Hi everyone. I've had my i5 750 for a couple months now. One of the first things I did was try to OC it, so I became familiar with the Intel documentation (http://www.intel.com/design/corei5/documentation.htm)
Perhaps the most important page was section 7.8 Absolute Maximum and Minimum Voltages - which I know for a fact were labelled as 1.55V Vcore and 1.21V Vtt. As reference here's a thread on it http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=332659.
So recently it came up in a thread (thanks to cromedome for pointing it out) that the max is 1.40V. I just went to the check the documentation for myself and sure enough, they have the Vtt AND the Vcore max BOTH at 1.40V. Also, the very first page lists the documentation as JUNE 2010.
So what's the deal? Is it a typo? Why are the specs different now? I burned out an MSI mobo at 1.28V Vtt and I think that these specs are too high but hey maybe not. I'm curious what the people here at Tom's forums think about this.
Perhaps the most important page was section 7.8 Absolute Maximum and Minimum Voltages - which I know for a fact were labelled as 1.55V Vcore and 1.21V Vtt. As reference here's a thread on it http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=332659.
So recently it came up in a thread (thanks to cromedome for pointing it out) that the max is 1.40V. I just went to the check the documentation for myself and sure enough, they have the Vtt AND the Vcore max BOTH at 1.40V. Also, the very first page lists the documentation as JUNE 2010.
So what's the deal? Is it a typo? Why are the specs different now? I burned out an MSI mobo at 1.28V Vtt and I think that these specs are too high but hey maybe not. I'm curious what the people here at Tom's forums think about this.