How high do I dare to take my Vcore? (3700+)

[Vintervilan]

Well, I never said I wanted to feel any difference, I'm just in it for the kicks

[michaelzhao]

Well, I never said I wanted to feel any difference, I'm just in it for the kicks

 

Well... if your in it for kicks... go for it then! Remember 1.65 is probably the max on air for a day to day basis. You can do suicide runs at even higher volts. But key word "suicide" runs.

 

But remember, if your processor happens to fry (unlikely), I take no responsibility for the frying. I'm just saying... 1.65 is generally regarded as the limit. Every processor/computer/heatsink is different though.

[Vintervilan]

frying a 3700+ isn't really going to hurt me, it'll just give me a reason to get a X2

[Vintervilan]

I've been prime stable at 3 Ghz for 2 hours now at 1.6 Vcore, had it prime stable for 10 hours+ at 2805, 1.52 Vcore though, so I'll probably settle for that

[michaelzhao]

You could probably leave it at that if you wanted to... 1.6 is not too high. Higher than what I would do, but many people have 1.6 running through their processors.

 

What are your temps looking like?

[Vintervilan]

My temps at 3 Ghz, 1.6Vcore was/is CPU: 44, Motherboard: 48, Chipset: 49, GPU: 38 - that's after 2 hours of prime torture, and 27 degrees celcius in the room.

[OtisN89]

I had my vCore at 1.65 and I don't even want to think about it anymore. I left the computer for 2 min when I was running OCCT and when I got back the temp was 58C and I was about to stop OCCT when it hit BSOD.

[centy]

I had my vCore at 1.65 and I don't even want to think about it anymore. I left the computer for 2 min when I was running OCCT and when I got back the temp was 58C and I was about to stop OCCT when it hit BSOD.

 

rofl - I don't even want to think about it anymore.

 

Had quite a scare huh?

[Vintervilan]

hehe, ouch