Max voltage for a E2160

SlyReaper · 26 Nov 2008 at 21:12

Okay, suppose I'm using liquid nitrogen or something and heat isn't an issue. Is there an upper limit on how many volts I can push through this chip? Like if I put 2 volts through it, would I knacker it even if it didn't overheat?

MoRT489 · 27 Nov 2008 at 10:54

Sounds like fun! These chips love vcore and from what i have read, as long as the temps are fine (!) then there wont be a problem. I could be corrected by someone who has tried at 2.0v.

Seems funny doesnt it, u worry about putting a measely little 2v thru a CPU but not about dropping subzero liquid nitrogen onto it

SlyReaper · 27 Nov 2008 at 18:52

I'm not actually proposing to use liquid nitrogen, it's simply a thought exercise based on the premise of heat not being an issue.

Bradley8988 · 27 Nov 2008 at 19:05

I got to nearly 2v on a e2180 and my water held the temps fine but didn't help the clock. Wouldn't post at 3.8Ghz.

-=Vect0r=- · 27 Nov 2008 at 19:51

Have got mine to 3.769 GHz @ 1.73v on air :eek:

on a superpi suicide run. These chips are awesome and can take an electronic beating unlike their newer 45nm brethren!

SlyReaper · 27 Nov 2008 at 20:38

Ooooh, I'm doing the same thing now. 1.8v in BIOS on air. Temps are 82 degrees under load.

-=Vect0r=- · 27 Nov 2008 at 20:51

What clocks are you achieving? Great chips these and still running fine after 14 months of abuse! :cool:

SlyReaper · 27 Nov 2008 at 21:14

It's rock solid at 3.33, I'm going to see how much further I can push it at 1.8. I'm not going to DARE put 2v through it

Alas, at this level, it goes 1.6 -> 1.8 -> 2.0 with no granulation in between. 1.6 is too weak, 2.0 will make my computer melt. 1.8 it is.

Brb, tinkering with BIOS...

SlyReaper · 27 Nov 2008 at 21:33

Okay that failed. The chip will go no higher on 1.8v it seems. Tried 3.42, it POSTed but failed to load Windows. Ah well.

MoRT489 · 27 Nov 2008 at 21:49

Bradley8988 said:
I got to nearly 2v on a e2180 and my water held the temps fine but didn't help the clock. Wouldn't post at 3.8Ghz.

I cant get mine stable over 3.2GHZ regardless of whether i go above 1.55v or not. Increments on my gigabyte board after 1.6 are 1.8 and 2.0 with nothing inbetween and at 1.8 it fails after post and at 2.0 it wont even post. Can boot into windows at 3.4GHZ 1.6v (1.575v in CPUz) but it fails under orthos.

-=Vect0r=- · 27 Nov 2008 at 21:54

SlyReaper said:
Okay that failed. The chip will go no higher on 1.8v it seems. Tried 3.42, it POSTed but failed to load Windows. Ah well.

Shouldn't need that much voltage on the CPU for that clock. What ram divider are you using? Have you tried increasing the volts on your NB slightly?

phil675 · 27 Nov 2008 at 22:02

creed said:
I cant get mine stable over 3.2GHZ regardless of whether i go above 1.55v or not. Increments on my gigabyte board after 1.6 are 1.8 and 2.0 with nothing inbetween and at 1.8 it fails after post and at 2.0 it wont even post. Can boot into windows at 3.4GHZ 1.6v (1.575v in CPUz) but it fails under orthos.

My E2200 is pretty much the same. Still, a whole extra gigahert makes quite a difference

SlyReaper · 27 Nov 2008 at 22:42

-=Vect0r=- said:
Shouldn't need that much voltage on the CPU for that clock. What ram divider are you using? Have you tried increasing the volts on your NB slightly?

It was as high as it would go. Ram divider was 1:1. I think I just got a stinker of a CPU.

slowrunner · 28 Nov 2008 at 17:10

Just had a wee crack at mine, 9x380 (3.42) seemed to be stable at 1.55v.

9x390 (3.51) at 1.6v booted into desktop before crashing loading the carp in the sys tray, RAM was at 1:1.

Back down to 9x333 for 3.0Ghz at 1.375v now, which has been perfectly stable for me since may. One thing I did notice was that vdrop is 0.05v, vdroop was another 0.02v, when testing at 1.55v.