OCing p35-ds3r and E4300 help

[aznherb36]

Im ocing but and got the hang of it a little bit, but i when i took an SS of CPU-z it said my memory was running single channel when in fact I have them in slot 1 and 2, which means different color = dual channel?
this is when i changed the bust freq. from 200 to 215. What am i missing?


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[Leonardo]

Check your motherboard manual. To run dual channel, with every motherboard I've seen, the memory modules must alternate. If 1, 2, 3, and 4 are the DIMMs, either 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 should be populated. The modules should not be side-by-side. The color of the DIMM should match for inserted RAM sticks.

[Thrax]

Like colors = memory channel. Never install sticks side by side.

And, now you have 215x6. Congrats. :) Try 400*6.

[Bad_Karma]

I have the same mobo and the mem runs at 520 * 6 (multi). Cpu is a E6300. It's a good board. Make sure you have the latest bios update.
I think i remember reading somewhere on these forums that the E4300's don't like to go past 400mhz on the mem/fsb.(not too sure).

[aznherb36]

switched the memory to the same color, now it says dual.

i switch the multiplier to 9x to see what happens. I saw that the core speed went up to 2100. does anyone know about how high i can go with stock HSF?

Bad Karma, since you have the same board, what are u using to check your temps? I couldnt find this board on the latest mbm5. I have Speedfan installed and this is what it shows

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[Thrax]

Use core temp to monitor your CPU.

Please, turn off SpeedStep in the BIOS. You're not getting a true understanding of how well your CPU overclocks because the BIOS is dynamically underclocking it.

[aznherb36]

i dont know what speedstep is in the bios :confused: my readings under the bios pc health says that my pc is at around 37* while this CPU core says 47*.

what should I do ?

[aznherb36]

At our restaurant, we have a dell 9200 with a C2D 6300 and I was wondering if I would be able to OC it if i put it in my gigabyte p35-ds3r. Since it is from a Dell I dont know if it will work the same so im asking

[Bad_Karma]

Yes the E6300 is compatible with the motherboard (all socket LGA 755 core 2 processors will work.
Get coretemp from here: http://www.thecoolest.zerobrains.com/CoreTemp/
Update your bios by selecting the proper one from here:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_List.aspx
make sure you know what revision your motherboard is (usually 1.0)
Use @Bios utility to back up and update the bios which you can get from here:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Utility_DownloadFile.aspx?FileType=Utility&FileID=52
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I am going to go over a couple of bios settings to help you out. Please keep in mind these are standard changes and non-voltage ones.

Boot into your blue bios screen. Before choosing a section press and hold crtl button and then press the F1 button and let go of both buttons. This unlocks all of the bios' advanced features.

Under Advanced Bios Features make the following changes:
-> Limit CPUIDmax to 3 is [Disabled]
-> Cpu Enhanced Halt (CE1) is [Disabled]
-> CPU Thermal Monitor 2(TM2) [Disabled]
-> Virtulization is [Disabled] *unless you plan on using VMWare
the cpu halt and montior in this section are used to throttle your cpu from full speed to about 50 percent of your cpu's potential by changing the multiplier on the fly.

Under PC Health Status:
-> Smart Fan Control Method [Disabled] this will keep your cpu fan running at 100%
-> Cpu warning Temp - 70 Celcius

Under MB Intelligent Tweaker:
-> C.I.A.2. is [Disabled]
-> Performance Enhance is [Standard]
** For any more changes to be made under this section you will have to know the manufactured spec for your cpu and memory. Mostly for the memory as you will need to know its' stock timings and what voltage range it can take.
The Cpu voltage should not need to go above 1.4 and i recommend that you don't go up more than 0.3v on the ram. Also don;t forget to up the voltage on the fsb as well. If you would like to know what my timings are just let me know and I will post them here for you to go by. **remember that not all ram/cpus are the same and they will all overclock differently.
** also remember that altering voltages may severely effect the life of your product and/or casue them to fail.
You can always search this site as I am sure some people have written good posts on how to get the most out of an oc.

Hope this helps a bit and most importantly take your time. It took me over a week to find a stable overclock. By that I mean testing the cpu using stresscpu ( opening 2 instances one for each core ) and running it for 24 hours with no errors. For mem testing use memtest.
stresscpu can be found here:
http://www.gromacs.org/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_details/gid,80/Itemid,26/
memtest can be found here:
http://www.memtest86.com/
for mem test downlad the .iso image and burn to a disk. It runs by you rebooting the system with the cd in the cdrom and will automatically start.

Hope some of this helps you.

[aznherb36]

Thanks a bunch, helps me alot!

and the ram timing, the lower the better isnt it?

[Leonardo]

and the ram timing, the lower the better isnt it? Not necessarily. Work on the CPU first, find out what is stable, and let it run like that for a few days. After you are sure the system is stable then progress to DRAM timings. You can do it all at once; but I would not encourage any to do that if they aren't already an experienced overclocker. You are not. Don't put too many variables on your plate at one time.

By the way, front side bus frequency and RAM speed (MHz) make much, much more performance difference than timings. In my opinion, RAM timings, even at extreme, make little difference outside of synthetic benchmarks. Real world performance - not much difference.

[aznherb36]

as of now, I am just increasing the cpu frequency, should I need to do the same to the voltage?