I don;t know if this is better posted here or in the mobo forum, but here it goes...
I just got my hands on a t-bird 900 and started overclocking it. The default Vcore is 1.75v and I hastily set the Vcore up to the max that the 8KHA+ goes, which is 1.85v. Now I know that the Vcore will fluctuate under load, but is it common to see it drop by as much as 0.09 from idle state. When Idle the Vcore is reported by MBM5 as 1.87 and when under heavy load (3DMARK2000 say) it dropped to as low as 1.78v.
NOTE: I currently have the ratio at 6 x 166 for 996 MHz, but cannot run at 10.5 x 100 for 1050 MHz. I am assuming my volt problem is the source of this limitation. I am running an Enermax model 365 (350 w) PS.
Now I figure that doing the v-mod on the 8KHA+ will probably make up for the drop, but I was wondering if anyone has any insight into this phenomenon.
Thanks in advance.
Jason.
I just got my hands on a t-bird 900 and started overclocking it. The default Vcore is 1.75v and I hastily set the Vcore up to the max that the 8KHA+ goes, which is 1.85v. Now I know that the Vcore will fluctuate under load, but is it common to see it drop by as much as 0.09 from idle state. When Idle the Vcore is reported by MBM5 as 1.87 and when under heavy load (3DMARK2000 say) it dropped to as low as 1.78v.
NOTE: I currently have the ratio at 6 x 166 for 996 MHz, but cannot run at 10.5 x 100 for 1050 MHz. I am assuming my volt problem is the source of this limitation. I am running an Enermax model 365 (350 w) PS.
Now I figure that doing the v-mod on the 8KHA+ will probably make up for the drop, but I was wondering if anyone has any insight into this phenomenon.
Thanks in advance.
Jason.