6400 voltage

[darktiger]

So what voltage is everyone running their 6400 on? What are your temps at that voltage?

 

[tisb0b]

My e6400 is at 2.72ghz w/ only 1.200v - 8hrs orthos stable

idle: 46*C
load: 55*C

I have a feeling that I could probably drop the voltage further and run it at 2.8ghz but I'd rather not mess with it since I'm happy with the overclock

On a side note when I was letting the bios set the voltage which it set at 1.425 @2.66ghz. I got:

idle: 55*C-60*C
load: 70*C-74*C

 

[unclewebb]

Definitely watch out for the AUTO CPU voltage setting with the Gigabyte DS3 and likely the S3 as well. When you start overclocking it gets a little too generous with some extra volts to insure stability.

I was able to get 3300 MHz out of an E6300 at a default of about 1.325 volts under full Orthos load. Temps under load were in the low 60s with the Intel heatsink / fan.

You should be able to get the majority of the possible performance out of a C2D without having to go beyond 1.40 volts when air cooled.

 

[darktiger]

Yeah when it was on auto, my load temps were like 70°C. I am running 3ghz on 1.3625. I just did not know how low to run my voltage. I guess I will have to try lower voltages. But now it is running a lot cooler than it was doing...

 

[tisb0b]

Yeah when it was on auto, my load temps were like 70°C. I am running 3ghz on 1.3625. I just did not know how low to run my voltage. I guess I will have to try lower voltages. But now it is running a lot cooler than it was doing...

what mobo are you using? Anyways try lowering your voltage to 1.300 then if its stable try 1.25 even though I made the jump from 1.285 to 1.200 with no problems

Definitely watch out for the AUTO CPU voltage setting with the Gigabyte DS3 and likely the S3 as well. When you start overclocking it gets a little too generous with some extra volts to insure stability.

I was able to get 3300 MHz out of an E6300 at a default of about 1.325 volts under full Orthos load. Temps under load were in the low 60s with the Intel heatsink / fan.

You should be able to get the majority of the possible performance out of a C2D without having to go beyond 1.40 volts when air cooled.

That's what happened to me when I updated to the F6 bios so I simply went back to F3 where that feature had not been implemented and twas' all good

 

[unclewebb]

I am running 3ghz on 1.3625. I just did not know how low to run my voltage.

You can probably run 3 GHz at 1.30 volts.

Check it with Orthos to make sure you haven't lost stability. Your load temps should drop to a lot less than 70C at this setting.

 

[Backslash]

2.56 GHz at 1.10v

Idle: 36°C
Load: 49°C

Ambient: The thermostat downstairs says its 18°C, but it's a bit warmer upstairs in my room.

My e6400 could probably be overclocked even higher at this voltage, but it's already fast enough for my purposes. Cooling is a Scythe Ninja with a Yate Loon D12SL-12 running at 5v. All other case fans are running at 5v.

 

[darktiger]

Right now I am running 3Ghz at 1.3v. My temps are 45°C Idle and 58°C Load. I am using the eVGA 680i....

 

[keldegar]

2.56 GHz at 1.10v

Idle: 36°C
Load: 49°C

Ambient: The thermostat downstairs says its 18°C, but it's a bit warmer upstairs in my room.

My e6400 could probably be overclocked even higher at this voltage, but it's already fast enough for my purposes. Cooling is a Scythe Ninja with a Yate Loon D12SL-12 running at 5v. All other case fans are running at 5v.

damn, 18C ambient... i have to deal with 29C ambient.

3.2ghz at 1.248V

idle: 47C
load: 58C

22C ambient
idle: 36C
load: 47C