Looking to OC e5200

[sdotcarter]

I know the Core 2's arent hot anymore but im looking to squeeze some life out of mine for a possable graphics card upgrade.

Gigabyte EP45 UD3P

Original Settings robbed from Tweaktown Forums
Robust Graphics Booster.........................[ FAST ]
CPU Clock Ratio.................................[ 12x ]
Fine CPU Clock Ratio............................[ + .0.0 ]
CPU Frequency............................[ 280 x 12.0 ] 3.36Ghz

******Clock Chip Control******
CPU Host Clock Control..........................[ Enabled ]
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz)........................[ 280 ]
PCI Express Frequency (Mhz).....................[ 100 ]
C.I.A 2 [Disabled]

******Advanced Clock Control******
CPU Clock Drive..........................[800mV]
PCI Express Clock Drive................[900mV]
CPU Clock Skew..........................[0ps]
MCH Clock Skew..........................[0ps]

******DRAM Performance Control******
Performance Enhance.............................[ Standard ]
Extreme memory profile (XMP)..................[ disable ]
MCH Frequency Latch.........................[ AUTO ]
System Memory Multipler.........................[ 3.00A ]
Memory Frequency 1066............................[ 840 ]
DRAM Timing Selectable..........................[ AUTO ]

CAS Latency Time................................[ 5 ]
tRCD............................................[ 5 ]
tRP.............................................[ 5 ]
tRAS............................................[ 15 ]

******Motherboard Voltage Control******
Load-Line Calibration...........................[ Disable ]
CPU Vcore [ 1.1625 ]...................[ 1.375v ]
CPU Termination [ 1.20 ]...................[ 1.26 ]
CPU PLL [ 1.50 ]...................[ 1.57 ]
CPU Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ AUTO ]

MCH Core [ 1.100 ]...................[ 1.16v ]
MCH Reference [ 0.760 ]...................[ AUTO ]
MCH/DRAM Reference [ 0.900 ]...................[ AUTO ]
ICH I/O [ 1.500 ]...................[ 1.57v ]
ICH Core [ 1.100 ]...................[ 1.20 ]

DRAM Voltage [ 1.800v]...................[2.00v]
DRAM Termination [0.900v]...................[Auto]
Channel A Reference [0.900v]................[Auto]
Channel B Reference [0.900v]................[Auto]

Running at 3.33 Stable, looking to get into the 3.75-4.0 range.
Temps currently are
32-34* C on both cores Topped at ~58 under load. Passes Intelburntest 10 cycles.
Memory is G.Skill ddr2 800, the blue ones.

What im thinking is if i can get it stable in the 3.75 range I'd like to get a 5850, then a q9550 after thanksgiving next time I can hit mc.

Hopefully some of you remember this chip and can help lol.

 

[cyclone3d]

#1 Enable Load Lina Calibration. That should let you lower the CPU voltage you have to push into the chip. Enable it and then see how low you can go at your current speed.

You may also need to adjust the CPU voltages as well as the CPU skew to get it up to where you want it.

Not sure if the E5200 is any different in terms of max bus speed than the E5300.. if not, you will max out at about a 360fsb. Lowering the RAM multiplier and jacking up the FSB will get you a nice gain in RAM throughput.