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Zecora

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i am wondering can i put the vcore to 1.675, i have it set at 1.65.

i am watercooling my system.

my specs:
3.0c
ic7-max3
1gig pc4400 xms

my settings righ now
fsb 250
vcore 1.65
vddr 2.8

anything else i should set.
 
really i am not doubting you, i am just seeing other peoples opions.
 
1.7 is where a lot of Intel chips might suddenly die from SNDS (sudden northwood death syndrome). Some people can get it to work, but others have had the chips die. Your risk, but I suggest not taking it.
 
Yeah but no higher for any lenght of time :p but u r shortening the life of ur CPU, the question is how much? ive been running 1.65v on this cpu since october - which is nearly 7 months. If the processor lasts till my next upgrade (4ghz tejas 64bit - overclocked to 5ghz - naturally ;) ) then im happy. Very recently i got the ikea bin project finished (bucket cooled) and have been running 3.8ghz at 1.7v. I dont expect it to last forever, just long enough.

Remember dont push it - northwoods run with the law of diminishing returns - ur gonna plateau any higher AND/OR kill ur cpu.


cheers
oni
 
ok this is what i am setting my specs to

fsb 260=3.9
vcore=1.675
vddr 2.9

should i make sure anything else is set?
 
rather than just set it to 3.9 why dont you work your way up from the point you are at currently? raising voltages slightly, checking for instability, loosening timings. Up the fsb 5mhz a time.

oni
 
Originally posted by BillLeeLee
1.7 is where a lot of Intel chips might suddenly die from SNDS (sudden northwood death syndrome). Some people can get it to work, but others have had the chips die. Your risk, but I suggest not taking it.
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this is where people get the idea from. im not trying to be rude here, but it bothers me that this SNDS is thrown around so much. How many CPU's have died from SNDS that you have seen with your own two eyes? you might have seen someone say that they saw...blah blah blah. i have been through 6 CPUs in the past 6 months, and everyone of them ran 1.7v with no problems. now, there is another side to this coin. if you run at higher voltages(anything above default voltage) then you are risking a shorter lifespan of the chip. SNDS is way over rated in my book, as i have never seen one CPU suddenly die because of this. yeah, i hear people all over every forum in the world say "you better not go above 1.7v or your CPU might suddenly die", but i know people that run 2.1v to the cores!

i think its a load of you know what. its no different than overclocking your system at 1.675v for a year, and then one day, your chip is fried. now all of a sudden, there is this fear of what we already know. and why is the "magical" number 1.7v? you can push your CPU at 1.699v all day long and not worry, but as soon as you hit 1.7v, your in the danger zone? makes no sense at all when Intel clearly states on the Retail box that the maximum voltage for these processors is to be 1.55/1.525.
 
specs on watercooling rbx waterblock
double 120mm heatercore
E pump 1048 or somthing


then i have the fans pulling air through the heater core.
 
daos: so tru
Zecora: you got the memory and rig to soar. corsair usually
doesn't need high vidimm to clock. let us know, bios settings
would be helpful.
 
Originally posted by Zecora
ok this is what i am setting my specs to

fsb 250=3.75
vcore=1.65
vddr 2.8

should i make sure anything else is set?
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soft menu:
n/b srap cpu 800
dram ratio: manual
agp ratio: fixed
agp voltage: 1.65
advanced cipset:
dram timing: manual
set mem timings to corsair spec(loose)
gat:
auto
auto
7
disabled
disabled
start increasing fsb until it is unstable, then inc cpu volts a notch.
the other adj might be the read delay in the gat.
monitor temps before and after tests.
i doubt if you have to go over 1.7v on cpu before you see the
edge.
 
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