Voltage to fry a C2D?

[Pinback]

Just out of interest, does anybody know what Vcore it takes to fry a Conroe?

I found some info. on the web, with 1.575V being used with water cooling, 1.6V+ with phase cooling, etc.

Someone somewhere must have killed one through excess voltage ??

Just idle curiosity, really

 

[Will_3rd]

Would think thermal protection would kick in before anything like that happens.

But then again I could be wrong...

 

[lay-z-boy]

Had a bad clocking conroe did we?

 

[simonnance]

first problem is heat, which increasses with voltage. That is controlable with utilising the correct cooling techniques for the voltage you are using.

The real danger with very high voltages is electromigration, which can damage the chip even when kept cool. If memory serves it has something to do with electron tunneling into the silicon substrate, which can cause the chip to fail.

 

[FreeStream]

Mines running around 1.51-1.52V on 40-50C air... has been for 4 months now and its ok so far lol

Hopefully it'll die soon and i'll get a better clocking one... lol