lowest vcore

paradisiac · 19 Jan 2010 at 16:02

i have read a lot about if you go over 1.4 vcore then you can damage the chip, but is this the same for lowering the vcore?
i still have a stock cooler so im trying to get the temps down. on stock settings under load it was going over 80deg, i lowered the vcore to 1.10 and it dropped to 77deg under load. i then bought 2 8mm case fans for the rear of my pc and got it to 74deg under load. so i then lowered vcore to 1.00 and its now 72deg under load. dont want to go down further if its going to cause problems or damage my chip.

paradisiac · 19 Jan 2010 at 16:39

JonJ678 said:
You need to get rid of the stock cooler basically.

yeah, thing is i have a small case so im limited on what i can get, and it only has 2 8mm case fan holes (i think, the are some holes that are slightly further out, so not sure if a 12mm fan is supposed to bolt to them) so potentially that rules out the H50.

paradisiac · 19 Jan 2010 at 18:27

yeah i meant there are 2 places to mount the fans, 92mm

so that rules out the H50. dont want to do wc as i dont know enough about it and dont want to spend a fortune on it.

paradisiac · 19 Jan 2010 at 23:24

so are we saying it can be damaging to use too low a vcore?