Overclocking question (new)

[kolsky]

This may be a very silly question but when I overclock the x6 1090T do I need to change the CPU VID? I dont understand what its for and what effect it has on overclocking.

 

[saint19]

Hi newcomer and welcome to the Tom's hardware forum.

All depends of the frequency that u want get. The CPU VID is the voltage that ur CPU use and u can rise or drop that value according to ur needs.

 

[simon12]

To add to saints answer you want to run it as low as you can to get less heat and a longer processor life but you may/will need to raise it to get stability at higher clocks.

 

[kolsky]

Thanks guys. So from what I am getting is the CPU Vid is basically the same as the cpu vcore? I remember turning the cpu vid back down to 1.3 on a 3.8ghz OC and I got a blue screen and PC rebooted itself.

 

[saint19]

Yeah but for 3.8GHz u need at least 1.4V since the CPU needs more power to be stable at that frequency. Remember that OC process is test and fault.