Originally posted by: Slider
I'm running my 3000+ at 2350mhz with 1.6v because my mobo(vnf4ultra) doesn't let me set the voltage of it to 1.5/1.525
My chip will be fine, ...right?
Originally posted by: MrControversial
Originally posted by: Slider
I'm running my 3000+ at 2350mhz with 1.6v because my mobo(vnf4ultra) doesn't let me set the voltage of it to 1.5/1.525
My chip will be fine, ...right?
Yes it will. mine is also at 1.6V and it's Prime stable for 2 days now. If you check CPUZ you'll see that even at 1.6V, your processor still runs at about 1.55V which is safe for Winnies.
Originally posted by: khurios2000
Im thingking the second one, chip-dying-of-overvoltage-itself
does it happen that overvoltage kill the chip instead of heat?
Originally posted by: ChineseDemocracyGNR
Yes, couple days ago I saw someone "losing" their Winchester with 1.55V. Basically the chip ran stable for a few weeks, then became unstable at that overclock... it slowly fades away until it's not stable at stock anymore.
Overvoltage kills chips more often than high temps, and this is specially true with the Athlon 64.
Originally posted by: billwinkle
I tried superPI this morning with above settings. It would not complete, so I lowered fsb to 290 and lower voltage to 1.47. that seemed to work. It ran 32m in 28m10s. So even though I am now running at 2610 stable I am very pleased. I will continue to tweak to see if 2700 is still possible with 100% stability. I will continue to lower voltage to see if it will run stable at this speed with 1.4v, which until now I have not even tried.
Originally posted by: dborgill
So how MUCH is TOO much VCORE?