Overclocking i5-3570k question

[JimInk]

Hi there,

I was hoping that some helpful forum members could let me know exactly what I'm looking at on CPU-Z and Core Temp.

On CPU-Z it has a core voltage reading, seems obvious enough. On Core Temp there is a VID reading, which I am sure I read somewhere on one of the forums I follow that this was the CPU core voltage too. However they are different values so cannot refer to the same thing. What exactly do they refer to and what should I be keeping the under so as not to damage my chip?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Nerusy]

As far as I understand VID is what cpu "wants" from motherboard while cpu-z is the actual voltage going through it. So VID shows voltage that would go through if you'd leave cpu core voltage on auto, while cpu-z reading shows the actual thing.

As for safe numbers, I believe you have to keep the temperature under certain number, around 1.5v is the max reported by intel while 1.4 I don't remember for sure is max for water/air cooling.

 

[JimInk]

Thanks Nerusy, that makes sense.

I was just confused by the discrepancy, which increased as I ran prime95, now I know why. I only have a tiny overclock so far, 4.2, as without understanding what I was looking at I didn't want to stress the CPU.

As soon as I get it under water I'll put it through its paces see what it can do

Thanks,
Jim I