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Efficient Overclocking

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This passed week i bought a i7 920 D0, EVGA X58 SLI LE, Corsair Dominator setup. It was pre-overclocked.
I figured i would run whatever overclock was on the machine and see what it did. The computer performs well but when i put it under a load for about 20 minutes its nearing 180F. My core voltages are1.305 at idle and during full load its at 1.329. From what i have seen these voltages are really high for a 3.351GHz clockspeed.

The previous owner ran this on a CM V8 and im running a Corsair H50. I have a strong feeling this isnt the most efficient overclock. Anyone had a setup like this or have any insight?
 
The load temps are not crazy out of whack, but I think your core voltages are definitely too high for that small of an overclock. Have you tried bumping down your core voltage to see if the temps come down without affecting stability? Also, are you running with HT on or off?

I would imagine you probably have more room to play with since that chip is a great overclocker, you will just have to play around with it some to get it stable. I have my i7 920 DO currently running at 3.8 GHZ at 1.2 volts right now without any issues.
 
Your voltages really are too high, lower them down one notch at a time until you're P95/LinX unstable, then bump it up a notch or two.

Also, we do not talk about computer temperatures in F, we talk about it in terms of C. Your processor is fine up to 90-100 C, although that is out of most people's comfort range. Most try to run those at 80C or less.

My D0 runs 4.2 ghz at 1.31v, and 4.0 ghz at 1.275v.
 
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