2600k - decrease the volts

m9a2

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Howdy!

I've been running Prime95 (large FFTs) for an hour with my i7-2600k @ 4.0GHz with only 1.15 volts.
My question is if I should continue to decrease the voltages,
until a ''blue screen of death'' most likely would appear, before I say it's stable?

I'm simply trying to lower the voltages as low as possible!
What do you think?

Thanks in advance
Mathias AA
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dhongkool1

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you'll need to run Prime95 for over 12 hours to know if it's a fully stable overclock
it's completely safe but only decrease the voltage a bit by a time
 

m9a2

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I've had seven blue screens so far at 1.1v, 1.11v, 1.12v, 1.13v, 1.14v, 1.145v and 1.15v.
Those blue screens always give me the creeps - no worries, right?

Undervolting dangerous?
http://www.overclock.net/air-cooling/535462-undervolting-dangerous.html

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