What’s a safe vcore?

[Peter-B]

I have limited Ocing skills, so just settle for leaving most settings @ auto & upping the FSB daily by 5MHz till it falls over.
The trouble is it keeps on going up & I think I’m loosing my nerve to go higher!
The vcore seems very high, I believe the mobo auto adjusts its upwards as the FSB rises.

Core Volts, set to auto in BIOS & showing
1.488 in CPU-Z but 1.52 in BIOS

Asus P5B
E6400
2 x 512 Balistix PC5300
8 x 415MHz = 3.32GHz

memory is 1:1 @ 5.6.6.18 (I don’t actually know what this means)

Currently @ 55C TAT & CoreTemp, believe it or not Asus probe2 shows the same!

Its running BOINC 24/7 both cores 100% load, so its very stable.

Have run it @ 3.28GHz on stock cooler for 4 weeks and the temps were up to 73C.

should I up the FSB again today, or call it a day?

Any suggestion will be appreciated

 

[w3bbo]

Keep going until you hit 70c load. They run happily at this temp and its nothing to worry about. Go much higher and it will start to throttle back.

I wouldn't put more than 1.6v through the chip for 24/7 use but thats just me. I ran my E6600 with 1.6v through it for a year with no problems whatsoever.

 

[Peter-B]

Thanks w3boo, that gives me confidence

onward & upward.