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

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

<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.

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.

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 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.

Mind telling us your mobo model pl?

Care to enlighten us further on 'Multipllier limitations' in this mobo??Newbie here.

Yeah E 5200 default multi is 12.5x

I read that, on some mobo, one must activate something in Bios to make use of '.5x'

May be this is what happens to you now.

My Asus P5QL Pro dun have this problem.

Maybe sifus out there can provide guidance??

Any one??

Indeed, your bios is set at spd 3.33, or if you are on auto, your auto has selected spd 3.33 --> giving you fsb/ram ratio 3:5 .What is your ram operating speed?? Well it depends on what is your fsb now in bios or cpuz.

May I know what is your mobo model ?

and in Bios, what is your fsb now?

In your sig, your fsb is 225Mhz and you are running at a fsb/ram ratio of 1:2 (equivalent to spd thing 4+ ??) --- > giving you 450 Mhz ram speed. Now with a DDR 2, your so called 800 Mhz ram(ii.e rated speed) is now operating at 900Mhz i.e being overclocked.

fsb:ram ratio you mentioned above as 3:5. It is not in tandem with your sig........ Are you talking about another setup or just a hypothetical case???????? Rather confusing leh.......

This post has been edited by zeng: Jan 3 2009, 11:51 PM

Your physical ram of 800Mhz rated speed is now operating at 533Mhz.

Now what is the fsb/ram ratio now??? That depends on what is your fsb as indicated in your bios/cpuz/occt etc now!

Scenario 1:

cpuz/bios fsb is 266Mhz

Then your fsb/ram ratio is 1:1 (equivalent to spd thing 2.0) , because your DDR 2 ram speed is 2 x fsb giving you 533 Mhz.

Scenario 2:

cpuz/bios fsb is showing 222Mhz

Then your fsb/ram ratio now is 5:6( equinalent to spd thing 2.4).......... giving you ram speed of 533Mhz also .


Scenario 3 :

cpuz/bios fsb is showing 213Mhz

Then your fsb/ram rato is now 4:5(equivalent to spd thing 2.50), giving you DDR 2 ram speed of 533Mhz.

In all the above scenarios, your physical rams of rated speed s of 667Mhz or 800Mhz or xxxMhz are NOT operating at their respective speeds of 667/800/xxxMhz.They all operate at 533Mhz!!

The question now is what is your cpuz/bios fsb??? Having identified your actual fsb now,and select the available fsb/ram ratio in your bios, then only we can talk about what is the operating speed in Mhz of your 800Mhz ram (rated speed)

In scenarios 2 and 3 above, your 800Mhz rated speed ram can NEVER operate at a DDR2 frequency of 800Mhz simply because the 'suitable ratio of say 5:9 fsb/ram ratio is NOT available in typical Motherboards.

Hope it helps.

This post has been edited by zeng: Jan 3 2009, 11:54 PM