Advice please... (again)

nbkpsycho · 21 May 2006 at 13:20

Is it safe for me to use these volts on cpu ?? :

Ender · 21 May 2006 at 13:34

heat not voltage is the main killer of cpus, if the temperature is fine, then there wont be a problem

nbkpsycho · 21 May 2006 at 13:36

The heat isnt anymore than 43 load

A.N.Other · 21 May 2006 at 13:40

Ender said:
heat not voltage is the main killer of cpus, if the temperature is fine, then there wont be a problem

Not entirely true - by putting more volts through, you speed up electron migration in the processor and fasten its degredation.

However, are you sure that you're putting this many volts through the CPU? Without decent watercooling / phase cooling, your temperatures would be through the roof! Have a look at the VCore figure in the BIOS - I would imagine that this is merely a mis-representation in Windows. My board does this as well, reporting a VCore of 1.4V as 1.792V in Windows.

What is your setup and what temps are you getting reported?

// EDIT // Beat me with the temps. That load figure is just fine. It is impossible that you're putting 1.66V through if you're getting those temps on air. Take a look in the BIOS.

nbkpsycho · 21 May 2006 at 13:46

In the bios it says 31c

A.N.Other · 21 May 2006 at 13:47

And what about the VCore figure in the BIOS? That is the actual voltage that is going through the CPU.

Never forget that mostly ... WINDOWS LIES!

nbkpsycho · 21 May 2006 at 14:00

vcore is set to 1.650

All i want to do is get my cpu to do more than 2.4ghz but i cant manage to do it without the extra volts :confused:

A.N.Other · 21 May 2006 at 14:18

Have a look here. You should be able to get that without raising VCore that much. Take the data there with a pinch of salt - the results are prone to idiots (e.g. e-6 did not get 6GHz out of his!).

What cooling do you have there? Some of the higher positions in the table are using dry-ice and phase change cooling with voltages not that much higher than yours.

nbkpsycho · 21 May 2006 at 14:20

This is the cooler im using :

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Gigabyte_409.html

Kesnel · 21 May 2006 at 14:27

When it comes to voltage, windows lies and the bios lies. DMM is the only way to know for sure.

If those volts are accurate, which I doubt, they're fine for a Newcastle.

nbkpsycho · 21 May 2006 at 14:29

When i have my volts set to 1.660 the voltage in cpuz while running prime 95 goes up to 1.728 any idea's ??