Hi all. I am a bit of a noob to overclocking and was hoping someone could answer a few questions for me.
Last night I made a start overclocking my E6600 on an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard and things seemed to be going reasonably well. This morning I noticed that my Vcore voltage indication in CPU-Z was occasionally fluctuating down to 1.213v (set at 1.45v). I'm sure this was not happening last night, the only thing I've done is update the BIOS. The thing is it is always 1.213v, not 0.001 of a volt either way and I don't see this in Speedfan, although that seems to update a lot slower so I suppose it could miss any dips if they are for real. The fact that the reading always dips to that precise figure makes me suspicious (I also get the more normal 0.01/0.05 variations in CPU-Z). What do you think and is there another utility I could use for keeping an eye on the Vcore? BTW...this happens at idle (more even) and when stress testing.
So far I've got to 3200MHz and my core temp under TAT has risen to 60c when using SP2004 (x2) to stress both cores. Idle is around 44c using an Arctic Cooler 7. Seems stable although I've only given it half an hour under stress.
Other settings are Vcore 1.45v, Vdimm 2.20v,MCH 1.50v. VICH, 1.05v.
Do you think this is about the safe limit with my current cooling set up?
Another thing, can you monitor your chipset temperatures?...the only thing I can see is 'system' in Speedfan and that seems to always be 33c.
Another reading I don't understand is 'AUX' in Speedfan, this varies from -16c to 107c on my system.
Last night I made a start overclocking my E6600 on an Asus P5W DH Deluxe motherboard and things seemed to be going reasonably well. This morning I noticed that my Vcore voltage indication in CPU-Z was occasionally fluctuating down to 1.213v (set at 1.45v). I'm sure this was not happening last night, the only thing I've done is update the BIOS. The thing is it is always 1.213v, not 0.001 of a volt either way and I don't see this in Speedfan, although that seems to update a lot slower so I suppose it could miss any dips if they are for real. The fact that the reading always dips to that precise figure makes me suspicious (I also get the more normal 0.01/0.05 variations in CPU-Z). What do you think and is there another utility I could use for keeping an eye on the Vcore? BTW...this happens at idle (more even) and when stress testing.
So far I've got to 3200MHz and my core temp under TAT has risen to 60c when using SP2004 (x2) to stress both cores. Idle is around 44c using an Arctic Cooler 7. Seems stable although I've only given it half an hour under stress.
Other settings are Vcore 1.45v, Vdimm 2.20v,MCH 1.50v. VICH, 1.05v.
Do you think this is about the safe limit with my current cooling set up?
Another thing, can you monitor your chipset temperatures?...the only thing I can see is 'system' in Speedfan and that seems to always be 33c.
Another reading I don't understand is 'AUX' in Speedfan, this varies from -16c to 107c on my system.