I've now edited the full overclocking guide to the first post. I hope you understand it, its hard to explain because of all this different motherboard-types.
Lol, I hope you guys don't think the only differences between the E2180 and the E8400 is their speed?
Afaik there are many other differences, a different architecture, and so on... I don't think a E2180 @3 Ghz will have the same speed than a E8400.
So, is my CPU cooler (Cooler Master V8) and my temperatures OK enough to try overclocking? There doesn't seem to be an option to change the voltage in my BIOS... Should I take a picture of my BIOS options to help you tell me what to do?
Cheers. I'm sorry for asking so many questions.
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It should be okay. I just read your temperatures again and they are quite good. I don't know your cooler, so I can't say. But just try it out, if the Core-Temperature increases too much after overclocking a bit, get a new one. If you just try out 200-400 Mhz +, you are on the safe side with every cooler except the boxed one
(07-18-2009, 01:30 PM)Core2uu Wrote:(07-18-2009, 05:05 AM)CacoFFF Wrote: the guys of XBitLabs made it run on 3.20ghz without touching the VCore.
Wow, and the E2180 is only like 3x cheaper than the if I'm not mistaken.
Lol, I hope you guys don't think the only differences between the E2180 and the E8400 is their speed?
Afaik there are many other differences, a different architecture, and so on... I don't think a E2180 @3 Ghz will have the same speed than a E8400.
(07-18-2009, 03:22 PM)Phenomenal Flea Wrote:(07-18-2009, 04:53 AM)The King Wrote:(07-18-2009, 03:22 AM)nosound97 Wrote: Overclocking is never safe, you need powerful cooling for it and everything will be ok then
That's right, but if you have good cooling, it is quite save. And when really only increasing the clock in small steps and then testing, you will see Windows making problems before the Processor will give up without any warning.
So, is my CPU cooler (Cooler Master V8) and my temperatures OK enough to try overclocking? There doesn't seem to be an option to change the voltage in my BIOS... Should I take a picture of my BIOS options to help you tell me what to do?
Cheers. I'm sorry for asking so many questions.
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It should be okay. I just read your temperatures again and they are quite good. I don't know your cooler, so I can't say. But just try it out, if the Core-Temperature increases too much after overclocking a bit, get a new one. If you just try out 200-400 Mhz +, you are on the safe side with every cooler except the boxed one