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xxvv
28-04-2009, 10:07 AM
e5200 on a gigabyte g31-es2l, worked fine on a 3.33 ghz overlock, recently changed case, moved everything over and now i can't overclock at all.

quick search shows i need to remove the battery for 5 mins or so, as the board doesn't come with cmos jumper.

should this solve the problem or is there another method/solution?

cheers
xxvv
02-05-2009, 02:16 PM
bios upgrade solved the problem, running at 3.0ghz - 44c full load :-)

how far shall i go..
GeorgeStorm
02-05-2009, 02:36 PM
Well, it depends on how much voltage you feel ok with putting though it, and how good your chip is.
I mean, you will probs be able to reach 3.6, although, you might be putting quite a lot of voltage through it especially considering that motherboard has no cooling for the mosfets?
xxvv
02-05-2009, 03:35 PM
@ 3.00ghz volts down to 1.062 (42c full load)

looking pretty promising, full load 10 mins so far, how long should i test (orthos) for full stability?
thesis
02-05-2009, 03:53 PM
Got mine at 3.3 with 1.1v with an Asus motherboard so you should be able to reach 3.8 with a little luck and good cooling.
Try and run it overnight.
xxvv
02-05-2009, 08:02 PM
struggling to stress test @3ghz with low volts, will try 1.1 and go from there.
system7
02-05-2009, 08:56 PM
1.3V on the CPU and 2.0V on the memory. Give it some welly!

But really no point going much above 3.3 GHz. Cache limits gaming more than clock.
xxvv
02-05-2009, 11:38 PM
1.1v @ 3ghz :-)

i really don't get how you have such low temps - i'm idling at 30c with 2x 120mm intake and 1x 120mm exhaust, akasa 965, accelero on the gpu and zalman northbridge heatsink - coolermaster 340 micro case.

quite happy with the hd4850 at 30c idle though :-)

might try see how much i can get out of the e5200 but i'm pretty happy running at 3ghz
Brad
02-05-2009, 11:57 PM
Well with only 1.1v its going to be very low temps and the room maybe cool that its in.
xxvv
03-05-2009, 12:09 AM
is 30c low for this chip? despite the above cooling mods i cant break the 30c idle.. but 42c full load is pretty good.
xxvv
09-05-2009, 06:53 PM
http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/3113/e520034.png

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/8633/e520034load.png

Furthest i've pushed my e5200 so far. Unfortunately my board - g31-es2l has limited memory options (+0.1,.2,.3,.4) so i'm not entirely sure on the next step.

I want to get 3.5ghz stable do i just have the ram at .4 and let it rise with the fsb? (ram is corsair 1066mhz). in terms of volts how far should i go, i've tried 1.36v and that failed to boot, how much higher is safe? Temps are good so no worries there.