Nephilumos Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 I've got my E8400 Oc'ed to 3.8 Ghz and it runs stable in Prime 95 for 24+ hours, but every time I push the chip to 4.2 Ghz I cant get it to last more than 1 minute in Prime 95. I know I've seen somewhere on this forum someone who has their e8400 stable at 4.2 Ghz. I just want to know what voltages/FSB/memory(timings as well)/etc.. that they are using...any help is freakin amazing. Not that I need to be at 4.2, I just want the bragging rights to my buddies xD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 It took 1.42 volts to get mine to 4.2. I think I ran 525x8 on My X48-DQ6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephilumos Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Wow...O.O...1.42!? I thought that the chip wasn't safe past 1.3625v? I didn't want to really even get close to that v lol...i saw someone with it at 1.32v i think. and i assume you were using 1066Mhz RAM? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephilumos Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 Also, is anyone familiar with the Pheonix-Award Bios? It might just be my complete lack of observational skills, but it seems kind of lacking in the options for OCing... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) 1.38 is probably the best all around zone for 24/7 overclocks, although 1.4V is still decent enough and if you can get it to stay under 65C on load your set for 24/7 at least in my opinion. But then again my opinion is that 1.4V for 4.2Ghz is not worth it from say, 3.8Ghz at 1.35V or somewhere around that range. Edited October 13, 2008 by damian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nephilumos Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 bahahaha lol, I got my Chip OC'ed to 3.8Ghz on 1.1875V and it ran completely stable for 26 hours in prime95.(thats when I decided to stop the test lol) Which is why I figured I might be able to hit 4.2Ghz with a smaller voltage setting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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