i5 stock voltages...confused

[manic111]

I got my i5 setup today (with the GD80 mobo and some G.Skill Ripjaw ram)...yay!

I'm a little confused about stock voltages. I asked in the i5 overclocking thread a couple of days back and was told that it was 1.1. However, my mobo has set it automatically to a little over 1.2, and various websites are concurring with this. There is nowhere, though, which tells you definitively what the stock voltage is...so can anyone help?

I'm starting to wonder whether I'm confused due to my own lack of knowledge; have I been talking at cross purposes with people? Is VID the same as Vcore and stock voltage?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[manic111]

Great answer, cheers mate. This is what had always confused me about voltages, I never knew that Intel burnt each one in uniquely.

 

[manic111]

Looks like I've got a bit of a volt-guzzler then, its stock VID is 1.25 or so

That said I'm currently running it at 3ghz prime stable on 1.1, so it could be worse!

 

[manic111]

hhhmm ive got 1.35 going through mine at 4ghz , does this sound like too much ?

idles at 40c load is at 75c

just tried running at fail safe values and its set to just under one volt 0.92

Don't think so, I've heard tell of people putting 1.4 through them. The way I see it, if it's not too hot, do it!


*I do realise that this goes against what I said earlier about liking a cool and quiet PC, but in my hardcore overclocking moments I up the voltage until the heat stops me.