Conroe Vcore voltage

mysteryman · 31 Aug 2006 at 18:33

Whats a safe voltage to use on vcore. I managed to get my E6600 up to 3GHz but can't pass the small fft test in SP2004 Orthos/ prime95. Vcore is currently on just under 1.35V. Is it safe to increase it anymore? get about 50 degrees on full load with ninja heatsink on air. Gets past blend test but can't pass small fft on full load.

Cob · 31 Aug 2006 at 21:44

Upto 1.5v is fine. But you shouldn't need to go that high anyway.

The Asgard · 31 Aug 2006 at 22:10

Upto 1.5 is fine on good air cooling. For 3.0G 1.4-1.45 should do it.

What mobo?

mysteryman · 31 Aug 2006 at 22:19

Gigabyte DS4 board. At the moment testing in SP2004 Orthos / prime 95 with cpu on full load its stable at 1.328V core voltage with E6600 at 3GHz, but on full load temps are at 60 degrees max and average at around 58 degrees on full load, idle getting around 28 degrees. I don't know if i put my ninja heatsink and fan with it on carefully enough i'm using artic silver 5 on it surely temps should be a lot less. Any suggestions?

Dyewitness · 31 Aug 2006 at 22:30

man i have the same questions as u.

im running a 6600 with a ninja on a Ds3 mobo.
i get about 55 full load on orthos. im tryin to overclock more. but wonderiong what voltages to use etc. and what mem timings and devider to use.

need assistance..

The Asgard · 31 Aug 2006 at 22:31

whats the coretemp reading? Forget the mobo reading.

just google coretemp tis a little program

mysteryman · 31 Aug 2006 at 22:38

Coretemp says core#1 is 43 degrees core#2 is 41 degrees idle. On full load core#1 and #2 are at 62 degrees. Is this ok? Suggestions?

The Asgard · 31 Aug 2006 at 22:52

To be honest that sounds about right. I'm just running orthos on mine now and its at 1.525 volts running at 3.6 ghz under water and I'm getting 53-58'c and thats with a top end watercooled system.

Basically if your concered that your heatsink is not working then just feel it. Does it feel hot? feel the heatpipe? If it does then its doing the job.

mysteryman · 31 Aug 2006 at 22:57

Ok thanks it feels hot so guess its ok. What temperature do you think would be safe to overclock to safely on air?

Dyewitness · 31 Aug 2006 at 23:11

what OC settings did u use asgard for 3.6.

fsb.
vcore
mem timings
devider?
dimm volts.

sounds like a nice overclock.

The Asgard · 31 Aug 2006 at 23:17

mysteryman said:
Ok thanks it feels hot so guess its ok. What temperature do you think would be safe to overclock to safely on air?

60'c is fine for prime load temps. Under normal conditions it will be lower.

Just get the chip prime stable at 1:1 memory and you will be sorted.

The Asgard · 31 Aug 2006 at 23:20

crazeconnolly said:
what OC settings did u use asgard for 3.6.

fsb.
vcore
mem timings
devider?
dimm volts.

sounds like a nice overclock.

FSB 400
Vcore 1.525 for prime stable which actuall equated to 1.475 with vdroop.
mem 4-4-4-12 running 1:1
divider = cant change P5W DH
dimm volts 2.0

will actually prime at 410 FSB which is nearly 3.7

Its a week 27 chip

2bullish · 1 Sep 2006 at 01:32

The Asgard said:
FSB 400
Vcore 1.525 for prime stable which actuall equated to 1.475 with vdroop.
mem 4-4-4-12 running 1:1
divider = cant change P5W DH
dimm volts 2.0

will actually prime at 410 FSB which is nearly 3.7

Its a week 27 chip

Wanna see some screenies, ta.

fornowagain · 1 Sep 2006 at 01:44

2bullish said:
Wanna see some screenies, ta.

Here we go again .

Only kidding :0

-Ad- · 1 Sep 2006 at 06:29

put over 1.6V through it to see what it can do

ReeMISM · 1 Sep 2006 at 09:53

I read somewere that Intel had said 1.55v was the absolute maxiumum v core for the conroe/allandale chips and that will probably be on water..