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**xguntherc** · 08-10-2008

Hollar, Sorry John, I was out of town. I went camping for the last 4 days up in Utah. Pretty fun, but I got fried and I'm lookin like Rudolph the RED nosed Reindeer with this Sunburn.

First off, I know you know that VID is bad. but to be honest John. I would "NOT" go any higher than 3.2 GHz with that CPU. a (AUTO) voltage of 1.456
is very very high and anything higher will shorten the life of the CPU.

Everyone says the limit you should EVER set your vcore to is 1.5 v max, anything higher and the CPU will start loosing it's life span. so for you to be at 2.1GHz with C1E downclocking your CPU and still being as high as 1.456v is very high and you shouldn't go much higher. Go into your BIOS and turn everything off, turn off Intels' Speedstep, turn off C1E. all that stuff.. then take me another screenshot of CPU-Z showing your CPU at it's full speed, that will also show me LOAD voltage.

Loco has a very decent CPU for it to be at stock 2.4 GHz and using around 1.0v (One of the best I've seen lately) Locoeng, take a screenshot of CoreTemp if you would please. but disable C1E in Bios also. cuz that will mess up the VID. I think you could get to 3.6 GHz decently easy with a good cooler Loco.

But John, sorry to say it, but your's is another story and most likely will have a hard time going higher. You'd be able to get to 3.4 GHz, you'd have to set the CPU voltage manually to something like 1.4875v or more and mess with your GTLREF settings. So honestly I'd leave it at something more like 3.0 GHz and try and lower that Vcore a little. I'm at 3.4 GHz and mine sits around 1.392.. just to give you an idea. So ya, some CPU's just are not good OCers. and your is one of them. But, But if you're not worried about the life spam of that CPU. and you wanna get a new one within a year. then I'd be happy to get you stable at 3.5 GHz and see how long the CPU lasts. it could last longer, but most people say anything over 1.5v sucks the life to about 6-8 months. but then again all CPU's vary. so it could last longer. it's your call.. I say lets RAP it out. see how high we can get, then see how long it lasts at a high OC. and then get a new one on the way when it gets close.. lol, thats just my input.

Let me know what you think. as like I said. the GTLREF settings do a lot, but they might not help you much.

08-10-2008	#10 (permalink)
xguntherc Vista Ultimate x64 1,210 posts	Re: CPU OC Wall? Hollar, Sorry John, I was out of town. I went camping for the last 4 days up in Utah. Pretty fun, but I got fried and I'm lookin like Rudolph the RED nosed Reindeer with this Sunburn. First off, I know you know that VID is bad. but to be honest John. I would "NOT" go any higher than 3.2 GHz with that CPU. a (AUTO) voltage of 1.456 is very very high and anything higher will shorten the life of the CPU. Everyone says the limit you should EVER set your vcore to is 1.5 v max, anything higher and the CPU will start loosing it's life span. so for you to be at 2.1GHz with C1E downclocking your CPU and still being as high as 1.456v is very high and you shouldn't go much higher. Go into your BIOS and turn everything off, turn off Intels' Speedstep, turn off C1E. all that stuff.. then take me another screenshot of CPU-Z showing your CPU at it's full speed, that will also show me LOAD voltage. Loco has a very decent CPU for it to be at stock 2.4 GHz and using around 1.0v (One of the best I've seen lately) Locoeng, take a screenshot of CoreTemp if you would please. but disable C1E in Bios also. cuz that will mess up the VID. I think you could get to 3.6 GHz decently easy with a good cooler Loco. But John, sorry to say it, but your's is another story and most likely will have a hard time going higher. You'd be able to get to 3.4 GHz, you'd have to set the CPU voltage manually to something like 1.4875v or more and mess with your GTLREF settings. So honestly I'd leave it at something more like 3.0 GHz and try and lower that Vcore a little. I'm at 3.4 GHz and mine sits around 1.392.. just to give you an idea. So ya, some CPU's just are not good OCers. and your is one of them. But, But if you're not worried about the life spam of that CPU. and you wanna get a new one within a year. then I'd be happy to get you stable at 3.5 GHz and see how long the CPU lasts. it could last longer, but most people say anything over 1.5v sucks the life to about 6-8 months. but then again all CPU's vary. so it could last longer. it's your call.. I say lets RAP it out. see how high we can get, then see how long it lasts at a high OC. and then get a new one on the way when it gets close.. lol, thats just my input. Let me know what you think. as like I said. the GTLREF settings do a lot, but they might not help you much.
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