~Intel Core i3/i5 32nm Dual Core OverCLARKing Thread~

[[B]attery]

@4.6ghz p95 kicked the bucket at about 80C and crashed

@4.4ghz p95 ran up to 100C - 105C

still at 1.2v

whats the thermal threshold for these things?

temps so high i think i'm running a prescott

[Gameman]

@4.6ghz p95 kicked the bucket at about 80C and crashed

@4.4ghz p95 ran up to 100C - 105C

still at 1.2v

whats the thermal threshold for these things?

temps so high i think i'm running a prescott

good, so it's not just me...like i said p95 -ed off for me at anything and ANY voltage except stock and even then no less than 70 on this 550 for me...



somethin about that ht i remember rajaja sayin...

if This is the temps i can hardly wait for i7 in 4 weeks....jeesus

edit 100C??!!!

good thing this is cheap cpu...

[[B]attery]

yea i'm totally unconcerned though. i'm sure my dad won't be crashing this pc with his intense free cell gaming addiction. i am rather jealous though. i'd like to go grab my apogee xt and hook it up to this thing.

[Gameman]

that's probably the cooling you would need when it comes to anything Intel with HT...

I LIKED my red scorpion so i am gonna spring for dark knight with the 1156 bracket...sadly can't afford a true or that "mega" deal...at this time

[[B]attery]

well instead of just tinkering around with the new toy i set in for some more serious overclocking and some traditional stability testing. i ran p95 for about 30 minutes @ 200x20 (4ghz) /w 1.28v max temp reading was 70C. i'm pretty set on running 200 bclk, as it allows my cheap memory to run 1600 and with initial testing i couldn't get past 215 bclk. i may re-address this later, but for now 200 is where its at. gonna go for some bigger numbers and let p95 go overnight. hopefully have some ss in the morning.


edit* up to 80C at 4.2 ghz 1.31v

[Gameman]

edit* up to 80C at 4.2 ghz 1.31v

sounds familiar except mine runs 80c no matter what
got me a hot one...so you can pretty much forget about Prime 95...

edit: i think when i set up the i7 chip i'm gonna use the T.R.U.E. heatsink and stick a 5000 RPM fan on it...or maybe even 2...

something like this here...

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?s...e=Thermalright



maybe.... although i may be limited to the dark knight for now...

[[B]attery]

sounds like a very good idea. i don't know what good fans are out now, but i have a 92mm vantec tornado that used to go on my slk-800u and it pushed some serious air. maybe my dad will let me revive it for a weekend of benching, but i seriously doubt. when i lived with him he called it the hoover. thing was so loud that you could hear it in the basement when my pc was on 2nd floor.

[Gameman]

. thing was so loud that you could hear it in the basement when my pc was on 2nd floor.

lol on the 2nd floor??? thank you

nice to hear i wasn't the only one

edit: just atempted another overclock using every possible combination suggested, and what i have learned from forums and still 4.2 is the absolute limit of this crap...and even then i don't dare attempt to run Prime or the Fire Department will be coming awfully soon... so there you go....

well on the bright side, as usable as it is at 4.2 at least i can almost match my Q9550 at 4.0ghz for power...
not bad for only 150.00... not a total loss anyway and a SEVERE step up from my E5400...

lets just hope the 870 or 875 K i plan to chuck in this thing ain't of the same quality...



Enjoy!!


edit: yeah, what i said earlier... i be getting the DARK KNIGHT since i know Xigmatek, it's relatively cheap and cooled all my Quads sufficiently...just hope the temps from Quad to i7 HT don't scale the way they did when i went from E5400 to i3 550....(upwards i mean)

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Considering this cpu i couldn't have put it any better...

[LagunaX]

Better RAM Timings(still a little toasty on air with a TRUE):

Everest Latencies:

[Gameman]

you serious mate?? on a T.R.U.E.?!!!?!!!?!!!?!!!?!!!

THATs JUST the sink i was referrin to 2 posts ago....

looks like I better slap on a 5000 Rpm fan for sure.....



especially if i have dreams o runnin i7 on it.......

edit:lol... maybe i can find one of those ones they use on vehicles...

[Gameman]

My God!!! there may be a bright side yet....

Managed to get it to hold it's water for a serious video encoding job at 4.2 ghz without temps going too insane on me

Full Load - Max 68 Celsius - average 65 overall at full load on all 4 "cores"

good enough for now....

will be adding all i can afford for now: a Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2.0 1156 cpu cooler for now...



easier to get this now and save the dark knight for later when i can afford it

besides this will allow me to get the i7 875K Unlocked CPU which may well guarantee me a slightly EASIER 4.0ghz...than if i bought just a 860 or 870...

i guess intel is doing the best they can - but this 550 should never have left the factory to be honest...

anyways...it'll do since no one else wants it either - now i'lll just work on seeing how low i can get the voltages and everything - but after what i witnessed on the weekend i don't hold out much hope...




anyways got the same time in encoding as a 775 quad at 4.0ghz and my thuban x6 at 3.6ghz...previously my best time was 15 minutes - but running it at 4.2 seems to do the trick...



my only question is now if i got as much power as a real quad at 3.8-4.0ghz for encoding, then what do i even need i7 for????
well-i'm hoping it will shave my encoding time down to like 8 maybe 6 minutes if i can get it to run at 4.0-4.2ghz without the Fire Department having to make a call...

[LagunaX]

68 is nothing - push it some more.
I was 79 in my original post above, #276.
Go for at least 4.4ghz...

And for $8 more at NCIX get this instead of the 92mm AC Freezer Pro:
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink

http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=41337

[Gameman]

Some good news also on the cooler front - i can get the hyper 212 locally for the same as ncix - about the same since i pay pst in province but the shipping for ncix woulda made it the same i'm afraid...

http://www.memoryexpress.com/Product...2%28ME%29.aspx

these are just a few of the local folks i deal with for pc parts...

these guys are good though - prices arent't unreasonable like with some other locals who shall remain nameless...

anyways i''ll pick this up tomorrow on my way out...never was impressed with my last freezer 7 - felt like just a slight tad better than the stock cooler - to be honest...

i have been to 4.4 and booted once at 4.5 - but the vcore requirements seem to go up EXPONENTIALLY immediately after 4.2ghz...at least on this one anyway...

i'd hate to think what it truly would require for 4.8 ghz stable (200x24) which obviously is why i've never tried it...

although according to my research last week that was supposed to be a given....especially on this higher model...but we'll just laugh that one off...

i know i have

which is why i'm commencing my research on i7 875K batches now so this doesn't occur again


edit: thank you posting that i7 comparison with the newer chart... that's much more convincing - i may be able to actually use this with an 875K after all...

DEFINITELY WORTH IT FOR ONLY 8.00$ MORE

[Gameman]

I SEEM to remember using this setting or close to this on the weekend...it was stable for a little while... but it couldn't even finish THE BILL GATES WINDOWS INDEX...and when it did run temps were well into the 70's and if we're talking actual cpu core it self more like 80-85 i'm afraid...



i probably could just get away with this for 24/7 with a hyper 212 but i need this cpu to last until precisely January the 7th...at which time i'll be slapping a 875K in 'er...

i put a ad up in the locals - if it sells and someone doesn't mind a 24/7 STOCK cpu then i'll grab a new 530 for 110.00 maybe even chip in the additional 20.00 bucks needed...

but i'd rather just consider this a write off, take 4.2 and invest in the serious lynnfield with the unlocked multiplier...

i figure buy buying the "enthusiast one" they offer for 1156 at least i stand half a chance of getting 4.0ghz stable without having to heap on an abominable amount of vcore - as has been the case with this sub-standard 550

[Gameman]

well i though i had something there - i even jacked it up to 1.45 to ensure stability and hiked the vtt to the safe max and well

you get the idea...

Bill Gates at his finest....





i'll let you know if i even dare 4.3-4.4 again with the cooler tomorrow

until then

Enjoy

edit: i think considering this most recent attempt - i think 4.2ghz will be more than adequate...
if i want more i guess i better just buy a better cpu..

EDIT: nothing at 1.47 vcore either...

edit2: Gigabyte AUTO says it needs 1.52 to be stable at 4.4ghz - and now that i've seen it that may well actually be the case...
at first i thought it was wrong...but considering what i just witnessed...

i think it may be best to accept my initial minimal achievement of 4.2 ht stable and focus on gettiing a better cpu...clearly rhis chip has a hard limit and idon't know what happened but all i can say is something went SEVERELY wrong in the binning process...either that or it was a return...but until january basic quad-core power is good enough...

[mecho_gruh]

Core i3 540 L025B058 4370MHz @ 1.48V

I decided to try something small and hideous for overclocking... ECS H55H-M



Despite the price and lack of settings it managed to perform very good.

I managed to get max bclk of 190 MHz
CPU-Frequency 4370 @ 1.48V
DDR 1900 8-8-8-20

I was able todo this just by setting
CPU/VTT +0.2
DDR +0.13
CPU/Vcore +0.2

The actual frequency is 4370 @ 1.48V







Even when overclocked the energy saving functions worked fine, the voltages are stable, just the bclk plays a bit,but it'snot a big deal.

[Gameman]

The actual frequency is 4370 @ 1.48V

finally!!! someone i have something in common with (cpu-wise)

whats your batch/pack date mate??.....

it's nice to see i ain't the only one...

cheers!!!!

[Gameman]

Unfortunately here's what it actually takes to even get into Windows at 4.5...
i'll admit it's nice and quick - but even my E8600 only needed 1.43vcore to pass stability tests at 4.5....




This thing needs no less than 1.48 vcore probably more in the neighbourhood of 1.50-1.51 to actually pass a stability test...

needless to say i didn't leave it there - cause i need this crap for 4 more weeks... if i can somehow swing a i7 chip on top of this i'll take it to 1.55 vcore and kill it - just to see how many weeks/days it lasts... but until then i'm limited to about 4.2-4.3...

don't get me wrong it's a good motherboard and the ram is high enough quality but the cpu i selected...leaves something to be desired

i may not get an i7 after all - i may just spend the extra on finding a decent batch SPECIFICALLY from a source that can sell me one...if that's even possible...

i'd even take a regular 530 as long as it oc's more or less the way THEY TELL YOU IT'S SUPPOSED TO...and none of this 1.43 vcore crap...



ps: any folks there have any leads on which places theoretically COULD be selling decent 530's or at least a place they got a proven half decent batch from... - you know like the guy a few posts above that only needed 1.26 for 4.6ghz????


EDIT: UPDATE - MANAGED TO BENCH THE SAME AS A Q6600 QUAD CORE AT 3.8GHZ IN FRITZ
so at least i'm getting SOME value at 4.2-4.3...



i think we'll call it DAY - 4.3 is more than enough for video encoding anyway...just undecided now as to whether to get the i7 875k like i planned or try and sniff out a really GOOD 530 or 540...so to speak


EDIT 3: also managed to bench the same as a stock XEON nehelem W3520 (i7 variant)
i can only conclude that when you take it to 4.3 it's doing roughly twice as much as at stock to make up for the 2 missing cores and 2 HT threads...
because the fact that i can even come close to i7...although i noticed when you up the i7 clock like with the lynnfield 860 for example it scores 7.4 -7.5 at stock...personally though i don't place much stock in the windows index - just nice to see...




EDIT 4 : FINALLY some dividends at 4.4ghz - now to see if it can pass anything before the cpu s off...




I GIVE UP - i did not get this cpu to run it at a piss 4.0 or 4.2....

i'm taking this to 4.4-4.5 and leavin her there....

this is bull - if it goes tits up GOOD... i'll just buy another one....


here you go folks

i upped the core to 1.44 - it should pass but i got to try encoding with it first - if it passes i'll be amazed...

...but i guarantee you one way or another this cpu is gonna pull it's weight...



one LAST update...

nope!!!! more like 1.46-1.47 to pass just the BILL GATES WINDOWS INDEX at 4.4ghz

[mecho_gruh]

@Gameman Core i3 540 L025B058 4370MHz @ 1.48V (benchable not 24/7)

I suppose it's not bad at all. I just need an advice, I want to change this ECS with onother motherboard. The other ECS products are not avalable at my location, an I could get P55-A UD3/USB3, H57M-USB3 or some Asus board. I want to make stable 220bclk, because I want to use my A-Data which is 2200 CL9 1.65V by default. Can you recomend me a descend motherboard from this price range?

[[B]attery]

i picked up my gigabyte ud2h with the h55 chipset for 89 bucks. i got about 215 bclk out of it without really trying, i'm sure i could squeeze more.

gameman, i went to microcenter and picked my processor by hand. i'm friends with a couple guys that work there and they literally let me go through and look at every one. local stores are generally good for that.

[Gameman]

HA!!! i just took what they gave me- no wonder i got such a P.O.S.!!!!


edit: one good thing - finally got the hyper 212 today...
i'll let You folks know how the temps are but i don;t foecast going over 4.2 despite the better temps...i've seen what this thing can do, and more importantly what it CAN'T...

[Yamcha]

I was able to get 4.4GHZ, Still testing with Prime 95.. so far I've run the test for 2hrs 48 Minutes.. no errors I'm actually using the Hyper 212 Plus aswell, it fairs quite well, I get around 72C on full load, doesnt go higher then that..

[[B]attery]

stock cooler with as5 i hit about 85C load. i reseated the heatsink when i was gettin 100C+ and this helped a lot. i may not of had all the push things all the way in or something. these things still run super hot. i don't understand it. its smaller, uses less energy and voltage but is still hotter.

[hsn]

i3 530 + msi p55



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[Gameman]

got the hyper 212+ today.... my god you'd think the instructions for 1156 install would be a little more concise...kinda VAGUE i mean, i can figure it out but if i don't report back, well then, i guess you can figure out why......

haw haw!!!!