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Just starting my first ever overclock (2500K+Z68X-UD3H), here's a screenie after 2 hours prime95blend @ 4.4GHz:
Temps seem to be consistent between apps (but NOT between cores
have I got 3 "hot" cores or 1 "cold" one??). I'd probably trust RealTemp as that is all it monitors, but Everest and HWMPro are within 1-2 degrees.
As for voltages, what do I trust? I think Vcore is set at 1.325V in BIOS (playing it safe), but every app gives a different reading!
(Everest gave a warning about not being optimised for Sandybridge, so I'll ignore that for now. 3.3/5/12V are way off too.)
EasyTune6 seems to be the best guide, at least DRAM/3.3/5/12V are good, so I'd guess "CPU" is Vcore, and 1.344V is reasonably close. (But it doesn't manage memory so well - it reports one DIMM at 667MHz and the other at 4333MHz! - both are at 800MHz.)
CPU-Z shows 1.056V - is this just the standard Vcore for 3.3GHz (ie not actually monitored)?
HWMPro shows 1.34V for "CPU" (which matches ET6), although it labels "CPU VCORE" as 1.06V - just wrong labels? It shows +12V as 2.69V, so I don't really trust it at all. It also monitors current/power, which would be useful if I thought it was anywhere near accurate.
Soooo.... which one to believe? Or should I ignore them all and try something else (freeware ideally). ET6 should be trustworthy as it's Gigabyte's own app (although the memory tab gives me different info every time). Everyone seems to use CPU-Z, but is this just for validating GHz and not voltages? Any suggestions appreciated.
Temps seem to be consistent between apps (but NOT between cores
have I got 3 "hot" cores or 1 "cold" one??). I'd probably trust RealTemp as that is all it monitors, but Everest and HWMPro are within 1-2 degrees.As for voltages, what do I trust? I think Vcore is set at 1.325V in BIOS (playing it safe), but every app gives a different reading!
(Everest gave a warning about not being optimised for Sandybridge, so I'll ignore that for now. 3.3/5/12V are way off too.)
EasyTune6 seems to be the best guide, at least DRAM/3.3/5/12V are good, so I'd guess "CPU" is Vcore, and 1.344V is reasonably close. (But it doesn't manage memory so well - it reports one DIMM at 667MHz and the other at 4333MHz! - both are at 800MHz.)
CPU-Z shows 1.056V - is this just the standard Vcore for 3.3GHz (ie not actually monitored)?
HWMPro shows 1.34V for "CPU" (which matches ET6), although it labels "CPU VCORE" as 1.06V - just wrong labels? It shows +12V as 2.69V, so I don't really trust it at all. It also monitors current/power, which would be useful if I thought it was anywhere near accurate.
Soooo.... which one to believe? Or should I ignore them all and try something else (freeware ideally). ET6 should be trustworthy as it's Gigabyte's own app (although the memory tab gives me different info every time). Everyone seems to use CPU-Z, but is this just for validating GHz and not voltages? Any suggestions appreciated.
