Soldato
What do people reckon is a safe voltage to run the 5200 at on air?
General opinion here is 1.4v Vcore. Any higher and you run the risk of damage to the cpu (electron migration). It might be ok at 1.45v its probably a but risky.
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What do people reckon is a safe voltage to run the 5200 at on air?
General opinion here is 1.4v Vcore. Any higher and you run the risk of damage to the cpu (electron migration). It might be ok at 1.45v its probably a but risky.
Electron migration is not really affected by temprature (my understanding) though, it will happen even at subzero temps with high voltage.
I've not run mine 24/7 at 1.475 but under water it is keeping it nice and cool
Reading some previous posts I take it that a higher FSB with a lower multiplier will be faster than a lower FSB and high multiplier with this chip?
I bit off topic, or maybe not.. Can someone show some test results or tell me what fps you guys get in games (Crysis, 1920x1200, v.high/high) with your e5200@~3.6-4GHz?
Just for comparision, I'm at the point of buying new cpu and I'm very close to decide to buy this little fella....
Not instead of your E8400? That would be a big backward step. You certainly won't get a E5200 to 4Ghz either.
I'm asking for results - yo did a lot of tests on these, but do you have any for Crysis in high res and details?
No need to get shirty. You are asking for results due to buying a new cpu and settling on one of these. In your siggy you have a E8400 so i presumed it was to replace that. We have already had one person swap to one of these from a E8400. Even at the lower end the E5200 would'nt match a E8400. Crysis does'nt particularly matter as it is a gpu limited game not a cpu limited one. It's a poorly coded game anyway.
No i don't have any results. Try the Crysis benchmark thread to see if anyone is running one.
Correct. Temps do not make the slightest difference. It's the voltage that counts.
I beg to differ, this article at least shows that voltage and temperature affect CPU life.
E8500 review
(Note I'm not arguing the fact that seriously over volting a CPU will kill it quick).
Hopefully I'll be buying a E5200 soon for my 2nd PC, I look forwards to seeing what it'll overclock to , & curious to see if their is a low FSB wall......
I beg to differ, this article at least shows that voltage and temperature affect CPU life.
E8500 review
(Note I'm not arguing the fact that seriously over volting a CPU will kill it quick).
Hopefully I'll be buying a E5200 soon for my 2nd PC, I look forwards to seeing what it'll overclock to , & curious to see if their is a low FSB wall......
Fair enough
Correct. Temps do not make the slightest difference. It's the voltage that counts. - pastymuncher
Pieman109
The point being made by you & pasty was that temperature makes no difference to cpu life - not true (apparently).
Extra heat is naturally also a by product of increased clock speed, although extra vcore has a much bigger impact (which you did allude to).
I think your main point originally was that overly high vcore kills quickly, totally fair enough & I totally agree , I was just saying that temperature does have some impact to CPU life too.
Btw I have a 9 1/2 yr old Celeron 366 @550 that still works , the beauty of that CPU & many of it's family was that it only needed a tiny increase in vcore to hit that speed (def 2v ,increased to 2.05v). Of course that rig is only any use as legacy PC these days, & light internet use at a push .