2140 intel overclocking

[cassy123]

Hi peeps,
Bit new to this but thought I'd start to try and build my own machine fore a change rather than buying premade ! oh the fun I've had . Got 2140 intel dual core and at present sat at 2ghz just by changing the fsb to 250 but anything above that and the computer just keeps crashing. So what is the next phase for em please as I've read loads of comments on here and other places but can not really do much else. Also need it in lamens terms as uping voltage and so on is understandable but still getting use to the bios screen and learning what everythign means .

I've got:-
gigabyte ga-p31-ds3l
pentium dual core e2140
artic cooling freezer pro7
ez cool 550w
8600gts 521mb nvidia 2000mhz
400gb samsung spinpoint 8mb hdd
corsair ddr2 xms2 6400 800mhz

be great if people can help to a starter

 

[Bigbassfrank]

Originally posted by: cassy123
Hi peeps,
Bit new to this but thought I'd start to try and build my own machine fore a change rather than buying premade ! oh the fun I've had . Got 2140 intel dual core and at present sat at 2ghz just by changing the fsb to 250 but anything above that and the computer just keeps crashing. So what is the next phase for em please as I've read loads of comments on here and other places but can not really do much else. Also need it in lamens terms as uping voltage and so on is understandable but still getting use to the bios screen and learning what everythign means .

I've got:-
gigabyte ga-p31-ds3l
pentium dual core e2140
artic cooling freezer pro7
ez cool 550w
8600gts 521mb nvidia 2000mhz
400gb samsung spinpoint 8mb hdd
corsair ddr2 xms2 6400 800mhz

be great if people can help to a starter

Try going into the bios and uping the V core to 1.41 and start with 300 front side bus setting..

Also keep the ram as close to 800 mhz as possible..Ram should be the last item to tweak..Also dont bump up the pci bus..just leave that alone..

You want to verify your cpu is stable before you mess with any thing else...3 ghz should be your target..anything over that and you are lucky.. Ram is very important...just keep that in mind..

bbf

 

[Bigbassfrank]

by the way is you CPU a mo or l2 stepping?

You have the right board, its my favorite.. I am getting ready to play around with my 2160 and the Abit ip35 , I just bought,,good luck..Pm a e-amil if you want a picof my bios setting.

bbf

 

[cassy123]

not sure how i keep meemory settigns the same ? and I have rasied vcore to 1.4 and fsb to 300 but would not even boot up ? so i think i need a bit more help please

 

[cassy123]

oh btw 2140 is l2 stepping

 

[cassy123]

still having problems getting past 2ghz with fsb set at 250 not sure where ram settings are in bios to keep them at a low level . system just keeps crashing over these settings on anything i do ???

 

[myocardia]

Change your RAM to the 2x setting; that's what Gigabyte calls 1:1. The reason you can't get any higher is because your RAM is crapping out, from you trying to run it too fast. You have to press Ctrl+F1 at the main BIOS page, to be able to change anything to do with your RAM.

 

[cassy123]

got ram settiings on bios now but it comes up with timings? so where is the button to change to x2??? i cant seem to locate it what would it be called int he bios ?

 

[cassy123]

right finally gettign some where now got 2.8ghz now x8 with 350 bus so still pushing it slowly but getting there finally

 

[myocardia]

Glad to hear it. For the record, you should say what that setting is called. I couldn't remember, and didn't want to have to reboot, just to look-- I've already done my overclock.

 

[cassy123]

right then running now at 2.96ghz
multiplyer x8
bus speed 370mhz
rated fsb 1480.0
system memory multiplyer @ 2.00 1:1
voltage @ 1.27

but according to core temp 0.95.4 core0 is running 51C and core1 is running 47C is this a bit to high or do i need another temp program to run btw I am running vista !!!!

 

[cassy123]

also while running prime 95 core0 going upto 65c and core 1 is running at 60c??? i know this is too high really?

 

[myocardia]

Yep, they get awfully toasty with the stock heatsink. That why all (nearly all) of us overclockers spend a bit more money on better heatsinks. And core 0 will always run hotter; it's not only running Prime95, it's also running Windows, your drivers, etc.

edit: Of course, it won't get that hot during "normal" use. You'll probably have 8-10C cooler temps while gaming, doing video encoding, or whatever.

 

[cassy123]

not running stock cooler i am running artic pro 7 so by the looks of things i will have to throttle back unless there is anything else i am missing ?

 

[cassy123]

running at 2.8 ghz with lower voltage but still temps sat at c050c and c1 48 with no load on ??? still think this is to high ???

 

[cassy123]

just put all settings back to default and temp is exactly the same in stock as it is when overclocked??? not sure whats happening here or is it maybe the artic cooler is not connnecting properly to the cpu????

 

[Bigbassfrank]

Originally posted by: cassy123
just put all settings back to default and temp is exactly the same in stock as it is when overclocked??? not sure whats happening here or is it maybe the artic cooler is not connnecting properly to the cpu????

Good to hear you are getting the system to post.. I like to use arctic silver thermal paste whne I do system builds..

As for 61-65 that during a load under stress testing.. Most of the time its not that hot.. Also turn of fan control in the bios.. That way you fan will run max speed..

Also when you setup your case make sure you put some extra fans..Helps to keep it cool..

memory at 1:1 is good.

bbf

 

[cassy123]

thanks for everyones help again its made my evening go a bit quicker at last got soemthing I can say I did . CHanegd the fan settigns and now running at 40-45c on core 1 under load 50-52 at 2.8 so real happy with that , no doubt i will be back on to sort the ram out next , but any more information is always welcome i will post new settings in next post thanks again

 

[Bigbassfrank]

Originally posted by: cassy123
thanks for everyones help again its made my evening go a bit quicker at last got soemthing I can say I did . CHanegd the fan settigns and now running at 40-45c on core 1 under load 50-52 at 2.8 so real happy with that , no doubt i will be back on to sort the ram out next , but any more information is always welcome i will post new settings in next post thanks again

good job casey123 on the OC, be careful..OC'ing can be addictive..LOL

bbf

 

[Bigbassfrank]

AS5 will drop the 40-45 down another 3-4 degrees..FYI..

Extra fans in the case another 2-3 maybe..

bbf