Overclocking test of the 945GC A2 chipset at 420MHz x 7 on E6300

In the previous page,  we mentioned that we were testing the board, we noticed that the board can actually POST as high as 390MHz. At this FSB, it couldn't detect the HDD. We decided to use a IDE HDD to test out, the results were shocking.

With the rest of the settings intact, we removed the SATA II HDD and replaced it with our old IDE HDD.

The system BOOTED Up and loaded into Windows 2000 (on this HDD) at 355 x 7. We make a check, everything is fine.

Next we tuned up the FSB to 390 since it was able to POST earlier even with a SATA II HD. yes, it went into Windows 2000 and we were able to run the programs.

We increase the FSB to see how far it can go. We reached the maximum of 420MHz as being the stable state. At this speed, the PCIe clk has gone beyond the standard 100MHz and our SATA port connected DVD ROM drive couldn't be detected. GbE still runs at this speed without a problem.

Below is a screen shot of the CPU_Z screen at 420x7. RAM runs at DDR2-630.

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