Retail E8600 Overclock, Temps, Settings Thread

[TheGanG]

I realize I am coming in real late but I need some help. Just got this E8600 yesterday cranked it to 10X400 at stock volts and it came right up stable. Then my problems began. I am at 416X10 stable but no matter what I do with volts it won't even post at 420? I tried all the usual including dropping the multiplier and raising the fsb and it still won't post beyond 420 fsb? I have been overclocking for years and never seen a wall like this. Stable and reasonable temps up to 416X10 (max temp under water 52C) but a complete no go at 420? No voltage increase to NB or CPU can get past that. I am at 1.232V now. I gave it 1.45 just to try to post at 420X10 and it's a no go. Tried underclocking my ram and still nothing. My ram is good up to 1140.

This CPU will Orthos for hours at 416X10 but not even post with or without increased voltage at 420X10. Yes, I tried bumping the NB no go. NB temps are reasonable so this is not a temperature problem.

Any suggestions you experts have would be helpful. I might have missed something simple in a bios setting but I really don't get the absolute no post right at 420. Yea, I did try going beyond to see if I had some sort of hole there but that was also a no go? Help?

I would hate to come to the conclusion that this P5E can't cut it. Yes, I do have the latest bios. If you have ever taken apart a water build you know what I mean.

Asus P5E, 4gig PC8500, Thermaltake 850 power supply, ATI 4879X2

Would u please tell us all of your CPU/DRAM/System BIOS setings and voltage values (it may be a good idea, to create a new topic at a suited area buddy)