35oC but at 2.7volts

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hi i read a post which said when overclocking a AMD Athlon dont go over 2.7 volts. So i havnt but the temp is only 35oC (according to speedfan) so would i be able to raise the volts more to let me overclock more???

i will post a screen shot in a minute :D
 
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Wait a minute! If you put 2.7 vcore through a CPU you'd kill it for sure! I don't think you should be getting anywhere near those volts. :confused:
 
comp builder said:
no not vcore cpu voltage.
sorry if i confused you lol!! :D
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I am confused, I was under the impression the cpu voltage was also known as vcore. :confused: Ignore me tbh, I don't really know much about volts and overclocking cpus.
 
HicRic said:
I am confused, I was under the impression the cpu voltage was also known as vcore. :confused: Ignore me tbh, I don't really know much about volts and overclocking cpus.
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no vcore is a totally different thing. you only raise the vcore if you are upping the multi, but if you are raising the cpu freq then you raise the cpu voltage
hth

i am also new to this overclocking but i have found if you read a lot of posts and come on here everyday you will learn then you can start helping others. :D
 
The only voltage that would even have an option for 2.7v would be the memory - maxes out at 3.2 on my board

CPU voltage or Vcore - maxes out at +0.5v (so 1.9 for my cpu)

Northbridge voltage - 1.5 stock and I can go to 1.8v
 
There will be voltage controls for the following:

CPU (vcore) roughly 1.3-1.8v
Memory roughly 2.5-2.9
Northbridge depends on chipset but around 1.5-2.0

There may also be voltage controls for the HT and the PCI-E. You have been mistaken somewhere comp builder.
 
comp builder said:
no vcore is a totally different thing. you only raise the vcore if you are upping the multi, but if you are raising the cpu freq then you raise the cpu voltage
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Eh? vCore and CPU voltage are the same thing, vCore is a shorter way of writing it. If you're overclocking your CPU, once you reach a certain point you will need to raise vCore/CPU voltage to go further, whether it's the multi or FSB/HTT freq you're raising.

I think you might be getting confused with the chipset or HTT voltages, which you're only likely to have to raise if you're clocking the HTT, not the multiplier. If you have an A64 CPU you almost certainly will be, since standard (non-FX) A64s only have the multi unlocked downwards - so you have to raise HTT to get higher than the stock frequency.

Which core is your A64 3200 - Newcastle, Winchester or Venice? CPU-Z will tell you. This decides what the maximum safe voltage for the chip will be, although 1.5v will be fine for any of them as long as it's not getting too hot.
 
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Yeah..vcore is cpu voltage, core voltage, and you only generally raise it if you need it, some cpus don't need anything to overclock like hell while others need it for a minor bump in speed, all down to luck in the long run. And as said before, 2.7V would indicate memory or VDIMM voltage.
 
Please note the vcore2 reading, speedfan is just reading the probes wrong, the 2.7v value is VDIMM and the second vcore value is his 3.3v, nothings wrong with his psu.
 
its a venice (for cpu) and i have that **** generic psu that comes with the ocuk value rainbow case :D
what i mean is when you are raising the cpu freq. i am raising the voltage you need to (i think it is called ddr) i will go into bios and check
brb :D
 
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