ENOUGH VOLTAGE?

jordan282 · 12 Dec 2009 at 14:34

is there a program that tells you if a piece of hardware ie getting enough power?
My cpu is at 3ghz but sometimes i do wonder

siumatfung · 12 Dec 2009 at 14:39

whats your setup?

Ast3r · 12 Dec 2009 at 14:39

What CPU do you have?

jordan282 · 12 Dec 2009 at 14:44

Q6600 G0 stepper
so it runs at 1ghz less when its not needed i think
i overclocked it from 2.4 to 3ghz
I didnt change the voltage i left it at stock

Ast3r · 12 Dec 2009 at 15:32

If the system doesn't lock up or restart when in games and other applications I'd say that it has enough voltage.

RJC · 12 Dec 2009 at 15:59

If your not getting BSOD ect then I would say your fine, but ideally you should run Prime or Orthos to chack for stability.

JonJ678 · 12 Dec 2009 at 19:39

Note that stock voltage is not the same as auto. If you don't change anything in the bios it'll put whatever it feels like through your cpu. CPU-Z will tell you what the current vcore is, check that this is well under 1.5V.

Otherwise, as above, if it's stable it's fine. If it's not stable, more voltage may help, or less voltage may help, or any mad combination of options in the bios.