e8400 @ 5.0ghz

[andrewsvalesen]

Currently I'm on my e8400
would I see much of an increase in performance if I went to 5.0ghz?

I game mostly.


e8400 @ 3.8ghz at 1.33v
Memory is 1:2 or 2:1 .. its like 880 or something.

 

[BennyV04988]

Currently I'm on my e8400 at 1.25v at 4.0ghz stable, for the most part.

Would I see much of an increase in performance if I went to 5.0ghz?

I game mostly.

With what card?

 

[Ethan_Kaizer]

What kind of cooling do you have? What temperatures are you at now? It's gonna be awful hard to get a 2 ghz OC.

 

[andrewsvalesen]

Alright I made a mistake. This is the real current settings I'm on:

e8400 @ 3.8ghz at 1.33v
Memory is 1:2 or 2:1 .. its like 880 or something.

My cooling is a TRUE120, and my temps right now are 30C IDLE.

I have a p5e motherboard with Gskill (4gb) NQ Ram.

 

[BennyV04988]

Alright I made a mistake. This is the real current settings I'm on:

e8400 @ 3.8ghz at 1.33v
Memory is 1:2 or 2:1 .. its like 880 or something.

My cooling is a TRUE120, and my temps right now are 30C IDLE.

I have a p5e motherboard with Gskill (4gb) NQ Ram.

What card do you have?

 

[veg1992]

What Video Card as Benny has said two times...

But maybe.. if you can actually get there... Nosboost is a guru OC'er and can't do it even with Water Cooling

 

[zmatt]

You cant hit 5ghz on air.

 

[veg1992]

66.7% Overclock is like impossible even on such a great air Cooler..

Well unless it was like at really really slow!

 

[Prototype]

The E8600 is the only CPU that can hit 5GHz on air.

 

[andrewsvalesen]

What card do you have?

I have an 8800gt, sorry I for some reason didnt catch your question. haha.

well it looks like I'm at a standstill..

I hit 4.0 with 1.38 Volts
NB = 1.37v
Ram = 1.9v @ 880 MHZ

Since the e8400 chip apparently degrades 10-fold when over 1.3625 volts, I decided to just keep it at as low as possible.

As of right now I'm idling 31C @ 3.8 1.31v


With all of this being said I have a few questions:

I discovered something called a 'vdroop' (im still new at oc.) Well when I set my volts to 1.38 for instance, when I restart and go back into bios in 'Hardware monitoring' It's idling at a 1.31 volts. My motherboard is a p5e with the 602 bios update.


I really want to go further than 3.8 safely, does anyone know a way I can do that? Temperature for sure is NOT holding me back, (unless bios is wrong, can anyone recommend a program? Everest isn't showing it.) the only thing I believe is holding me back is my CPU volts.


I'd really love some help, and if anyone can help me reach 4.0 or even 4.5ghz It'd be well appreciated.