Overclocking the Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Processor

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Features

The Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 comes with a 266MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) and a multiplier of 7, which means the final operating frequency of the processor is 1.86GHz at just 1.325 Volts on the CPU.

Brand	Intel
Series	Core 2 Duo
Model	BX80557E6300
CPU Socket Type
CPU Socket Type	LGA 775
Tech Spec
Core	Conroe
Multi-Core	Dual-Core
Name	Core 2 Duo E6300
Operating Frequency	1.86GHz
FSB	1066MHz
L1 Cache	32KB+32KB
L2 Cache	2M shared
Process Type	65 nm
Vista Ready	Yes
64 bit Support	Yes
Hyper-Threading Support	No
Virtualization Technology Support	Yes
Multimedia Instruction	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE4,EM64T
Voltage	0.850V-1.3525V
Cooling Device	Heatsink and Fan
Warranty
Manufacturer Warranty	3-Year

We started off at all default settings to make sure that our test platform was up and running okay. Using CPU-Z to confirm out BIOS settings we found that our computer was up and running just like a default Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 processor should be.

Who wants to run default clock speeds? Let’s first try overclocking without touching any of the voltages. Note that in the above image the voltage is set to 1.325V, but CPU-Z only reads it as 1.125V on the processor. Even when increasing the voltage CPU-Z did not detect the increases, so keep this in my when you overvolt the processor.