2.8Ghz is not bad.. i am using stock cooler on 2.8Ghz lol. Idle is at 39... dont dare to do a stress test lol.

Really? I thought most of you guys did more than 3GHz at stock. But I only ran ORTHOS for 1 hour on it

a1098113, are you using TX-2? Because the E2160 I bought is cooled by a stock heat sink as well (The one which is slimmed down/chopped in half ), and it idles at 43'C, loads at 60'C, using AS5 as the thermal compound... The motherboard's northbridge is at a whopping high 69'C

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Mar 16 2008, 11:20 PM

yes i am using tuniq and it idles at 38 degrees on stock alu cooler. I am looking to oc it to 3.2Ghz tomorrow on stock

unless u r like me...ur board FSB cant go high...
but i doubt it la cos most prob u'll be choosing p35 based mobo so jus get de cheapest e2140/2160
cos like my rx1250 going higher fsb is a big hassle
lucky i got my e2200 tat hav a higher multiplier

i suggest better use format like 333*9 (multi x FSB)
cos my e2200 can go 3Ghz on stock...but on low FSB
de max i can go on de rx 1250 is jus 345mhz with 1.4v vcore

my proc can go 3.0ghz on stock...
past occt but orthos...errrr...pass oso!!!
hahahaha...
learn from all d sifus here...
make sure to turn off ur extra apps before sterssing....
bro, confirm v10 is better than v14??

yeah bro, v10 is really good.. and the start up to windows is very quick unlike the rev after 12

Thats great to hear you can 3.0Ghz on stock yeah and golden rule, turn off apps before stressing good lesson huh, tech_frix

Hmm... But with all applications off, that ain't fair right?

aint fair??
hehehe...fair what...
as long can do super pi and orthos, seems ok with me...
plus, unplugged ur network cable oso help...

That quickens up your SuperPI... But it will do less stress to your processor especially when you're running a stress test...

but d results seems fair to me...
maybe later after flash to v10 will try stress again with all apps running!!!

I always stress it while I use my PC... Can't leave my PC alone

This post has been edited by Silverfire: Mar 17 2008, 03:34 PM

what do u mean use ur pc??
dont understand??

actually theres no reason for you to run a stress test when u have programs on, unless u have SP32M running. ONe reason is because, for example OCCT, it stresses your cores up to 99.8% and if u do have background programs running on it, u will crash easily. Coz of over stressing. And no utilization for the background softwares u r running.

I thought someone once said that watching movies while running ORTHOS is a good way to stress your system That's what I usually do, either that or I just leave my PC alone

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Added on March 17, 2008, 10:14 pmNow say cannot run other programs pulak

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Mar 17 2008, 10:14 PM

i prime my system while watching movies, surfing and even doing some work, that's because we're using low priority CPU, you should try on high priority (say 8 or 9), then you should see...

yeah i know, cstkl said that priming your system with movies is a good way.. but when u do high priority testing.. you wouldnt wanna do that, coz it will hang or restart the system...

and i second dis...
even let ur avg running oso will choke ur system...
i try sooo many time with my 3.0ghz proc running orthos...
while my avg still running + orthos, my system will reboot or BSOD...
but when i switch on avg, ........ BSOD + reboot....

Hi can i join here.....
Well before i step into the darkside,can anyone tell me whats the different between MO and L2 stepping??

uik??u already here ar??
got ur darkside rig already??

they said the M0 stepping is good....
im also not sure...coz i also got that M0 stepping proc....but not yet try to OC...just use value RAM and stock HSF....

Yup i am here already.......want to learn a bit about over clocking intel.
Well i an not really sure to buy E2180 / E2140 or E4400 / E4500.

About motherboard,i am still searching fir it.So many P35 models.