C0 stepping E8400- overclocking advice wanted

Hi folks,

As you can see in my Sig (unless you have sigs turned off), I have an C0 stepping E8400 overclocked to 3.7ghz stable 24/7 (at the 1-year mark now). I use an arctic cooling freezer 7 pro, and my mobo is an Asus P5QL Pro. Currently CPU-Z is reading my core voltage @ 1.256..

So.. what can I do to get better results?

So you think Cooling is my issue? What are people getting out of C0 E8400's?

I have an E0 stepping e8400, so I can't say for sure what the C0 can do. It shouldn't be too much different though. What are your temps like when you run the Prime95 torture test?-GeordiLaForge-

From what I've seen around the web, people don't seem to get the same overclocking results out of the C0 chips that they do with the E0's. I haven't run Prime 95 on this machine, but I know what's stable from my gaming experience. I can't seem to get it stable at over 3.72ghz, so I just dropped it down a hair below 3.7 to be safe. I've played Cysis Warhead, World in Conflict, and ran this other REALLY intensive CPU/memory test a few months back that I can't remember the name of.

I guess what I'm looking for is somebody with a C0 E8400 that has theirs overclocked higher than mine without water or phase-change cooling. I want to make mine go faster! (Don't know why.. it's plenty fast):P

OC'ing a E8400 is quite easy. You should be fine reaching 4ghz. Try knocking the FSB voltage up a bit and you should be able to raise the fsb a bit higher and make it to 4ghz (thats what i did). I have a very similar setup, you should be fine with that AC freezer 7 pro, it keeps mine cool at 4ghz.cpdowling

Thanks for the advice.. but I have to ask- is your E8400 a C0 or an E0 stepping? So far in my research this seems to make a lot of difference in overclocking results.

[QUOTE="cpdowling"]OC'ing a E8400 is quite easy. You should be fine reaching 4ghz. Try knocking the FSB voltage up a bit and you should be able to raise the fsb a bit higher and make it to 4ghz (thats what i did). I have a very similar setup, you should be fine with that AC freezer 7 pro, it keeps mine cool at 4ghz.hartsickdiscipl

Thanks for the advice.. but I have to ask- is your E8400 a C0 or an E0 stepping? So far in my research this seems to make a lot of difference in overclocking results.

Hi guys,,

i bought this system 3years ago..

specifications:

DUAL CORE 3GHZ

1GB RAM

NVIDIA 6200 TURBOCACHE

945 CHIPSET

and now i gotmy holidays ,i want to play gta 4 n other fantastic games lyk prototype...etc.

PLEASE SUGGEST ME A GUD CONFIG THAT`D ALLOW ME A DESCENT GAMING.

i want to go for 2gb ddr 2 ram...and 9600gt 512mb and i want to change my processor as well ..to core2duo E7500...

but i dont know if my mother board will support it or not!!

AM CONFUSED...

please help me with a gud config tat`d suit my system ...

Hi guys,,

i bought this system 3years ago..

specifications:

DUAL CORE 3GHZ

1GB RAM

NVIDIA 6200 TURBOCACHE

945 CHIPSET

and now i gotmy holidays ,i want to play gta 4 n other fantastic games lyk prototype...etc.

PLEASE SUGGEST ME A GUD CONFIG THAT`D ALLOW ME A DESCENT GAMING.

i want to go for 2gb ddr 2 ram...and 9600gt 512mb and i want to change my processor as well ..to core2duo E7500...

but i dont know if my mother board will support it or not!!

AM CONFUSED...

please help me with a gud config tat`d suit my system ...

Hi guys,,

i bought this system 3years ago..

specifications:

DUAL CORE 3GHZ

1GB RAM

NVIDIA 6200 TURBOCACHE

945 CHIPSET

and now i gotmy holidays ,i want to play gta 4 n other fantastic games lyk prototype...etc.

PLEASE SUGGEST ME A GUD CONFIG THAT`D ALLOW ME A DESCENT GAMING.

i want to go for 2gb ddr 2 ram...and 9600gt 512mb and i want to change my processor as well ..to core2duo E7500...

but i dont know if my mother board will support it or not!!

AM CONFUSED...

please help me with a gud config tat`d suit my system ...

patela24

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