E4500 Overclocking Issue
Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 12:25 am
I have C2D E4500 and I am having an issue overclocking it. I have gotten it up to 3.13 GHz stable by increasing to maximum safe voltages, but only for about week so I could run benchmarks and other tests. Then I backed down to about 2.6 GHz for about two months up until now. When I try to over-clock now, the highest I can reach is 2.93 GHz. I do whatever I can with the memory, chipset, vcore, and cpu voltages but to no avail. I keep getting the screen that forces me to start in safe mode.
My question is why would 2 months of light usage cause the overclocking room to decrease so much? Do I need to get a better cooler so i can increase the voltages further? I was under the impression the E4500 overclocked over 3.0 GHz easy for a relatively long period of time...
My question is why would 2 months of light usage cause the overclocking room to decrease so much? Do I need to get a better cooler so i can increase the voltages further? I was under the impression the E4500 overclocked over 3.0 GHz easy for a relatively long period of time...