Exceeding Intels VCore Value

[skippo]

Hi,

I have a QX9650 and am wondering whether putting more volts than Intel allows will cause problem in the long run? Will degradation occur due to the higher voltage?

The max vcore Intel allow on my QX9650 is 1.25V.

Say I put 1.3V or even slightly higher, would there be problems in the long run?
Temperatures are fine btw so far, idle at around 33-34C, and max out with prime at around 60C.

Also, if people have a QX9650 and are OCing it, can you post your FSB, multi and Vcore please?

This would be great,
thanks

 

[skippo]

The degradation is still something of a myth. There's stories of it happening with over 1.45v (in Windows, not BIOS), but nothing has been proved. However most people are trying to keep below 1.4v just in case it proves to be correct.

I run my Q9450 at 3.76ghz (470x8) and 1.38v under load 24/7.

interesting, thanks.

Therefore with my VCore pushing around the high 1.3x levels, i should be able to overclock to a pretty high value! Only things to worry about I guess are temperatures and electricity charges!

 

[skippo]

I would expect a QX9650 to do 4ghz on about 1.4v. And you'll have the advantage of an unlocked multi, so you won't have to run the high chipset voltages that those of us with locked multis are forced to.

Well I guess i could aim for a FSB of ~363 and multi of 11 giving the all important 4GHz.
Do you reckon I can acheive this 4GHz 24/7 on air. I have a Zalman Nvidia cooler - the one that costs around £50.

So would I just need to tweak VCore, NB voltage, Mem voltage / timings as I would be oc'ing my 1333 DDR3 modules too.

Thanks.

 

[skippo]

well at the moment I am running my cpu at 3.5GHz (333x10.5) with VCore set to 1.25V - everything else on AUTO. As my motherboard is a POS, it is reporting in BIOS that VCore is at 1.32V - huh!!!! Crazy - I don't know what to believe. But in any case 1.32 shouldn't be doing too much damage?