i7 950 vcore

beardyweirdy · 8 Jan 2012 at 16:01

Hi

My i7 950 is clocked at 4.4 @ 1.4v - It runs fine but was wondering if you think that the voltage is too high

cheers
beardy

Flashheart · 8 Jan 2012 at 19:41

I personally wouldn't go over 1.35, I don't know the official stance though.

I run a I7 920 @ 3.7, with turbo boost on so it runs @ 3.9 for anything taxing. All at 1.2 volts.

My chip will reach 4.3 @ 1.35 vcore, but I didn't think the extra heat and power was worth the few hundred mhz

shadow_boxer · 8 Jan 2012 at 20:22

Was that value taken from CPU-Z.

beardyweirdy · 8 Jan 2012 at 20:39

Hi
It's set as 1.4 in the bios and CPUz reports it slightly higher. It's on a custom water loop and is only around 55 under load. Should I aim for lower voltage?

wazza300 · 8 Jan 2012 at 20:51

Try lowering if you can,you have llc enabled? Try with disabled,

shadow_boxer · 8 Jan 2012 at 20:57

1.4V is OK, I personally wouldn't want it any higher though, but I do know a couple of people who have ran it closer to 1.43 or 1.44V.

My i7 920 is at 4GHz at 1.216V (CPU-Z) but as Flashheart says I don't think the extra bump in Speed/Vcore is worth it but temps look good for 4.4GHz under water though.

iB CoMpL3XiTy · 8 Jan 2012 at 21:00

I ran 1.42V for 4Ghz on a 950 with custom water 24/7 for about a year, was absolutely fine.

P.S how is it that people who get the best clocking CPU's don't actually push the limits and I get stuck with horrible clocking CPU's. End rant/

ATIorNvidia · 8 Jan 2012 at 21:06

1.4v is fine on water.

Montegue · 9 Jan 2012 at 17:49

I run mine @4ghz @1.264v cpuz, mobo did arrive with an overclockers pre applied voltage setting @ 1.325V. Tried lowering it and primed and ran stable/cooler which I stuck with.