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Aleksandrs

Aleksandrs

Aleksandrs

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I am running a Q9550 with a Freezer 7 Pro R2 cooler. Currently 3 internal fans, one 80mm on the side blowing to the cpu heatsink, one 120mm on the top of the case blowing outwards, and a 120mm fan on the front blowing inwards.

I've set the frequency to 355, and set the voltage to 1.250v.

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Doing a quick burn test shows temps which normally stay in that region even after long tests. Thing is, when its doing the test my voltage seems to go down, but when speedstep is active (see bottom left of image) it goes back to 1.250 volts.

Am I missing something stupid out here making the voltages do that? And also what would people suggest for me to go a bit higher (or can't I with these temperatures?)

Hope this makes sense lol, thanks.
 
Those temps do seem quite high for an E0. Mine doesn't go past 60c at 3.8GHz on 1.2v. If you try running prime and use core temp i'll be able to do a better comparison, but they do seem high for a small overclock. As for the drop in voltage its normal. If you want to address this then enabling something called load line calibration does help with the vdroop you're getting. I personally just set my 3.8ghz cpu to just over 1.26ish in the bios and then it goes down to 1.2 under load, but remains stable.
 
Doing a test with Prime95 + Real Temp, and finding better numbers. 62 57 60 59 is the highest it has gone so far.

Edit: Test finished and the numbers didn't get any higher. So you think I should just leave it then? If not, what should I be changing next? Voltage or bus speed? Cheers
 
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What are your other voltages? Have you manually set your dram voltage, etc? As i'd highly recommend doing that if you haven't already.
 
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