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There are not many overclocking options in the BIOS, the vCore for example cannot be changed.
In the BIOS there is a possibility to set the CPU Overclocking to [Overclocking Profile]. In that case the Overclocking Options are [Auto][Overclock 10%][Overclock 15%][Overclock 20%].
We started overclocking by using the overclocking profile in the BIOS and set it to the maximum value being 20%. After a quarter of an hour or so the system crashed, we tried the next profile (15%) and ran it with prime95 and 7Zip benchmark at the same time for about an hour with no problems. All this was done with the Intel stock cooler.
We tried hitting the 20% again by placing a Coolermaster Hyper TX3 cooler and we did the stress tests again for more than an hour before the system crashed again.
The next step was manual overclocking and we finally ended up with a CPU speed of 3318MHz and a base clock of 316MHz, a gain of 18.5%. The E6300 has a far greater potential, so the overclocking capabilities of the P5G41-M can at the most be considered as mediocre.
Turbo Key
Press the power button of your computer and Turbo Key will start, the CPU speed will increase on-the-fly without having to reboot.
The stock speed of 2800MHz was increased to 2930MHz, which is a gain of about 4.6%. Below are the benchmark results for 7zip and Far Cry 2 in Frames Per Second with DirectX 10.
| 7zip -- MIPS (higher is better) |
 4975 |
 5215 |
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Turbo Key disabled
Turbo Key enabled
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| Resolution |
Far Cry 2 -- FPS (higher is better) |
| 1280X720 |
20.30 |
| 20.33 |
Video card: Sapphire ATI Radeon 3650
Turbo Key disabled
Turbo Key enabled
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