Wait until end of this month to see the price first. If its really drop to USD64 then i'm gonna grab it. The performance not bad for average user..like me..

Yeah, I had read that a few Intel models drop price on 18 Jan 09. E 5200 drops from usd84 to usd 76, not usd 74 bro.

Stock cooler + stock voltage 1.175V bios gives 3.125 Ghz fsb 250.Stable.

Stock cooler + 1.2875 V bios gives 3.475 Ghz at fsb 278.....Idle 42C, Orthos 24 hrs stable max 70C.

Multi = 12.5 x

Gonna to replace stock cooler and oc to 4Ghz??? Can I make it ?..hehehe...

This post has been edited by zeng: Jan 2 2009, 10:20 PM

wat ram u r using ? kingston value ram ?

and powersupply pls ....

Cheapoo Kingston Value ram 667Mhz 1 GB x 2.
Fsb/ram ratio at 2:3 -->834Mhz at V dimm on auto. Unstable when exceeds ram 866Mhz with ratio 3:5 fsb/ram.

Asus P5QL Pro P43 chipset , and Gigabyte 8600GT gc.

Silverstone Strident 56 F at 560W. Psu kind of oversize for this setup.

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Added on January 2, 2009, 10:38 pmWhat''s the safe V core btw?? Any clue please ?


This post has been edited by zeng: Jan 2 2009, 10:38 PM

cu voltage la..

CPU voltage...
correct me if wrong

<1.4 V... that is sweet.

Ya lor what our friend meant by cu voltage?
I think it means voltage for the 'Copper' thing inside the cpu or the mobo ......hahaha.

Oh i see.... my V core = your cpu voltage.

The keyword in my question is : SAFE.

Thanks for responding anyway.

On stock cooler? Nice one.

are u shah_15

I can't reboot at Fsb 280 , even tho multi lowers to 10x or 8x.

Play around with NB, sb and termination voltage by going to max, doesn't help either.

Any idea where I go wrong?? Now stuck at fsb 278 x 12.5. I t is not temperature issue I suppose.

shahzz, what is ur full spec?

mine like this can oc like u?
btw, i got OC basic

e5200
g31m s2l
kvr 2x2gb
9600gt
vantec ion2+
seagate 250GB

try to adjust the divider to 1:1 ,i guess ur ram make u cant reboot

I did that with 10x; 8x; 11x etc.

NB voltage max to 1.4V

Sb max to 1.7V;

Termination voltage something max to 1.4V,

fsb/ram ratio adjusted to 1:1

Ram timings 6;6 :6: 18 etc

All no go , don't know why?

Anyway newbie 1st oc here.

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Added on January 2, 2009, 11:40 pmI went down 1:1 to get ram speed 560Mhz....also same no reboot.


This post has been edited by zeng: Jan 2 2009, 11:40 PM

my ram is kingston value ram 800MHz 2gb x2
ur spec same like shah_15...
play gta 4 in what setting?

gta 4 with 9600GT and reso 1280x1024 ok?

This post has been edited by syafix: Jan 3 2009, 12:13 AM

no wonder both of u were posting like u've been here for quite some times btw anyone got stable 4Gz? mine only 3.6GHz due to multiplier limitation by my mobo

My mobo is Asus P5QL Pro P43 chipset.

I googled this mobo/P43 chipset can touch fsb 400.

Whereas E 5200 can go for 330 to 350 Mhz agak agak, of course with lower multi.

mmg decide want to OC it like urs
more than 3.3GHz daily usage pernah try?

Mind telling us your mobo model pl?