Jan Hofer

Hey Everyone, After looking relentlessly for a method to upgrade a friends computer (Fujitsu Esprimo C 5910), which has a Single Core Celeron D 365 @3,6GHz in it, I finally found a datasheet of the mainboard i am currently using. The Fujitsu D2364-A3. The datasheet directed me to the Intel Core 2Duo E6600 2 x 2,4GHz which is apparently the last supported processor for this mainboard. Since neither the chip nor the bios seems to be supporting Overclocking by itself I was wondering if there might be a method or a custom bios to flash for this mainboard since I have seen pretty goid results overclocking the Core 2 Duo. Talking about custom bios. I also wonder how to actually flash the bios of this board and maybe, just maybe said bios would be able to support a wider range of cpus of the same socket, like a 4-Core. I know it might probably be more senseable to get him a new system but its a fun project I would like to experiment with. Thanks in Advance. If you know anything about this just give me some info please. TL;DR: I need a custom overclocking Bios for the Fujitsu D2364-A3 Mainboard (Socket 775) that lets me bumb up the frequency of my Core 2 Duo E6600 and potentially supports more powerful processors.

I would say stick with the 8700. Ipc is great and Kaby Lake X really is not worth it for gamers. 8700 reaches the highest frequencies out of those free therefor it will be the best performer when it comes to gaming. And it has 6 cores. If you plan on streaming too thats also fine.

Most CPU Nowadays overclock themselves to a certain safe point based on load and cooling potential. In that case if you dont put your laptop on a surface and keep it open air it should overclock higher since the air outtake is not blocked.

As for RAM 8 gigabytes will serve you well most of the time with the 2400G just make sure you get a 2x4 GB kit since the 2400G benefits hugely from memory bandwith and therefor dual channel. If you are planning on playing higher tear games later on though do get 2x8gb and pair it with a gpu

Steve from Harware Unboxed recently showed that vram allocation makes no difference since even with 2g more memory is going to be used. In case its not enough. Its the same memory too so it really doesnt matter.

Also it could be worth checking out the temperature of your MOSFETs

Check your set memory CAS Latency

Honestly that motherboard does not at all seem sufficient for any overclocking. I begin to wonder how you overclock at all with these cheap VRMs and thermals solution for them.

It would also be useful to know what motherboard you are using

Do you use XMP or do you manually set your memory multipliers

Usually it is smarter to manually set memory timings since auto usually is too conservative and you end up with timings of 20+CAS

Do you have timings set to auto?

I would be careful with potential static electricity building up. Use compressed air to be on the save side or at least use a ground of some sort.

I would recommend since you are using an aio that you provide some active airflow to your vrms too and see if it changes stability

There is always ways to keep the vrms cool. I am running the 1800x on pretty much the same vrm design. Even worse. But i use a downdraft cpu cooler to cool the vrms actively. Even in my node 202 i can OC no problem up to 4 GHz