e5200 overclock

ben31 · 02-25-2009, 11:06 AM

Hi, I'm planning on overclocking my e5200 on an asus P5QL pro motherboard.
I'v been told its quite easy to overclock as it has a high stock multiplier of 12.5. I want to change the FSB to 240 from 200 giving me 3GHZ.
My question is what do i set the voltage? Or do i leave it on auto, btw everythings on auto atm.
I want it to be really stable btw, ie run prime 95 or orthos all day long.

**linderman** · 02-25-2009, 08:15 PM

what make & model power supply do you have ...............

what is the make and model of your memory sticks ..................... use Cpu-z (free) for this info

ben31 · 02-26-2009, 01:56 AM

Power supply is OCZ stealth 500w

RAM is OCZ pc2-6400 (400MHZ) @ 1.8v

**linderman** · 02-26-2009, 07:36 AM

power supply is not up to the task of overclocking ............ if you try with that unit you will damage something ............ most likely the motherboard

ben31 · 02-26-2009, 11:00 AM

o rite ok, that makes sence actually cuz i increased the fsb by ten and windows wouldn't load said something about a bad overclock.
Although saying that I did a psu calculator with the capitor aging or whatever it is at 30% and selected the option to overclock to 3 GHZ aswell as setting to 100% cpu usage and it came to around 400w.

**Jtsou** · 02-26-2009, 04:49 PM

Well 80% efficiency for a 500W psu is 400W, but you want plenty more than the minimum.

02-25-2009, 11:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
ben31 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 60 OS: Vista Business	e5200 overclock Hi, I'm planning on overclocking my e5200 on an asus P5QL pro motherboard. I'v been told its quite easy to overclock as it has a high stock multiplier of 12.5. I want to change the FSB to 240 from 200 giving me 3GHZ. My question is what do i set the voltage? Or do i leave it on auto, btw everythings on auto atm. I want it to be really stable btw, ie run prime 95 or orthos all day long.

02-25-2009, 08:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: e5200 overclock what make & model power supply do you have ............... what is the make and model of your memory sticks ..................... use Cpu-z (free) for this info __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

02-26-2009, 01:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
ben31 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 60 OS: Vista Business	Re: e5200 overclock Power supply is OCZ stealth 500w RAM is OCZ pc2-6400 (400MHZ) @ 1.8v

02-26-2009, 07:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,437 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: e5200 overclock power supply is not up to the task of overclocking ............ if you try with that unit you will damage something ............ most likely the motherboard __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

02-26-2009, 11:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
ben31 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: UK Posts: 60 OS: Vista Business	Re: e5200 overclock o rite ok, that makes sence actually cuz i increased the fsb by ten and windows wouldn't load said something about a bad overclock. Although saying that I did a psu calculator with the capitor aging or whatever it is at 30% and selected the option to overclock to 3 GHZ aswell as setting to 100% cpu usage and it came to around 400w.

02-26-2009, 04:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jtsou Hardware Specialist Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Louisburg, NC Posts: 1,214 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1 My System	Re: e5200 overclock Well 80% efficiency for a 500W psu is 400W, but you want plenty more than the minimum. __________________ CPU-Z-----GPU-Z-----CoreTemp-----Speedfan