I am having problems finding stable settings for my CPU. I thought it was stable, but no: Prime95 throws out errors no matter what I do.
I have no idea what sort of voltages to expect/aim for around 4.2GHz (that's what I've been running at since I got the CPU, and what I aim for to be stable at right now).
Some numbers:
Auto setting or normal with zero offset results in 0.660V at idle or 1.080V under load. Those are the values CPU-Z tells me (I don't really care if they are not exactly perfect, they are numbers that basically never change, so I can work with them).
I tried various offsets all the way up to +0.060V, which results in 1.140V under load, but Prime95 still says no.
The other major voltages (VTT, PLL, IMC) are set to their defaults (1.050V, 1.8V, 0.925V)
Temperature-wise, at +0.060V the cores report 80-85°C at 22°C ambient. That means I don't really want to go much higher with voltage.
I am fairly sure it's not memory instability problem (using XMP profile DID cause fairly serious problems though, but I since started to set the memory up manually, which seems to have eliminated them), plus I am not overclocking that at all.
I welcome any suggestions at this point.
My specs are in my profile.
I have no idea what sort of voltages to expect/aim for around 4.2GHz (that's what I've been running at since I got the CPU, and what I aim for to be stable at right now).
Some numbers:
Auto setting or normal with zero offset results in 0.660V at idle or 1.080V under load. Those are the values CPU-Z tells me (I don't really care if they are not exactly perfect, they are numbers that basically never change, so I can work with them).
I tried various offsets all the way up to +0.060V, which results in 1.140V under load, but Prime95 still says no.
The other major voltages (VTT, PLL, IMC) are set to their defaults (1.050V, 1.8V, 0.925V)
Temperature-wise, at +0.060V the cores report 80-85°C at 22°C ambient. That means I don't really want to go much higher with voltage.
I am fairly sure it's not memory instability problem (using XMP profile DID cause fairly serious problems though, but I since started to set the memory up manually, which seems to have eliminated them), plus I am not overclocking that at all.
I welcome any suggestions at this point.
My specs are in my profile.
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