core voltage info ?

jamjar · 3 Jan 2009 at 22:04

Hi All i,m looking to overclock my E6600 CPU and want to know what the core voltage is for it , and what is the best level to take it up to ? :confused:

Chong Warrior · 3 Jan 2009 at 22:09

1.325v - 1.35v is stock.

Totally depends on how good your cooling is how much you can take it to. I've gone upto 1.4v with my E6400 and it's rock solid at 3.3ghz and runs cool. You can go upto about 1.5v I think with very good air cooling but no more...

95thrifles · 4 Jan 2009 at 09:57

check coretemp, that should tell you the exact vid (stock voltage) for your chip

jamjar · 4 Jan 2009 at 10:06

thanks

95thrifles said:
check coretemp, that should tell you the exact vid (stock voltage) for your chip

I have CPUZ does this show me the exact vid (stock voltage) ,if so where ?

RJC · 4 Jan 2009 at 10:16

Core Vid, next to Technology.
All on the first tab.

jamjar · 4 Jan 2009 at 11:21

RJC said:
Core Vid, next to Technology.
All on the first tab.

thanks mine is 1.4 on auto ..

Chong Warrior · 4 Jan 2009 at 13:25

CPU-Z reads the voltage wrong a lot of the time, I wouldn't trust it.

If an E6400 runs at 1.325v stock then there's no way an E6600 runs at 1.4v?

jamjar · 4 Jan 2009 at 13:38

Chong Warrior said:
CPU-Z reads the voltage wrong a lot of the time, I wouldn't trust it.

If an E6400 runs at 1.325v stock then there's no way an E6600 runs at 1.4v?

then what should it be set at ? :confused:

Chong Warrior · 4 Jan 2009 at 14:12

Chong Warrior said:
1.325v - 1.35v is stock.

Totally depends on how good your cooling is how much you can take it to. I've gone upto 1.4v with my E6400 and it's rock solid at 3.3ghz and runs cool. You can go upto about 1.5v I think with very good air cooling but no more...

SteveB · 4 Jan 2009 at 14:40

Just check what your VID is with coretemp. Mine's 1.2375v, although mine ran 2.4GHz with 1.1000v fine and 3.0GHz with around 1.2500v.

95thrifles · 4 Jan 2009 at 14:47

Im pretty sure the voltage in CPU-z is actual/current voltage, hence why it varies, not the rated vid which is the voltage to run your chip on when you have no OC

SteveB · 4 Jan 2009 at 15:03

Yeah, that's right 95thrifles. In old versions of CPU-Z it used to be way out and I always went by the much more believable figure given by Everest. With the newer versions of CPU-Z it reads the same as Everest.

Kennysevenfold · 4 Jan 2009 at 15:12

i have mine at 1.42v 1473 FSB 368 x 9

3.3GHz and works great, suppose it depends from chip to chip,

keep us posted on how things go mate

jamjar · 4 Jan 2009 at 16:21

ok well i,m sort of at a dead end , i set the fsb at 266 and that puts my memory at 666 , but i,m stuck on the RAM settings and voltage ,any help plz ....

p.s i,m starting off slowly and going to up the fsb each time , but want to get the memory sorted out ,which is lost me totally oh and i only have Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)

95thrifles · 4 Jan 2009 at 16:36

well your RAM is rated for 800Mhz so should be fine to run at just that, leave the timings on auto - or if you are having issues you could slacken them off a bit, and set your DIMM/RAM voltage manually to the vendors recomended. You should be fine then

jamjar · 4 Jan 2009 at 16:48

95thrifles said:
well your RAM is rated for 800Mhz so should be fine to run at just that, leave the timings on auto - or if you are having issues you could slacken them off a bit, and set your DIMM/RAM voltage manually to the vendors recomended. You should be fine then

okay so 400 fsb and 800 mHz Ram would be okay , and what abour the core voltage leave it on auto at first ?

Chong Warrior · 4 Jan 2009 at 17:49

You would benefit from having a read of a guide like this mate: Click here