Should CPU Voltage be set to Auto when testing overclock?

[zanta]

All,

When trying to establish maximum HTT, CPU, RAM, and HT in order to safely overclock a system, should you start out with CPU voltage set to “Auto” in BIOS? Currently, mine is set to “Auto” on an Asus a8n sli premium board and wondered if it was safe to leave this at this setting when testing all other components.

From what I understand, I will actually set the CPU voltage to the stock setting from “Auto” when determining what the CPU can handle while slowly raising HTT. Is there any danger in leaving this to “Auto”? I didn’t know if by leaving this to “Auto” the board may try to exceed recommended voltage while I’m testing other components.

Board: Asus a8n sli premium
AMD FX-60
Zalman 9500HSF
Corsair 3500llpro 2GB


Thanks

 

[InorganicMatter]

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I don't know a whole lot about overclocking A64s, but I know that my Prescott can go to around 215-220MHz before voltage is needed. I would think that AMDs would be the same since they are the same fab size.

 

[superkdogg]

Holy bad advice! That Prescott fab size stuff is just wacky and not correct. I've seen numerous A64's that get several hundred MHz before needing more voltage.

Yeah, you can leave the vCore at auto. It will stay at stock that way. No risk at all. If you start setting it yourself is where the risk comes in.