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Your opinions on cpu voltage

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Xassius

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Hi,

I am not sure about cpu voltages with my 2.6c and Thermaltake's Silent Tower on Abit's AI7. I mean....I can easily get up to 3.5ghz with 1.7v on the core....or 3.2ghz with 1.55v on the core.

I dunno really. is 1.7v and above safe for my cpu to last for 6 months at least (I run 24/7)? Is the performance gain worthwhile?

I am achieving very good temps. 3.2ghz 1.55v Idle: 30c Load: 38c
and Abit boards are supposed to report 5-10c higher than actual temps :)

Is it safe to go higher than 1.7v on my Silent Tower [My silent tower performs better than my thermalright sp-94]?

Carson (www.uberhardware.net)
 
If you're worried bout voltages...y not just stick 1.65V and be happy...since 2.6C can do 3.2Gh at 1.55V and 3.5Ghz at 1.7V.....1.65V at 3.3Ghz+ just to be on the safe side......
 
1.7 is getting on the high side for air. Some of the C class chips love the V's though.
The performance gain you'll see would be barely noticeable for the most part. Do some real world test at both settings and see which feels best. Sometimes the chips transistors will get so stressed under a higher OC that it can actually degrade performance.
 
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