voltage actually contributes more to temps ...

Not necessarily.There are reports that newer batches of C2D can be horrible at OCing.IIRC someone got a bad bad 6600, needed 1.55 to get past 3.2V
I consider myself lucky i dont need that

even i know that the chip hold potential but i will try later with better cooling,nothing more now.

Please note that i was not attempting to do a routine OC here.Vdroop testing and finding OC potential of this chip was the main concern. As for memory, i have already had fun with the unlinked freedom of 680i
How does 1100 @ 4-3-3-12 sound

[darklord]

Some OC at lower volts ? Why not !

2.4GHz @ 1.25V Vcore, Orthos stable. Wooot !!!
Looks like i got a good chip here,i am already loving it

E6600 Speeds for no extra Volts,Superb !

CPU-Z Validation

[deathvirus_me]

It should be ... like i said previously ... the E4300's are indeed good oc'ers .. donno about the new batch though .. most people hit 3 GHz with the E4300 on stock voltages ...

^^^ wats the highest clk speed u hav reached with ur E6600.

I never wanted more than 3 GHz on the stock cooler ... so i've not tried going further anyway .. temps are awesome , and the performance too ... and all on stock cooling , what else can i ask ??

[darklord]

Well after a long time and after coming over my laziness :slap: I got my Watercooling setup up and running.

Let the pics do the talking

Mobo, ready to be stripped


Stripped !!!


There she goes


Blocks Installed


Piping in place

[darklord]

Continued....

CPU too gets some treatment


Finally !!!


Some initial Testing -



I am still worried about how to cool the Mosfets They are bare with no cooling on them

Darky

[assasin]

^^^ kewl setup man.how much did that cost u?

[darklord]

Originally Posted by assasin

^^^ kewl setup man.how much did that cost u?

Blocks got from US.Everything else done here.Must have cost me around 13-14k including everything

[assasin]

so wat temps u getting now.
is it better to run ram @ 1:1 ratio or shall i oc my ram to 833?

[darklord]

Originally Posted by assasin

so wat temps u getting now.
is it better to run ram @ 1:1 ratio or shall i oc my ram to 833?

3GHz Orthos testing gives temps around 43C.

Currently @ 2.4GHz. Full Load temps reach 35C max

1:1 is always better

[assasin]

so why aint u running ur proccy @ 3GHz??
i'm running mine @ 3GHz with 1.38vCore and idle temp of 28C and load temps of 55-58C.
the vCore is set to auto in bios,2 wat val sud i set it?

[darklord]

Originally Posted by assasin

so why aint u running ur proccy @ 3GHz??
i'm running mine @ 3GHz with 1.38vCore and idle temp of 28C and load temps of 55-58C.
the vCore is set to auto in bios,2 wat val sud i set it?

Mine worked flawlessly @ 1.28V

Well the reason for not running at 3G is that when i installed the blocks,i ripped off the Heatpipes,now they exposed the PWM area MOSFETS.Now they get soooo toasty,they almost burnt my finger

So until i figure out a solution to cool them,i am not gonna clock more.