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Safe voltage to OC an E6600
- Thread starter Darlok
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Under 1.6v should be ok if you can keep temperatures at bay. I had to turn to water to run more than 1.4v though since on air, it was getting too hot.
At around 1.45v and 8x450=3600 for my e6400, water keeps it at about 60'c coretemp under load.
At around 1.45v and 8x450=3600 for my e6400, water keeps it at about 60'c coretemp under load.
Yeah, 1.45 is a reasonable max to limit yourself to at this point.
Just how far are you looking to overclock anyway?
If only say 3.2 is your goal, you should be able to achieve that with probably around 1.3v actual load voltage. It'd probably be about 1.375v or so set in bios, depending. From that point on, usually it's a much higher slope. At 1.3v, it runs pretty cool. Even with stock cooler, I was only seeing in the low-mid 60's. Stepping up to an arctic freezer, I saw in the mid 50's. With water, it was down in the mid 40's.
Going higher on the other hand, on the general, like said is a much higher slope to be climbing. I need to raise from 1.3v to roughly 1.4v to be stable at 3.5 and 1.45 to be stable at 3.6. At 1.45 and 3.6, even with water, I'm seeing about 60'c under load (around 15'c increase from 3.2 and 1.3v)
Just how far are you looking to overclock anyway?
If only say 3.2 is your goal, you should be able to achieve that with probably around 1.3v actual load voltage. It'd probably be about 1.375v or so set in bios, depending. From that point on, usually it's a much higher slope. At 1.3v, it runs pretty cool. Even with stock cooler, I was only seeing in the low-mid 60's. Stepping up to an arctic freezer, I saw in the mid 50's. With water, it was down in the mid 40's.
Going higher on the other hand, on the general, like said is a much higher slope to be climbing. I need to raise from 1.3v to roughly 1.4v to be stable at 3.5 and 1.45 to be stable at 3.6. At 1.45 and 3.6, even with water, I'm seeing about 60'c under load (around 15'c increase from 3.2 and 1.3v)