Is my CPU overvoltaged?

Ricochet J · 18 Feb 2006 at 10:30

Hi there. I built this system last year March:
AMD Athlon 64 3200 Winchester
DFI UT NF4 Lan Party
GeIL Value RAM 1024mb (1gb) CAS2.5
HIS Excalibur x800xl iTurbo
Samsung 160gb Spinpoint HDD

Here's an image of my volts:

I've been told my CPU Voltage is too high. Its meant to be rated at 1.4V and i've got it at 1.53V. Everything is at stock and nothing overclocked. I haven't got any problems with my CPU but it would help if I could under volt the chip to its recommended settings.
Is my CPU voltage too high?

Many thanks

celliott · 18 Feb 2006 at 11:09

I think its only the Venice core athlons that run at 1.4v. Your temperatures look very good so nothing to worrey about.

boosfuk · 18 Feb 2006 at 11:12

Winchester 3200+ is also 1.4V. I would doublecheck that the reading in the BIOS (& CPU-z) is also that high and if so that the Vcore is set to auto. 1.53V is only really for high levels of OC with a good cooler. What are your temps?

Ricochet J · 18 Feb 2006 at 11:23

My temps on the image boofuk. Everything is set to auto. My cooler is the Thermalright XP-90.

Ricochet J · 18 Feb 2006 at 11:25

CPU Z reports my CPU voltage at 1.360V

iraiguana · 18 Feb 2006 at 11:52

then i would assume it is just nvmonitor being "special" at misreporting the reading. so ignore it

Ricochet J · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:01

I upgraded to the new nvmonitor. Well, judge for yourself:

harris1986 · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:28

eXSBass can you link me to the new nvmonitor please

Ricochet J · 18 Feb 2006 at 12:54

I forgot the link Harris. It was somewhere on the nVidia site. If you want me to I can email the Zip file to you?

Edit that: You're in luck

http://www.nvidia.com/object/ntune_2.05.09.html

Mr Mister · 18 Feb 2006 at 14:47

you sure the core reading isnt the gpu core voltage?

boosfuk · 18 Feb 2006 at 15:02

My temps on the image boofuk. Everything is set to auto. My cooler is the Thermalright XP-90.

I meant to ask for the Max temps under load - the ones in the image look like idle. As CPU-z reports lower I would agree with the above and not worry. As I said look at what it says for the vcore in the BIOS (in health screen I would think).

Minstadave · 18 Feb 2006 at 15:17

CPU-Z is reporting the right voltage, the Nvidia software isn't great, just ignore it

If you're really concerned check in your hardware monitor tab in the bios.

Hunders · 18 Feb 2006 at 15:46

NVMonitor reports my CPU voltage at 1.55V when its actually at 1.4V.. It seems that its pants at reading the voltage.

Amps · 18 Feb 2006 at 15:54

DFI dont recomend using software to read the voltages.. just use them as a guide to fluctuation.

I have a multimeter on order so i can check my voltages.

Ricochet J · 18 Feb 2006 at 17:31

Hunders said:
NVMonitor reports my CPU voltage at 1.55V when its actually at 1.4V.. It seems that its pants at reading the voltage.

Thanks for that