Is my chip going to die?

chiLLZ

chiLLZ

chiLLZ

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Hey everyone,

Have been overclocking my chip and the more voltage it gets the faster it goes, i have it at 1.424v when running prime 95 and the highst temprature that it goes to is 97c in Real Temp 2.90 (1.48v) in the bios. I am doubting that this temprature realtemp is giving me is accurate because when i open the case up and feel the base of the cpu heatsink (thermalright ultra 120) its warm but not hot at all. The IOH heatsink feels much hotter actually.

so what do you guys think, is any one else getting these temps? or should i just back it off a bit for safety?

also what is the max voltage that a i7 c0 can take on air?
 
chiLLZ said:
Hey everyone,

Have been overclocking my chip and the more voltage it gets the faster it goes, i have it at 1.424v when running prime 95 and the highst temprature that it goes to is 97c in Real Temp 2.90 (1.48v) in the bios. I am doubting that this temprature realtemp is giving me is accurate because when i open the case up and feel the base of the cpu heatsink (thermalright ultra 120) its warm but not hot at all. The IOH heatsink feels much hotter actually.

so what do you guys think, is any one else getting these temps? or should i just back it off a bit for safety?

also what is the max voltage that a i7 c0 can take on air?
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I have a CO chip too and if i use anything over 1.42 it gets into the mid 90c's (only tried that once) but in you case i would think about reseating your true since you say the base is only warm.
If resaeating the True doesn't work deffo reduce your Cpu Voltage.
Intel say 1.35 is the max voltage but most people seem to think 1.42 is ok IF your temps are good.

I found using a 21multiplier helps as the lower my BLCK is the less volts i need.I aslo found going over 179 BlCK x21 means i need a big jump in volts.I'm running at approx 3.75mhz and only using 1.306v (max core is 78c) but anything over that speed requires a lot more juice and the gains just aren't worth the heat.
 
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thanks for the replies ;)

I have reseated it before and the temps were exackly the same, this is why I am doubting that i am getting an accurate reading. My old motherboard the asus p6t was on average 8c or 9c cooler. another thing is i can get this chip to 4.2 ghz at with these temps, I am sure that if these reading were real it would crash surely?

I also find the 21 multiplier to be the easiest one to use. The temps i get are pretty normal when i run at 4.0ghz with 1.3v i get to about 82c.

might reseat it one last time just to be sure, it would be great to have it stable at 4.2 ghz but might be a bit unrealistic lol
 
chiLLZ said:
thanks for the replies ;)

might reseat it one last time just to be sure, it would be great to have it stable at 4.2 ghz but might be a bit unrealistic lol
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Yeah with a CO it may be a little;)

Have you tried coretemp and hw-monitor to check temps?
I use core and realtemp and they only ever vary by 1 degree c.
 
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