950 ULV???

[moskwiz]

Okay, this is kind of weird but I'm not sure whether it's weird in a good way or not.

At first when I got my system built I immediately noticed that my cpu temps are rather high. I was idling with my H70 at around 40-43c and full load (I do all my tests using prime95 largeFFT) got it to ~72-75c. I originally thought that the H70 might be defective but after I tried the system with the Intel reference cooler and got 60c idle 90c+ load I started suspecting my cpu might be one of those 950's that just tends to run hotter. Since getting intel to replace your cpu because its 10c warmer than some others is a total bureaucratic nightmare I started looking into my Auto voltages in BIOS.

 

My Auto vCore was 1.21 idle, 1.3+ load, CPU PLL was 1.8'ish, ICH was 1.22, IOH 1.16 .. So i gradually started lowering the vCore and PLL at first.. This resulted in 1.075 vCore and 1.75 PLL and torture test passed 16h stable with max temp 64c!! Is that something any 950 can pull off or is that a bit wow?

 

I am now testing 1.050 vCore, 1.6 PLL, Bridge volts and all other volts (except DRAM, which is at 1.64) are at their lowest values. Cpu Spread Spectrum is disabled.. Any other hints what I should do?

 

I am planning to get this CPU to like 3.8'ish full stable for everyday use as long as the temps stay under 75c full load so this thread can double as my 950 OC thread ^^