Overclocking a E6300

[sharkskinman]

Hello!

I got a Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale"

Two questions:

What's that programme that stresses your CPU to check for stability?

And what's a safe idle temperature for the E6300 ?

 

[zmatt]

prime 95

 

[Nagasama]

google the safe temp or wait and someone will answer it.
btw, the 6300 is not allendale...it as actually conroe, it and the 6400 both are sometimes thought to be allendale, but they are not.

read this article, it's great:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_2

good luck w/ your overclock!

 

[Pepsiboy700]

Aren't the e6300/e6400 just e6600/e6700/x6800 cores that failed tests for the e6600/e6700/x6800 and were brought down to e6300/e6400 specs. I am probably wrong. Lol

 

[Nagasama]

according to that article they are exactly the same, only 6300 and 6400 have half of the 4mb L2 cache disabled, so they only have 2mb L2.

 

[Mjmitch2]

The temp will really depend on the type of fan you use and the air flow thru the case, But I would say an idle temp around 28 - 34ish should be expected with normal cooling.

As a side note, my PC idles at 24, but its in a colder corner of the room.

 

[sharkskinman]

I'm not having a good time... Can't take it over 2.45ghz and it took alot of volts to get it there.

Under load the temp rises to around 50c - is that excessive?

 

[Ridlyn]

What's the speed of your ram it could be holding you back.

 

[Nagasama]

what programs are you running when you get that temp?
mine will run at/around 50+ only if i am maxing out the cpu w/ 2 instances of p95.

 

[KingAustin]

I'm not having a good time... Can't take it over 2.45ghz and it took alot of volts to get it there.

Under load the temp rises to around 50c - is that excessive?

If you can't take it over 2.45 it sounds like you have DDR2667 RAM, which if you really want to go higher you'll need 800 RAM. 50c isn't excessive either, don't worry about it unless you get near 65-70c, I believe 70c is the default cutoff that's set in your BIOS, then it'll start lowering the clock frequencies. Mine isnt even OCed and I'm running 41-42 idle, then get around 50 under load, it really isn't a big deal.