Hmmmm.
seems you have a really nice chip there...wanna swap?
Much better! It sounds like you're using constant voltage, as opposed to offset, from your earlier post. It has benefits in that it is typically more stable when you start pushing the limits of your chip, but for energy efficiency you could also try offset overclocking by setting your vcore to normal and then adding offset voltage until it reaches what you needed to get stable. That way, when idle your voltage will drop dramatically, reducing idle temps and power usage. But you risk instability.
What volts are you running now (under load)?
E: 80C under prime95 isn't bad for passive cooling at 4.6GHz
If its for a 3770k, sure!
Ill have a play around with the voltages tonight if I get a chance, Im happy with it being a bit less efficient but since the comp will most likely sit idle 80% of the time it might be a good idea to do what you have suggested.
Currently stable at 4.8, voltage is up at 1.275 and temps max out at 64 under Prime 95, quite pleased!
Now play some games, run some benchmarks and generally mooch about to make sure it's stable, as prime95 can only do so much to test stability.
