Intel Core 2 Duo E2140/E2160 Overclocking Results

[Jens]

here is my e2180 100% oc (water cooled, ambient=14C)

system: ip35-e, 2gigs a-data vitesta ee, x1950xt

[Tulatin]

here is my e2180 100% oc (water cooled, ambient=14C)

system: ip35-e, 2gigs a-data vitesta ee, x1950xt

CPU-Z shows 1.712... what is your real v-core?

[Jens]

real vcore dunno as I don't know the correct measure point on the board

but vcore in bios was set to 1.725V

I know this might sound very high, but the temps were pretty ok, and the chip responds well to increased voltages. And I only needed it for a few minutes. Well, so far, the cpu is still alive

[Tulatin]

Still, 1.7v is an ing thought. Then again, these are $99 chips. Thinking of getting one to stand in for my quad (sell X3210, wait on Yorkfield), and pushing it till then - polished lid and all.

[na_X]

Her is my E2160 chip, hits the FSB wall at ca. 375-380MHz (doesn`t matter what I throw at it on Voltage on chipset or anything else and lower multiplier doesn`t help).



Stock cooler, and 1.40V in BIOS. Mainboard is a Gigabyte DS3 with P35 chipset, memory is Kingston PC4200 CL4 value. Not done tweaking memory timings and speed at all yet, 1.8V on memory goes up to 460MHz at a little better timings shown on this picture.

[stone_cold_Jimi]

E2140 + Vapo LS + P5K3 + Cellshock DDR3-1800, weird but true

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=131

[MoTiG]

just had my e2180 (m0)

+ Gigabyte P35-DS3L
TR Ultra 120 eXtreme
533MHz crappy ram

i'll play around with it and post my results later on

[Akane]

Guys, I have exhausted all options and might need a hand here.

MB: Asus P5K SE
CPU: E2160
Ram: Random DDR2-667's
Cooling: Bigwater 745.

I can get 371Mhz FSB full OCCT stable, everything's fine @ 1.575v, but when I try to push it to 372Mhz, it just refuses to boot. I have tried dropping my multiplier from 9x to 8x but it does not help at all. Upping the voltage even higher does not help.

I have tried the BSEL mod, surely enough it boots up at a default 2.4Ghz now, but the situation has not changed.

Is there any other way getting past this wall? I can boot with 333FSB @ stock voltage but BSEL 333 failed to boot (it booted once @ 3.01Ghz then it won't boot again). I'm sure BSEL 266 (which i have now) will at least help somehow? But it has not.

I have lowered the FSB all the way down and ran the FSB:RAM ratio to 5:6, the Ram will happily run at 400Mhz no problem, so I do not think the RAM is at fault.

Any help reguarding jumping this Great wall of FSB would be appreciated, thanks.

[pumpahhh]

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=263002
Note that is cooled by intel stock alu and arctic qeramique

[MoTiG]

e2180
Gigabyte P35-DS3L
TR Ultra 120 eXtreme
533MHz crappy ram

Seems to top at about 3300MHz @ 1.518v (330x10)



3400 is unstable even with 1.550v
The bus is not an issue here, i tried lowering to 9x the multi and i managed to get 340 FSB stable (didn't try higher than this).
It's not a RAM problem neither, cause they should be fairly stable at under ddr2-667 speeds (same chips of crucial DDR2 667 kit).

I think it's just a cpu problem; i could pump 1.6v in it and i'll get 3400 2x32M stable, but i don't think it's safe to run 1.6v 24/7.

Do you think it's a mobo problem?

These are my bios settings for 3400 (not stable):

10x340
PCI-E frequency: 90MHz
C.I.A.2 = disabled
Performance enhance = standard
DRAM DLL = option 1

ram at 680 4-5-5-15 2T (subs on auto). (i'll tighten them later on)

Voltage:
CPU: 1.550v
RAM: 1.8v
G MCH: +0.1v
PCI-E: +0.1v
FSB: normal
DDR2: normal

Can you see problems in this configuration?
Also, is it viable to run EIST and C1E when overclocking?
Thanks

[ferjero989]

i have the e2140 @ 2.8ghz rite now...
my board its a msi p6n sli
and i have 1gb team memory (timings acording to website are 5-5-5 15)
this is the core menu.. plz tell me what to put here to get 3.2ghz outta this cpu

spread spectrum

memory settings

and the cell menu

the part u dont see above.. says: eist (off) dot control (off) and cpu clock mode (auto, linked and manual)
so tell me what to put here to make this baby go to 3.2ghz

[ferjero989]

i have the e2140 @ 2.8ghz rite now...
my board its a msi p6n sli
and i have 1gb team memory (timings acording to website are 5-5-5 15)
this is the core menu.. plz tell me what to put here to get 3.2ghz outta this cpu

spread spectrum

memory settings

and the cell menu

the part u dont see above.. says: eist (off) dot control (off) and cpu clock mode (auto, linked and manual)
so tell me what to put here to make this baby go to 3.2ghz

[MoTiG]

Hi.

Is it ddr2-800 or 667?

Anyways: try loading defaults bios.
then put:

EIST / C1E: OFF
PCI-E: 100
FSB: 400
CPU Ratio: 8
DRAM: AUTO (timings on auto) - you'll work on timings later
CPU Voltage: 1.5v

Then run 2xSuperPi 32M. If you can't complete this, try lowering the fsb.

[maxine]

Anyone can post images for 200->266 and 266->333 pin mods for E2xxx?.

Thanks.

[ferjero989]

its ddr2 800mhz
thats why i wanna get up to 3.2ghz cuz then it will be like ddr2 400x2 (800) and cpu 400*8 and that sounds nice.. .
so i will turn off the c1e.. what about the HPET ?

[MoTiG]

keep everything i didn't mention at "default"

[wyemarn]

I'm planning to get a E2140 M0 soon. Is FSB wall a common problem for Pent Dual-Core or its just luck? I'm planning to get it over FSB 400. Thanks.

[MoTiG]

common problem at around 400MHz ( + - )

If you are planning 3200MHz, you should get a 2160 just to be sure

cheers

[breakfromyou]

I don't have a problem with my E2140 at 3.2 GHz...Only bumped the vcore up, because something was causing it not to be stable, so i bumped voltages for nearly everything up, and it's stable. I need to do some tweaking.

VCore set to 1.35v

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=262110 <-- 24/7 settings...for now

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=262487 <-- suicide. I need to learn this board first. Damn DFI's. I'm CERTAIN that I could push this thing higher. I am only on air though.

[Yamcha]

Those are my results on stock cooling, I don't wanna push it further until I get some better cooling.. has anyone else on stock cooling gotten it at 3ghz?

[pumpahhh]

Here u go, some more of my results:
Superpi:

Cpuz:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=265964
On CM Gemin2
@Yamcha, i was running 400fsb under stock.

[megatron]

Here u go, some more of my results:
Superpi:

Cpuz:
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=265964
On CM Gemin2
@Yamcha, i was running 400fsb under stock.

Air cooled? No problem with high fsb? I cant top 395fsb p35-dq6 + e2160. Still can stretch my cpu and ram speeds so not all bad.

[pumpahhh]

Yes air cooled, CoolerMaster gemin2

[hstuehmeyer2000]

where can i get an m0 in the us?

[aiya]

where can i get an m0 in the us?

i hear ewiz's oem e2140s are M0. don't know about their e2160s.