Hey guys I'm tempted to push my 6600 up to 3.6, but its gonna take some added voltage. Right now I've got it set at 1.49 in the bios but under a load of folding, both cores 100%, the droop puts it at 1.42. Keep in mind I've got watercooling so temps aren't an issue. Right now its at about 39C. What would u guys say is a safe everyday voltage for the 6600 after the droop?
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6600 safe everyday voltage?
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Intel documents mention that the maximum voltage for the chips is 1.5v so I wouldn't personally push it past that point. Always remember that temperature isn't the only thing that can destroy electronics, the more voltage you use the faster electromigration will cause the chip to fail also.
I got mine to 3.535ghz on 1.35v, which I think is actually undervolting! Stable with prime at 12hrs+ and temps are a mere 60c-65c depending on ambient. To me to eek out another 100 mhz by over volting is not worth it IMHO
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QFT. I can hit 3.5 on 1.45 volts. But it takes me 1.55 to reach 3.6!
Are you guys quoting me bios settings or loaded actual measured voltage in windows? The big deal here is that my P5N-E has such horrible vdroop that even though I set 1.49 in the bios I'm only feeding it 1.42 on 100% load. Please give me loaded vcore, cause bios settings aren't really comparable. Thanks
I'm using 1.40v in bios and using evga ntune for the 680i I'm seeing 1.35v on the CPU.. Hope that helps.
But you will not be at 100% load 24/7. So a safe voltage would apply to the set in bios as well.
I will be at 100% load 24/7, the folding clients can load both cores at 100% and it starts as a service, so there will only be maybe 30 seconds between a restart and the clients spinning up. So for all intents and purposes the cpu will be 100% loaded 24/7.
Sorry, missed that you were folding
No biggie, maybe if you were folding with that core2 you wouldn't make that mistake again
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