Overclocking the Intel E2160

[DarkWater]

Go and disable the fan control, so it runs at full speed all the time. 58 is ok, push it to 333 after fan control is disabled.

Aint that going to be really noisy??

 

[JohnnyQ]

Aint that going to be really noisy??

Give it a go, just for kicks, if it's too noisy put the fan control on again, but at least see what your temps look like.

 

[DarkWater]

hehehe...ok fine .. will keep you posted

 

[AirWolf]

I see on this mainboard that there is a cell menu in the bios to do all the overclocking tweaks. Unfortunately both my home and work pcs don't have that option in the bios

Any good apps to overclock from windows? or any way to get that menu option into my bios?

 

[killadoob]

Software Overclocks Are Dodgy Man For Cpu's

 

[scotty777]

hmmm... i think you should leave you're overclock at where it is, until you get some after market cooling... remember, overclocking is a dark art... sometimes, you'll be smiling like just happy that you got a great overclock, but then you could be crying because it just fried...

I myself have been hit by my own hand, because i was pushing my gpu to far, and the ram modules went... I have also fried my computers ram, by overclocking it from 200mhz to 223 mhz (ddr 400 to ddr 446)

Overclocking is done by the seat of you're pans... If you it doesn't feel right then it's most likely not right... also remember that even though all you're friends, and all the review websites might have gotten outrageous overclocks, and there's are all stable, you might just push you're 1.8ghz cpu to 2.0ghz and fry you're cpu...

But, best of luck, make sure you're cpu stays cool, as i think by every 10c decrease, you double the life, which sucks for us it hot ass SA

 

[JohnnyQ]

My bios does not have 266 x 2.5 .. only 266 x 2.66 = DDR 707

I went and looked at the Bios last night to see if i was losing my head, mine does have a 2.5 multiplier, but for some reason they did not put it in a sensible order (2.33, 2.5, 2.66, 3), it goes like this rather (2.33, 2.66, 3, 3.33, 2.5 etc). Just run through all the options, maybe it's just hiding.

My one machine has a E4300 @ 333Mhz x 9 = 2.997. Temps are around 34 on stock cooling. 100% stable, no voltage increases.

 

[MrE]

you're = you are, the word you're looking for is your.

 

[DarkWater]

I went and looked at the Bios last night to see if i was losing my head, mine does have a 2.5 multiplier, but for some reason they did not put it in a sensible order (2.33, 2.5, 2.66, 3), it goes like this rather (2.33, 2.66, 3, 3.33, 2.5 etc). Just run through all the options, maybe it's just hiding.

My one machine has a E4300 @ 333Mhz x 9 = 2.997. Temps are around 34 on stock cooling. 100% stable, no voltage increases.

Nope no 2.5

 

[JohnnyQ]

Nope no 2.5

Well, that's just not right, turn the multiplier down to 2 and push the fsb up to 333. The memory will work out perfectly, 667Mhz.

 

[MrE]

Update?!?

 

[scotty777]

hmmm... Ya.... any news on your overclocking advernture

 

[MrE]

bump.

 

[Nazjoe69]

What about overclocking the 2160 on a Asus p3n-e with ddr2 800 ram? From wat i've read its a great mobo.