Vitaminx

I need help getting my settings right or atleast knowing exactly what settings I should be looking at when OC'ing my CPU (E8400). I last OC'd it in mid summer and just yesterday randomly out of the blue I get a message booting up saying OC failed... Really strange to happen this late as I thoroughly tested my OC's. Basically, what are the main things to look at when OC'ing as I did have help in the past setting my BIOS settings up but I didn't really know 100% what I was doing . My board is an Asus P5E and I'm running Rampage Formula 0803 BIOS. I'll probably write down my settings in a bit and post them here as well.

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nolonger

Just make sure to turn all energy saving options off, then raise FSB, vCore and keep the memory under the rated specs.

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Vitaminx

Here's the pictures of my BIOS screen when I had it OC'd. I'm running default settings currently until I can fix the issue.

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meticadpa

You don't need any help.

This thread has everything you're looking for and more!

It's the secret to my success on my board.

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Vitaminx

Ok so I should change the following:

FSB Strap to Northbridge to 266 instead of having it on auto.
Ras to Ras delay should be a 5 for more stability instead of auto
REF cycle time should be around 60 for more stability instead of auto
Transaction Booster not sure what to have that setting on
CPU PLL Voltage not really sure what to have it on though it should be between 1.5-1.7
FSB Termination Voltage should be between 1.2 and 1.4 since I have a 45nm cpu still not exactly sure what it should be here
Loadline Calibration should be disabled since I have 45nm cpu
CPU GTL Reference says .63 provides best headroom for overclocking quad core cpus but doesn't really say anything about dual core

I would assume the rest are ok and once I get these figured out I would only have to worry about VCore and North Bridge Voltage

How do those settings look above though, need a little help knowing the definition of each though and which plays a big part in whether your OC is stable or not

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meticadpa

To be honest, you could probably get away with just upping the NB voltage and the Vcore.

That's what I always try first, usually I have success.

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Vitaminx

So everything on my pictures is "ok" and I should just raise the VCore and NB Voltage a little?

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meticadpa

I can't actually see your pictures for some reason.

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Vitaminx

I'll save them to my pc and make them attachments

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meticadpa

That all looks good mate. I'm no expert though.

I would just try upping the vcore and the NB voltage, then testing if that's stable, if not, you might have to start messing with the RAM, etc.

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