mattwalter85 Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Hey guys I've just been wondering if anyone's fried a c2d cpu cuz i'm starting to think these processors are indestructible....like does anyone know the highest amount of voltage that can be applied to these cpu's??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iKillSteal Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Highest safe 24/7 voltage(with temps kept in check) is 1.55v. Sure others run it higher, because they're comfortable with that or have enough money not to care, but that's the common answer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 Hey guys I've just been wondering if anyone's fried a c2d cpu cuz i'm starting to think these processors are indestructible....like does anyone know the highest amount of voltage that can be applied to these cpu's??? I benched mine at 1.7 setting for a few 3DMark runs and superpi etc. for the forum wars. As time passed I had to keep reducing the OC until I was down from 3960 24/7 1.55v to about 3850 after about 6 or 8 months of 24/7 Folding. I have had it since the E6850 came out last summer. I am not the only person with the same results either. I have it with a stock Intel Quad core HS & F Folding at 3.6 right now.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I benched mine at 1.7 setting for a few 3DMark runs and superpi etc. for the forum wars. As time passed I had to keep reducing the OC until I was down from 3960 24/7 1.55v to about 3850 after about 6 or 8 months of 24/7 Folding. I have had it since the E6850 came out last summer. I am not the only person with the same results either. I have it with a stock Intel Quad core HS & F Folding at 3.6 right now.... Â really stupid question here - but why'd you have to lower your OC over time? I've been under the impression that CPU's work to the max until they die, and dont degrade over time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 really stupid question here - but why'd you have to lower your OC over time? I've been under the impression that CPU's work to the max until they die, and dont degrade over time. I am not sure, I would either have to give it more volts which I did not want to do, or lower the OC. I know Linux would give me an error stating some kind of hardware cpu error, and it would also say it was not a software problem. I have heard of this happening over time that cpu degrades and requires more voltage or underclocking. Could be the MB I guess, I RMA it back and Gigabyte checked it out and said they could not find anything wrong so I put it back together... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty11212 Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 really stupid question here - but why'd you have to lower your OC over time? I've been under the impression that CPU's work to the max until they die, and dont degrade over time. My old Opteron 146 stopped being stable @ 3.0ghz, so maybe it does degrade to a degree due to voltage and temps.? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I am not sure what is going on with it, its the only cpu I have that has done that so far... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sYstEmATiC Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I am not sure what is going on with it, its the only cpu I have that has done that so far... my 2500+ did this. it was stable for about 3 months @ 2.5ghz, i had to lower it 2 times and the max stable i could get after that was 2.25ghz or something like that and it still being used now. its 6 years old also and has been oc'ed the whole time so that could contribute lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattwalter85 Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 What's the highest voltage you guys have taken your c2d's and c2q's? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swifty11212 Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 What's the highest voltage you guys have taken your c2d's and c2q's? 1.55 is the highest I have done thus far, but underload @ that vcore and it emits an electrical hum of some sort. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I've benched at a maximum of 1.5625V's on my E6400, however this Q6600 has yet to see above 1.45 (which does not mean it's not going to see those voltages, hell yea it is ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted January 23, 2008 Posted January 23, 2008 I have set the E6850 on 1.7 bios for a few brief benches but normally run it on 1.55v bios setting 24/7. I ran the C2Q on 1.65 today, 1.6 real vcore for a few benches, normal 24/7 volt setting of 1.506 bios.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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