Overclocking - what`is maximum temperature i should really stop overclocking at???

Sylver123

Sylver123

Sylver123

Associate
Joined
12 May 2006
Posts
1,746
Location
UK
Hello!

I was wondering, when overclocking a cpu like the one in my sig, what would be the maximum temperature i should really stop overclocking at when uping the FSBs and VCORE and doing a full load stress test with Prime95 Small FFT??? Should i stop overclocking after my temps on both cores reach dead on 70C or could i go a bit further than that on full load without doing any saver damage???

Thanks for responding.
 
I`m currently testing 3.9GHz overclock with Prime95 Small FFT and my temps on both cores are at 73C after an hour and a half on full load. I had to give the cpu a lot of VCORE, not far from 1.5v just to get it stable. I could enable the load-line calibration bios option on my board to decrease the load vdroop and allow me to use a lower VCORE setting but some people on hardware forums and sites on the internet recommend not using this for some reason.

There are other options in the P5Q Deluxe boards bios like CPU PLL Voltage, FSB Termination Voltage and NB Voltage that`is said to stable out an overclock, allowing to use less VCORE but im not sure of the corect settings for these.
 
Last edited:
JonJ678 said:
Its well worth trying lower vcore with changing motherboard settings. [BYou haven't left them on auto I hope?][/B]
70C is the commonly accepted maximum. I'd be happy up to 75/80ish but most people wouldn't. I would not be happy putting nearly 1.5V through a core2duo, while no one I've seen has reported frying one with vcore, 1.5V would definitely make me nervous.

Cheers
Click to expand...

I currently left those settings on auto because i'm not sure what they should be set on for my current hardware. Maybe someone with similar hardware could give me heads up on what settings could work for me.
 
I might just do with my original overclock that was running four hours Small FFT Prime95 stable at 3.8GHz with cpu vcore increased to 1.36875v and load temperature of 68-69C on both cores.
 
What CPU PLL Voltage and NB Voltage would one recommend me trying on my dual core E7500 overclocked to 3.8GHz to see if i can decrease my VCORE Voltage and making my processor a little cooler???

I`ve came across some sites with guides on what`s recomended setting try these at but unforchenitly only for Quad Core chips, and I haven`t came across one for dual core chips.
 
Are these bios settings ok for a dual core???

CPU PLL Voltage [1.50v]
FSB Termination Voltage [1.30v]
NB Voltage [1.20v]
SB Voltage [1.10v]
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom