overclock E5300 · DIGIT-ARC

my Processor is Intel E5300 and i have overclocked it to 3.12 GHz(240x13) with only stock cooler and it runs stable at 55C but it doesn't go above it .

my motherboard is gigabyte G31M-ES2L

is there headroom for more overclocking with a good cooling fan

suggest a good cooling fan
i have thought of Corsair Hydro H50 but its expensive at around 5K

get a good CPU cooler Like CM Hyper 212+ around ~1.8K.

The reason why it is not going past 3.12Ghz is it needs more vcore to gain more speed but remeber that if you increase vcore temp will be increased but a better cpu cooler should handle that well anyway.

post some cpu-Z screenshot and what's the vcore set in the bios anyway.

my cpuz screenshot

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and i have never touched the vcore as they say it is very risky affair if not done correctly

One interesting thing that really suprised me was
the processor score of windows experience index
E5300 @2.60 Ghz--------6.0
E5300 @3.12 Ghz--------6.4
i3 350M@2.26 GHz--------6.4 (my laptop)

^^ if you increase vcore blindly, any processor will be at risk. increase vcore by 0.15V (or minimum division allowed by motherboard) & test the next stable OC state. also keep an eye on the temperature.

pra85 said:
my cpuz screenshot

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and i have never touched the vcore as they say it is very risky affair if not done correctly

One interesting thing that really suprised me was
the processor score of windows experience index
E5300 @2.60 Ghz--------6.0
E5300 @3.12 Ghz--------6.4
i3 350M@2.26 GHz--------6.4 (my laptop)

don't get bothered about windows experience index rating ;-)

For your CPU don't increase vcore until you get a better after market cpu cooler.

Also make sure that you PSU is good one and astopgear have suggested get a cpu cooler before increasing the proccy core voltage

I was earlier using E5200 and I had OCed it to 3.5 ghz on stock. Try reducing the multiplier to 12 and increase the Bus speed to 250+.