Ok..I will try it when i get the everest. I have already OCed my E2140 to 2.4Ghz yesterday (300 * 8). Idle temperature is at a steady 28c - 30c. Still no load temperature yet as i have yet to settle all the stuff in my current OS. Will download everest and see how thing goes hopefully by this 2 days...

Bro, what's ur full system spec including the procs stepping in running those excellent overclocks

Hi, I'm a noob in OC. The first and the last time i OC something was the Galaxy 6600GT. I clocked the core at about 590MHz and the RAM at 1.1GHz+-. I used it at this settings for a few weeks and it had no problem. The only worrying thing was the temprature (marginal difference below and above 70C).

However, unfortunate i was , my bro played Battlefield 2 at relatively high settings (heavy load) while i was away and when i came back, i can't on the PC. My bro said he had no problems while gaming for the whole day.

I can't on it and later found out that the VGA burned black at the processor and it dragged my mobo and PSU to the reaper.

With this, i was afraid that the same scenario to happen again if i choose to oc the Pentium E2160 up to 2.8Ghz at the core and 1333MHz at the FBS (at stock volt) even if i have a better air cooling system (i can't afford liquid cool). Everything burns AFTER the pc was switched off.

Any advice on this matter?

Secondly, the specs of the new rig that i'm gonna build with the E2160 are as follow:
+ Colourful 8800GT (the cheapest 8800GT reference card that i can find)
+ OCZ Reaper HPC800 4-4-4-15 (max volt oc under-warranty is 2.2V; stock volt oc frequency is 934Mhz at 4-3-3-15 as far as i know)
+ ASUS P5NE-SLI (NFC55 chipset)
+ SB Audigy 4 (prefering this other than X-Fi series to keep my rig below the RM3k budget)
+ Samsung 250GB HDD SATA2 (one of the quietess and value-to-money performance)
+ 450W PSU
+ DVD writer, AVF red metal casing

And i plan to use double-boot OS, XP and Vista cuz Vista is not reliable for work. I only want Vista for DX10 gaming.

Any thoughts or suggestion of improvisation in terms of OC and hardware specs about this sort of rig? Or is it too much for the E2160? if so i'll opt for the RM575 Core 2 Duo E6550, which would break the RM3k budget.

This post has been edited by oxad2002: Jan 8 2008, 11:40 AM

It's Highly unlikely that 2 cases of failure happens. Which PSU are you on?

Drop the OCZ ram, go for value ram instead.
Get 320gb hdd, its cheap now.

Get a good PSU, Enermax FMA2 460w only RM199 at lowyat.
E2160 will do, no worry.
Even E2140 will do
Both CPU should get you near 3ghz (after OC) with stock hsf.

For ur previous rig, I would said it killed by "short circuit".
So, get a good PSU this time.

Your post should be in Hardware QnA section instead of here.

beat mine, 3.2ghz @ 1.325v hehe

hey bro, urs proc seems good, 3.2 juz need 1.325, mine 3.2 need 1.55v on water...

Maybe i put at the wrong section but i wanna ask something about OC the RAM also.

BTW, really thanks for the recommendation.... But value RAM? the clock is only at 667, capable for games like Crysis and Far Cry 2? the latency was higher as well, unless i choose to oc the latency and hunt for heat sinks for RAM.....

i think the difference in frequency of ram are slight different in performance only, main point to get performance ram is to improve our OC as sometimes ram hold back CPU's OC due to its OC capabilities, just my opinion, correct me if i am wrong...

u don really need good rams. there's little difference running on 1:1 ratio or higher unless ur into bragging ur memory scores. AFAIK, most value rams 'will' do ddr2 800 4-4-4-12 easily.

This post has been edited by kucingfight: Jan 8 2008, 12:08 PM

So tat means i don't have to worry about extra heat from the RAM issues?
Then wat is the best vaue ram to oc in a safe region to 4-4-4-15(or 12) and 800MHz (the ASUS P5NE-LI stock RAM clock is at 800)

overkilled.

XD Sorry... I'm totally noob....

any value rams will do la, just dont get corsair ( due to recent QC issues) and kingston ( for the ghey 3 layer pcb)

yeah most.. but hopefully soulflys promos is 6-layerd, coz OCable promos is often 6-layered

E2140 M0 & Gigabyte DS3L
Previously I was on Hynix FP-Y5 and the moment I reach 426-427, it has problems going further. I then changed to Ballistix and manage to get 435 stable (8-4-4-4). Anything over that is bootable into Windows but failed Orthos so I'll have to spend time tweaking it further (someday)

This post has been edited by clawhammer: Jan 8 2008, 11:30 PM

My E2140 OC results, passed OCCT 1 hour test while listening to some anime OSTs

CPU at default vCore, RAMs at 2.0V

nice results





btw, celery dual core coming out.. anybody wanna try oc it with 1.6v and with water?

Thanks... The RAMs do get kinda hot with voltages above 1.9V, will try 2.1V when I get a memory cooler later. And by the way, KVRs are warrantied till what voltage range? Is 2.1V still under warranty?

P/s: We're from the same place aka "Behind You"

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Jan 10 2008, 02:33 PM

seems like most e2140 getting 3.0ghz @ default vcore... mine need 1.45+