Not yet overclocking. I think I read somewhere that out of the box voltages for 170s were 1.35 so wasn't sure if the 1.39 was out of line.
Thanks for the feedback - I'll change the tim and see what happens.
I just finished building my rig and I notice that the BIOS shows the opty 170 is running at 42 - 43 C and that the vcore is 1.38 - 1.39 idle. I am using the stock hsf with stock tim. I will see if changing to Artic Silver Ceramique will help, but wondering if this is abnormal (especially the...
This will be my first time building a computer, and I was hoping to get some recommendations. This is what I have selected so far:
Nzxt Lexa case
Opteron 170
a8n32 mobo
evga 7800 GT
x-fi xtreme music
Any suggestions on power supply, heat sink (how is the stock one?), and ram (1GB)...