I was having the stock cooler as well but the only problem is the load temp - relatively high.

All these Intel chips are super overclockers

I think your Vcore is fine. I had mine doing 1.38125V all the time.

How would you tell if the processor is operating at 1.6V?

Emm I mean, Intel wouldn't know if we're running at 1.6V anyway?
It's not easy to kill an Intel chip normally but I used to have AMD keychains

I never had problems claiming burnt CPU's except those with physical damage.

True but most of the time, warranty goes through but at the first place, it's not easy to kill a CPU.

The process to overclock the CPU is the same as the rest. Just follow the guides
You can do some mild overclocking if you're worry burning the CPU.

[quote=kucingfight,Dec 10 2007, 09:44 AM]
Colin? Colin who?
yeah the FA is meant for High Volume manufacturing, not for warranty purposes. Think it's not feasible to run FA on every single RMAed CPUs
or , you could loan ur cpu to our Ocing expert for a session of maxing our CPU out . Claw would love doing that
Btw, i've got my M0 E2140 @ 3.2ghz @ 1.3v (bios) prime stable. Haven tested fully yet with lower volts...don u juz love how they clock

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LOL, actually Mr. Colin would be a much better candidate to help maxing out the CPU's - our beloved Overclocking Guru In fact I'd like to thank him for all the guidance he gave me

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tee hehe ..

Anyways i juz noticed something

E2140 L2 @ 3.0ghz @ 1.3875V load temps =54C

E2140 M0 @ 3.2ghz @ 1.315v load temps = 65C

huge load temps difference, considering the significant voltage drop on M0. anyone of you guys having these too?[QUOTE]

Hmm, this is interesting. I'm not sure as the ones I've played with are always M0 and no wonder I have silly load temps. 3.2Ghz at that voltage is impressive I need mine at 1.38125V (in BIOS) to get it running stable (402 x 8)

I think 3.2Ghz is a pretty ordinary result for most people. These chip are wonders

Despite lower Vcore but temps are still higher than the L2 eh?
Maybe you should try and see what's the maximum it can go.

Yeah, 3.4Ghz and I need additional 1.2Vcore with plenty of heat output. I'd rather skip it

I'm getting 52C-53C load temp with 1.38125V in an air cond room.

The temps are getting a bit better probably because the MX2 settled down. Hence, it's time to pump in more voltage for more Mhz.

Many people overclock without running stability test. If it doesn't pass the stability test for a few hours at least, the system is not stable hence it's pointless. There's no point concluding that the chip does well at such speed.

If it's just as easy as increasing the FSB and booting up with a higher clock speed, passing PI, overclocking is so much easier.

I'm not referring to anyone but it's more like sharing what should be done before concluding the overclock is successful
It's more precise and better that way.

Congratulations but why not MX-2?

Gaming wouldn't be 100% CPU utilization so you'll never get the highest temp unless you run stress test or CPU intensive applications.

AMD is always hotter.

Maybe there's something wrong somewhere. Bad HSF mount, casing air flow condition, motherboard sensor problem? Just have to find it out.

It can be anything and you just have to find out. 50C+ idle is really high already.