Overclocking Q8200.

[Ast3r]

Hi guys.My Q8200 came back from RMA.So now I want to overclock it but I'm a little scared.The first Q8200 I overclocked to 2.7 Ghz and I accidentally selected in the BIOS of the MB the voltage 2.3 and you could guess what happend.So now if I want to take it up to 2.7-2.8Ghz is that possible on the stock voltage or will I need to increase a lil' bit?Also the cooler is Arctic Cooling Alpine 7 Pro.

 

[MeatLoaf]

So you fried your first one and returned it?

Anyhow, best way to try it is just up the FSB a bit at a time and check its stable before going onto the next increase.

What RAM do you have as PC6400 may stop you getting beyond 2.7Ghz.

 

[gurusan]

you accidentally set cpu voltage to 2.3V? wtf? what board lets you do that?

 

[marley82]

Increase your vcore ever so slightly to help stable your overclock. NEVER go above 1.5V on Air, Stay below 1.4 preferably

 

[Ast3r]

Ok.It's done.I oc'ed it to 2.75 Ghz and played Crysis on max settings for 50 minutes and the system is very stable.The idle temp of the CPU is 29*C and underload just before 2 minutes I exited Crysis was 39*C.The voltage is at 1.23.

 

[Garyj881]

NEVER go above 1.5V on Air, Stay below 1.4 preferably

This is something I have never understood!

If you put, say 1.5v through a cpu then it's still 1.5v regardless of it being air or water cooled.

 

[blaineoliver]

Its temperatures that are why you dont go above 1.5v on air, more than anything.

 

[marley82]

This is something I have never understood!

If you put, say 1.5v through a cpu then it's still 1.5v regardless of it being air or water cooled.

like oliver says the more volts the hotter the chip will run past a point of around 70c the chip will start to degrade and if run very hot for a long time will shorten the life of the cpu considerably.

 

[gurusan]

No.....you can't really damage a modern intel chip with heat. It's the voltage that will degrade the chip.