2600k Issues

jeffacake · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:29

Recently made an order with overclockers for a pre overclocked bundle including the 2600k clocked at 4.6ghz. Im currently in talks with overclockers about this but I also wanted to get the opinions of some of you guys. When I run prime 95 in BLEND mode it 2 or more of the cores have a fatal rounding error within 2 minutes. I know this can be linked to bad ram so i ran memtest but it came back clean as a whistle. apart from this the system seems stable and runs fine. The voltage of the core however is only 1.06 which i felt was a tad low. Can anyone shed some light on if this is worth looking into and how much of a potential problem or sign of instability it really is?

RJC · 19 Jan 2011 at 20:59

I would be inclined to notch the voltage up, as this still under warranty I would wait until Overclockers give you nod.

jeffacake · 19 Jan 2011 at 21:10

Would they do that then? as it says if i touch the bios they will no longer give me support. So if they OK it i can fiddle?

RJC · 19 Jan 2011 at 21:31

I believe they have spoke to people on the phone and through the customer support forum in the past and gave them instruction on what to-do.

jeffacake · 19 Jan 2011 at 21:35

Awesome thanks for the advice i really appreciate it

JonJ678 · 19 Jan 2011 at 22:05

Is that 1.06V in cpuz or in the bios? If it's in cpuz, there's problems with it getting the voltage badly wrong in some versions. Possibly in all versions.

jeffacake · 19 Jan 2011 at 22:10

Its in cpuz and BIOS. its accurate. Seems low to me

MikeHiow · 19 Jan 2011 at 22:51

Hang on, is this 1.06v at 100% load, or whilst speedstep is enabled? Asus board? Is CPU voltage set in Offset mode or fully manual?

jeffacake · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:01

1.06 at all times. Its gigabyte p67 ud7 board.

jeffacake · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:04

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EDIT: I apologize for the double post. Although new here I am aware this is frowned upon in most forums.

bro306 · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:13

need More voltage at least 1.22vcore!

jeffacake · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:21

Exactly what I thought. Ive left a webnote with OC hopefully they let me change it.

rchads89 · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:25

You need verison 1.56.1 to read voltage correctly. Thats the old verison 1.56

jeffacake · 19 Jan 2011 at 23:39

New version same result.

1Day · 20 Jan 2011 at 00:10

1.562beta is the CPU-z version that read the clocks of Sandy Bridge

jeffacake · 20 Jan 2011 at 00:13

Where can I find that version?

Biffa · 20 Jan 2011 at 09:52

It doesn't work that well with Gigayte boards anyway.

What CPUz is showing is the QPI/Vtt voltage with Gigabyte boards.

To see the real voltage use CPUID Hardware monitor, or run EasyTune6 and check out the CPU tab.

jeffacake · 20 Jan 2011 at 13:47

CPUID is still showing the cpu vcore as 1.06v. OC have just given me the go ahead to bump it up by one notch though so ill do that and see how it goes in prime 95 after.

EDIT anyone got any idea why i wouldnt be able to access the BIOS?