overclocking e8400 on air

EpicCarnage · 19 Sep 2009 at 22:17

motherboard is asus striker II
what voltages to use ?
help me i know nothing on how to do this really but i no at stock its bottlenecking my sli system lol

JonJ678 · 19 Sep 2009 at 22:54

Keep the cpu voltage under 1.4 and the temperatures under 75, whichever becomes limiting first.

Read some guides on it before asking questions. However set all voltages to minimum, ram to stock, cpu to 1.25V and raise fsb until unstable. Then increase cpu voltage as required.

If you don't bother to do any research beyond this, and it runs unstable or breaks, serve you right.

Rangler · 19 Sep 2009 at 23:01

Quick snout around and search turns up http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18050558

rodo · 19 Sep 2009 at 23:20

EpicCarnage said:
motherboard is asus striker II
what voltages to use ?
help me i know nothing on how to do this really but i no at stock its bottlenecking my sli system lol

No rig is alike, read the stickied guide and raise volts until you have stability. Keep eye on max volts limit and temps you're getting

Clairvoyant · 20 Sep 2009 at 08:45

4 Ghz should be hit by most if not all E8400.

a) depends on how good your board is.
b) if your RAM will hold you back.
c) cant remember. lol

the1gooner · 20 Sep 2009 at 10:44

I used to run an E8400 at 4.0ghz in a Shuttle, so these things are easy to overclock and don't really take much effort.

You will need a decent cooler though at this speed and don't forget to reduce your memory multiplier if you need too.