E6600 Voltage

[Dougiebabe2003]

Hi Guys & Gals

Think I might have my E6600 sitting at 3.4ghz with:

1.5065V in Bios
1.48V in Windows no Load
1.456 in Windows with Load

Temps are hovering between 69-72C with Orthos running.

Anyway, I run S@H so my CPU is constantly at full tilt. Is it safe to run it at full whack constantly with temps of 72C (Probably lower) and that voltage... maybe a bitmore voltage if it fails?

Or should I be looking to take it down a notch?

Cheers, Doug.

 

[Duke]

Hmm that voltage is quite high and even though the temps are acceptable (ish ), I think the volts could kill it being on full load 24/7.

I would reduce the volts (and clock if needed) a touch.

 

[Cob]

Does S@H heat it to 70c too? I'm not familiar with S@H, but I do know that F@H doesn't heat the CPU up as much as Orthos does.

 

[Dougiebabe2003]

Does S@H heat it to 70c too? I'm not familiar with S@H, but I do know that F@H doesn't heat the CPU up as much as Orthos does.

Just edited post to explain that the temps might not be as high.

It's mainly the voltage im worried of.

Just tried it at 1.49V in BIOS and it failed Orthos but 1.5065V seems to be ok atm...

Just wondering if it constantly running with that voltage will kill it very soon...

And it just failed. Voltage will have to be increased again...

Just ran S@H quick and it will prob sit around the 63-66C mark after a while which im ok about, it's just the voltage im scared off

Edit:



Surely the above should be stable!?

But it seems not. Just failed again.

Would 1.45V be safe to put through it 24/7?

If so I'll just keep the vCore and see what my highest clock I can is.

 

[Cob]

1.45v is fine for 24/7, but it's your load temps that need to be watched.

I really wouldn't want to edge above 72c with Orthos with the 85c TJunction chips.

 

[smsmasters]

Just for the record, my e6600 @ 3.6ghz needs 1.424V. Idle 20C, load 48C.

 

[Dougiebabe2003]

Just for the record, my e6600 @ 3.6ghz needs 1.424V. Idle 20C, load 48C.

Me thinks that mine is not a good clocker

 

[smsmasters]

Why did you set the multiplier to 8? Keep it at 9 and go for 400x9 try 1.55V and lower it after. Also give the NB voltage a boost.

 

[Dougiebabe2003]

Why did you set the multiplier to 8? Keep it at 9 and go for 400x9 try 1.55V and lower it after. Also give the NB voltage a boost.

Already tried it. Was at 8 because I wanted a bit of a boost to the RAM. NB is also at 1.55v from 1.35v I think.

One core on my chip will run at 3.6ghz and will prime (when the affinity is set) with only 1.45V but the other core needs 1.55+V which I can't run at full whack 24/7. I think that if you could use that AMD overclocking tool for this chip one would be going silly high but the other would be lower.

Is all good. Think I have stable now at 3325mhz with 1.416v load - Temps are around 60C

That will just have to do

This new cooler is keeping the chip cooler than my ACF7 with a lot more volts and around 400mhz faster O/C so im happy

Just wanted to make sure that it was safe running the chip at that voltage and temp 24/7

 

[caksey]

I've been running an E6600 at 1.5v for over a year, using 401 FSB to give 3608Mhz. Idle temps are usually about 34C and orthos gets them to peak at 65C
With 1.55v core I can get 3.7Ghz but temps hit 70C
With 1.6v I can run SuperPI at 3.88Ghz, but cant get it orthos stable.