I can get 3.5ghz out of my E6420 if I jack up the juice beyond 1.4V :D
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I can get 3.5ghz out of my E6420 if I jack up the juice beyond 1.4V :D
I'm at 3.6ghz now at 1.425v loaded, Orthos stable. Not bad :)
Nope. Not bad at all. Freakin awesome actually. If we could only see that screenshot you keep promising. :rolleyes:
Seems there are a LOT of claims here without any proof. :)
@ Nanok: Please tell me you are not complaining about 1.2ghz above stock on stock volts.
E6320 @ 3.2ghz 460x7, 1.47V. I'd link a screenshot, but my DFI P965-s literally caught on fire, or at least a few resistors did due to water splashes that I failed to see. Just ordered a P35 DS3R.
Nice! Sorry to hear about your Dark. That's one sweet board you just cooked.Quote:
Originally Posted by evetS-
It was great! I was watching fireworks in my case. Best 140$ I ever spent :) :explode2:Quote:
Originally Posted by GripS
Seems like overall the E6420's are hitting very good clocks. The E6320's are pretty hurtin' though.
Can't wait to get my mobo replacement and see what my 6420 and do. Had a faulty mobo that kept trying to boot from my floppy drive no matter what boot order or BIOS configuration I used. Couldn't install windows from my CD drive because of it lol.
Anyways my stepping is L709A510 and judging by the steppings here I should have around a 3.4-3.7 chip. WAHOO!
Anyone see the table with confirmed chip speeds over at HardForum? http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1138241 Looks like the L709's lead the pack of the E6420's.
I went from a cpu that wouldnt hold 3.2 stable at any voltage to this! All thanks to my new lovly HZ's! :up:.
I got my P5N-E today and started to test my 6420. I got a dud 3.2@1.53V, I didn't test it for stability. I just reduced the vcore to 1.42 and ran it at 2.8. Its been 5 hrs stable so far.
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Originally Posted by Bei Fei
Same here. I can run 2.8 on stock volts, but can't even get up to 3.1 on 1.45! Bad chip, but it only needs to last until the quad cores drop in price, then I'm grabbing a Q6600!
My E6420 is @ 3.2 with 1.37v. Haven't really needed to go any higher as all my games are screamin' fast.
What are your system specs? You still have old specs in your sig.Quote:
Originally Posted by bobbobson
You should try and take it higher. That's pretty good and a good sign you CAN go higher. Which batch you get?Quote:
Originally Posted by BillHicks
Yeah i've been meaning to update that. P5B Dlx (With THE WORST vdroop you've ever seen. Im talking like .08). E6420, 2gig of Gskill HZ 6400's, Asus GTS (320mb) at 675/985. Tuniq 120+ in a Armor with a OCZ 850w. Temps are sub 50c in a descent ambient of 25+.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yukon Trooper
But yeah as i said before i couldnt get anything over 2.8ghz stable before..... Might be a fsb hole in my board / chip or something but this baby just loves to clock. :shrug:
Just installed my E6420 OEM yesterday.
MB is P5N-E SLI with two Ballistix DDR(2)-800.
Have done minimal testing/OC and settled for 400x8 @ 1.3750 (1.34 loaded).
Seems that the chip has "a wall" here as 412.5x8 will not boot at 1.425.
As of writing this I have set a "standard" for my systems to OC up to a FSB where miminal VCore is necessary.
Many chips / many systems has shown (for me) it's not worth the effort when VCore has to be increased just to get a few hundred more Mhz for "suicidal screenies" and single core benching. :)
Attached below is a screen from dual SPi16M to show the low/nice temps with my water-setup.
Managed to push my L709 a bit higher...
Stability: 6hr 41 mins Orthos Small FFTs
CPU: E6420
OC: 3735 Mhz
Stepping: 6 B2
Week: L709
Code: A171
Vcore: 1.5375v
Cooling: Water
Cooler brand/model: H20 Cooled: Thermochill PA120.2, D-Tek Fuzion w/backplate, Swiftech 655 Pump, MCW60
Motherboard: Asus P5B Deluxe C1 1.03G
Bios Version: 1004
Operating System: XP 32
RAM brand: Crucial Ballistix
RAM rated speed: 8000
RAM actual speed: 934
Latency: 5-5-5-15
http://www.3dxtreme.net/other/E6420%...35-1.5375v.jpg
Just did a build last Thursday/Friday using an Abit IP35 Pro and an e6420 (I'll have to get the stepping once I get my case fans in to add WC). On air, stock voltage of 1.32 volts I am easily hitting 3.2. I figure 4g is a possibility given that my WCing setup takes another 10 - 12C off the temps which on stock air cooler are 31C idle and 53C under max load (Orthos, Prime, SuperPi, and 3dMark06 running concurrently for 2 hours). I bought a DD Torture Rack and have 2 fans on it now. Once I have all 8 fans running, 3.6 should be easy to get, just have to see what the "wall" is.
Specs:
Abit IP35 Pro
e6420 @ 1.32 v
Corsair Dominator 8500 2GB @ 400 x 8 and 1.9 v
eVga 8800 GTS Superclocked
Antec HE550 PSU
DD Torture Rack
Waiting on the tarmac:
Swiftech Apogee GTX
Swiftech MCW60
Laing 12v DD5 pump
BI Extreme 2x120 rad
8 case fans (which are quieter than my previous GPU fan on the 7900gt)
Well my last post may have been nullified. I seem to have another bad board......GRRRRRR. I keep getting BSOD's after a few hours and I changed my ram to the secondary slots on my P5N-E and i have not gotten any BSOD's since. I already recieved my RMA number from Newegg and I will probabally replace this board with a P35. I will report more later.
Mine E6420 does 3240Mhz at 1.32850V set on BIOS and it's stable(Orthos 2h, while running 3DMARK06 a lot of times,going trough the web,MSN all at the same time) but with this same voltage it doens't do 3400Mhz:( and also my Ninja is giving me worse temps then my 9500Led:()
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Originally Posted by PJD
consider yourself lucky PJD. None of the several E6420's I've tried could do that. Mine usually require about 1.45V BIOS (1.43V real).
BTW: When you mean stock voltage is 1.32V do you mean that the setting in the BIOS is 1.32V
or
that its 1.35V set in BIOS and that mulimeter or hardware monitor shows 1.32V?
Becareful, when you're not looking, I'm gonna come and gety'a E6420.. he he. At stock (all 1.35V) E6420 I've tried did, 2.64, 2.88 and 2.92GhzQuote:
Originally Posted by DMH
1.35v in BIOS, 1.32v everywhere else. Maybe I was lucky and/or due; be the first time then since my last 4 builds couldn't even do a 10% OC. What mobo are you using BTW?Quote:
Originally Posted by ***Deimos***
Mine won't do more then 3.2Ghz whithout giving him more then 1.35V:(I think I gave I'm 1,35xxV(I think) and even that way it wouldn't run 3DMARK06:(
mine does 2.8Ghz at 1,29375V on BIOS
Give it more. I didn't get 3.2ghz stable until i gave it 1.42v (1.4v actual).Quote:
Originally Posted by DMH
The problem are the temps with the Zalman 53ºC running Orthos for 2h while doing a lot of loops in 3DMARK06
you still have headroom. 53C under load is no where near the danger zone.