So let me be very clear: I've been following this guide very closely.
My hardware consists of:
1090T
NF980-G65 Mobo
16 GB DDR3
2 GTX 470's and a 9800 GTX+ for PhysX
Custom watercooling setup. Image
Here is a YouTube video of every chunk of hardware I'm running, including every piece of my watercooling setup. Now please don't go knocking on my vid, I merely posted my video in this topic to link every piece of hardware I'm running for whoever wants to know.
As expected, my BIOS is a bit different from the tutorial is above. I have my RAM at the manufacturer's rated settings and 2T. It's also appeared to me that leaving the Green Power settings in my BIOS alone makes the system a tad bit more stable. I've been leaving the FSB Frequency alone, and all I've been editing are the multipliers and the temperature. But this is where my question comes in.
In my BIOS, there is not just the CPU Voltage, there is also something called the CPU VDD Voltage. After doing some Googling around, I read that I'm supposed to change the CPU VDD voltage along with the CPU Voltage (I have NOT touched the Northbridge voltages). I also experienced that I could not be stable without changing the CPU VDD voltage, thus I've been incrementing that. Now, when I + the CPU VDD voltage, it automatically increases the CPU Voltage, and so far that's how I've gotten stable overclocks.
Am I doing this wrong and possibly causing damage to my hardware? Right now my computer is totally stable. I can run the CPU test in Futuremark 11 and it goes through flawlessly. My temperatures haven't gotten close to the maximums, thus I'm assuming that I can continue to push my CPU further. I'm also assuming that, as long as I'm being very careful and making small increments up, that I can continue to push past the 1.4 V max limit. These are assumptions and the entire point of me posting here is for criticism stating I'm right or wrong.
CPU VDD Voltage: 1.4125
CPU Voltage: 1.435
20.5 Multiplier
4.1 GHz
Oh, and a little thing, the BIOS hasn't given me red values for my voltage OCing yet when I increase the CPU VDD Voltage with the CPU Voltage.
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Second question: Which temperature should I rely on? Right now, Core Temp is telling me ~34-35 C with my load around 12% at the moment. When I boot into the BIOS and check the hardware stats, it states ~43 C. Is Core Temp giving me false readings, or does the CPU simply run hotter/at higher load when you're in the BIOS?
My hardware consists of:
1090T
NF980-G65 Mobo
16 GB DDR3
2 GTX 470's and a 9800 GTX+ for PhysX
Custom watercooling setup. Image
Here is a YouTube video of every chunk of hardware I'm running, including every piece of my watercooling setup. Now please don't go knocking on my vid, I merely posted my video in this topic to link every piece of hardware I'm running for whoever wants to know.
As expected, my BIOS is a bit different from the tutorial is above. I have my RAM at the manufacturer's rated settings and 2T. It's also appeared to me that leaving the Green Power settings in my BIOS alone makes the system a tad bit more stable. I've been leaving the FSB Frequency alone, and all I've been editing are the multipliers and the temperature. But this is where my question comes in.
In my BIOS, there is not just the CPU Voltage, there is also something called the CPU VDD Voltage. After doing some Googling around, I read that I'm supposed to change the CPU VDD voltage along with the CPU Voltage (I have NOT touched the Northbridge voltages). I also experienced that I could not be stable without changing the CPU VDD voltage, thus I've been incrementing that. Now, when I + the CPU VDD voltage, it automatically increases the CPU Voltage, and so far that's how I've gotten stable overclocks.
Am I doing this wrong and possibly causing damage to my hardware? Right now my computer is totally stable. I can run the CPU test in Futuremark 11 and it goes through flawlessly. My temperatures haven't gotten close to the maximums, thus I'm assuming that I can continue to push my CPU further. I'm also assuming that, as long as I'm being very careful and making small increments up, that I can continue to push past the 1.4 V max limit. These are assumptions and the entire point of me posting here is for criticism stating I'm right or wrong.
CPU VDD Voltage: 1.4125
CPU Voltage: 1.435
20.5 Multiplier
4.1 GHz
Oh, and a little thing, the BIOS hasn't given me red values for my voltage OCing yet when I increase the CPU VDD Voltage with the CPU Voltage.
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Second question: Which temperature should I rely on? Right now, Core Temp is telling me ~34-35 C with my load around 12% at the moment. When I boot into the BIOS and check the hardware stats, it states ~43 C. Is Core Temp giving me false readings, or does the CPU simply run hotter/at higher load when you're in the BIOS?