Erm.....from what ve heard M0 is generally better for oc-ing. But there are some L2 gems as well. In fact most of the gem procs are L2 i think

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Added on April 10, 2008, 11:54 pmAnother thing, is there any utility to control cpu fan speed for abit ip35-e. I havent come across one yet

This post has been edited by joe_star: Apr 10 2008, 11:54 PM

oic.BTW any L2 stepping user here ma? hehe

what i know is the probability of a gem L2 is lower than a M0... M0 is better in OC afaik. Yes Abit has fan controls in the BIOS.. search them, u will find it.. it only controls two fans.. the system fan and the cpu fan.

which processor can consider as a gem?

No...not talking bout the bios fan control, but some kinda application to control it from within windows. I've tried using the bios control but it isnt so effective. The system was unstable.

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Added on April 11, 2008, 1:48 amI would say smth that does high oc at low volts. Mine barely touches 3.6ghz with 1.7v but ive seen some ppl(without i tink) here having 3.6ghz at 1.5v. thats a gem!

This post has been edited by joe_star: Apr 11 2008, 01:48 AM

Well the ones tht lets you OC at stock vcore to abnormal high level like 3.2Ghz well thus you have more headroom to OC higher with more stability.. Gems are like bro kucingfight and bro a1098113 proc's
And results may vary for E2140/E2160/E2180 and so on..
Some are lucky some are handpicked

This post has been edited by Bigblock: Apr 11 2008, 01:52 AM

check my HWmonitor ..
the +12 issit right ? = ="

Readings in windows cant be trusted. Mine says 7v Check the reading in your bios, its not fully accurate but the closest u wil get without a multimeter

eh u dont need a multimeter la.... but yeah if u r adventurous, its a great tool For me, the most reliable would be everest..

IMO its the bios reading. Everest doesnt always report the bios reading, but most of the time its accurate enough.

So far so good .. Everest is the best for me..I must open it when overclocking.. It shows clock speed, utilization, temperature, voltage, free memory, fan speed, memory benchmark, my PC hardware/software/windows information and a lot more..

@calvinkli, how's ur overclock? Reach 3.0Ghz?

Me! Me! Me!

The one and only L2 user iirc... So lonely If you wanna get old procs, might as well get those early M0 batches la, they OC better

yeah i agree..IMO the newer it gets the worse it is....

This post has been edited by Bigblock: Apr 11 2008, 09:05 PM

hye guys...

need help here:
why my E2160 cannot even reach 3.0ghz?
im using the M0 stepping + abit IP35-E...
the max is only 2.8Ghz..
further than that, the blue screen appears..

headache la thinking of this weird E2160...

need more details bro...wat multiplier your running on and vcore...vdimm

im using 9X (333*9) n i've increased vcore up to 1.45 but still cannot...
adoii...
im using kingston value ram hynix 667mhz..2 gigs..
n ST400.. with 9600Gt

This post has been edited by sany1424: Apr 11 2008, 11:26 PM

hynix can push further no prob increase vdimm a notch use looser timings 1st...
best is to run on 1:1 and on stock voltage...check how much you can push the CPU 1st...
Then slowly push the FSB.. +5 and again +5
Each proc is diff in OC performance...
1.45 at 2.8 Ghz is kinda overkill... mine is a useless proc but i use stock vcore for 2.8Ghz operations

i think u dint change the fsb:dram.. so tat your ram cant go higher with stock vdimm.. try use 1:1 seting

erm, anyone can help me, i can't overclock more than 2.8GHz,
by the way, i'm using foxconn p35a-s, e2140, 2gb ddr667, 8500gt 256mb ddr3 oc, huntkey 550watts

thanks in advance!

my cpu-z info
core voltage around 1.296v - 1.304v
bus speed is at 350.2 MHz
rated fsb is at 1401.1 MHz
fsb : dram 1 : 1
5 : 5 : 5 : 15

This post has been edited by eternity4av: Apr 12 2008, 01:15 AM

What RAMs are you using?