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htoonthura   05-31-2008 at 07:37:12 PM

Hello there,

I have very high VID (1.325 V) on my Q6600. I have it stable at 3.4 with 1.44 V in cpuz. The temperature is nice and cool during stress test also. Is it fit to run at that voltage for long? Is it true that Q 6600 can take up to 1.5 V. I am not sure that i understand it right. Here is the link. http://processorfinder.intel.com/d [...] Spec=SLACR

When we talk about 1.5 V , do we mean in bios or cpuz. I have a little over 1.5 in bios but , after vdroop , it comes to 1.44 V in cpuz. Please tell me if it is ok at this voltage.

Thank you.

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jonisginger   05-31-2008 at 08:08:34 PM
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Well you're at 3.4...do you need to go higher??

vdroop is the actual voltage being received by the CPU i think, but 1.5v is very high for a proc. I doubt you'll get much more out of it by getting the extra 0.06 of a volt. What is the stock voltage? 1.325V?

Overvolting/clocking will decrease the life of your CPU I think.

Is that ok?

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rfatcheric   05-31-2008 at 10:33:14 PM
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When you overclock a CPU it can shorten its life. No one can tell how long a CPU will last.

Some people overclock +40% or more and have their processor nice and stable for 5 years or more. Some people run stock speeds and voltage and their processor goes up after a year...

No one can know how long your CPU will last!

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jonisginger   05-31-2008 at 10:35:13 PM
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But, regardless, overclocking will shorten the life.

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Mondoman   06-02-2008 at 12:06:40 AM
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htoonthura wrote :

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When we talk about 1.5 V , do we mean in bios or cpuz. ....


In the BIOS.

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jimmysmitty   06-02-2008 at 05:02:08 PM
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Hmmm... 1.44v just for 3.4GHz? Most of the time you can get 3.2GHz fo about 1.3v, if you are lucky.

I would just leave it as is. No reason to increase it to 1.5v. And besides 3.4GHz is not too bad. I am sure you get good enough performance than the.06v may not give you anything more to be worth it.

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jonisginger   06-02-2008 at 05:55:27 PM
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I agree

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Qwakrz   06-02-2008 at 06:33:18 PM
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On my B3 Q6600 I need 1.415v (CPUz) to hit 3.2GHz (until I fiddled with CPU GTL I had to use 1.52v) and it has a VID of 1.3, I now run 3.2GHz as my 24/7 overclock using water cooling.

There are some really bad chips out there that just need higher voltage to get anywhere. Mine has no hope of hitting 3.6GHz with safe voltages and 3.4GHz is 1.5v at the chip to get it stable which is to high for every day use.

The G0 chips generally need less voltage to overclock.

If you have the option to adjust CPU GTL I found lowering it to 61% (or keeping it at 0.8v-0.78v with respect to VTT voltage) allowed alot lower voltage for my overclocks and also made it alot more stable.


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jonisginger   06-02-2008 at 06:34:39 PM
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OP's is B0 though, it SHOULD be better. I understand what you say about chip variation though.

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Qwakrz   06-02-2008 at 06:37:12 PM
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Updated my post after you posted, added info about GTL percentages.

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