my e6420 attempt... too hot?

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First off, excuse all the thumbnails, didn't think people would appreciate a bunch of screenies @ 1680x1050

Well, a few cpu's arrived with me yesterday (gotta love some of the bargains u can get off... err.. *whistles*)

so to test i have: 2x e6300/e6400/e6420 (£200 btw)

going to keep the best one and sell the rest on.. so started with one of the e6420's.

Put her in the rig (BFG680i, 2x1gig ocz plat 4-4-4-15, zalman 9500)

booted up, loverly, here's the temps:




thought that was a bit chilly, upped the fsb to 300, orthos didnt like it, and as i feel safe with 1.5v, thats what i upped it to, upped the fsb voltage to 1.4v too, and upped the other voltages up a notch for the sake of it (i'll nock them back down once i have a clock im happy with..) also nocked the 1t down to 2t on the ram, just incase...

any ways, booted:




that temp at 1.5v, surely not.. repoted pretty much the same accross all the temp monitors though... so i pressed on...

fsb to 333mhz...
 



not much difference in temp as the vcore didn't change... so on with 366mhz fsb...




again, not much temp change... sp fsb went to 400mhz...
 



so 3200mhz on 1.5v at that temp... thinking this could be a pretty good little clocker at this rate... on to 425mhz fsb (ram is at 800mhz, running unlinked..)




now it didn't like it at 1.5v, nor at 1.6v... i found stability at 1.6625v

ZOMG i hear you say... look at those temps, i bet there aren't many people on here that will even contemplate running their C2D's @ 1.6625v on air..

My dilemma.. orthos has been running since that pic was taken, and is now on 54°c, which i am perfectly happy with, but, should i press on? thats a hell of a voltage, but it's pretty damn cold tbh, would it be safe to continue with the clock? are the temperatures reliable? all the componants are warm to touch (fins/heat pipes/base of cooler all tested with my finger) unlike the 8800GTX which i cant keep my finger on for more than a few seconds..

What should i do? i would like to continue, the temps are well within MY saftey limits, but the vcore is getting rather scary now... (this system will ultimately be put under water when my new case arrives and i get a couple more bits...)
 
the volts are way higher than my 6420 at 3400 and the temps are a few degress higher on air aswell i have only put 1.5 volts through mine to get it too boot at 3.7 ghz
 
yeah, but my question is, would it be safe to increase the voltage further, as the temps are fine so far...

it boots at 4ghz at 1.7v, and idle temps still aint touching 30°c (obv not stable) but as the temps are fine, could i push the voltage more to make it stable?
 
You seem like a hardcore clocker. I'd leave it at that and continue when you get your water sorted out. After a small amount of trying my chip does 3.6 reasonably easy but i'm a bugger, i find a setting for everything on standard volts, fastest ram timings etc then i find the max the chip will do. In my case 3GHz is its full stable spot with nothing at all pushing the clock.

Mind you my m8's went pop! on air (freezer 7 pro AS5) at 3.6 1.5V so its your choice. And in the words of Jim.... 'Thats the bullseye gamble'
 
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