Overclocking at stock voltage dangers?

[zero-one]

Hi all

Probably a silly question but i'll ask it anyway! Is there any danger to the CPU if you overclock it without upping the voltage? I've got my E6750 to 3.2 on stock volts (stable in prime). Am i doing it any damage?

Thanks

George

 

[dr. sarf]

I think most people start their overclocks by increasing their FSB or playing with the multiplyer first, then when it's unstable start upping voltage. I've not heard of any dangers in doing so - it seems the norm. In fact I've read that some people prefer not to increase voltage at all for dear of increased temps and frying their CPU.
This should help though.

 

[BEn_2600+]

Its safer to overclock at stock voltage than increased voltage

 

[zero-one]

Thanks for the responses. The only things I noticed were a small drop in the voltage at load (is this vdroop?) and slightly increased temps. Temps appear to max at 40C so no harm there.

I read that guide btw - very helpful.

I think it should be okay to leave it at 3.2. I have speedstep enabled so it's at 2.4 most of the time anyway.

 

[BEn_2600+]

Yeah, voltage dropping at load is vDroop, as long as its not too much then its normal

 

[dr. sarf]

Temps appear to max at 40C so no harm there.

I read that guide btw - very helpful.

I think it should be okay to leave it at 3.2. I have speedstep enabled so it's at 2.4 most of the time anyway.

What are you using to test load temps? Something like Orthos or Prime95 would be good. Leave it running overnight to see if your overclock is stable and to get a true look at your load temps.

I don't have an Intel, but don't most people disable Speedstep when overclocking?

 

[zero-one]

I read that they do but i didn't see the point of leaving it running 3.2 the whole time even when i'm just browsing the internet.

I used Everest 4.20 and Intel TAT to monitor temps. Intel reported 37C full load and Everest was at 40C.

Done a three hour Prime test with no errors.