corning_d3 Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 Why does uping the V-Core Voltage make for a Stable overclock. I'm having some trouble finding literature about this on the 'net. Right now all that I know is that it does.. Any Help/Links/Etc. appreciated Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVE Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 When you overclock the cpu it uses more electricity to run at higher speeds. When you up the VCore you are giving it more juice. If you run it with less juice than it wants than it will run unstable, so assuring that it gets plenty of electricity will stablize it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corning_d3 Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 That makes sense. But, how long will a processer last? And will it die from heat or over-current? Man, in my case it would be both!! Running an AMD XP 1400+ at 2.1 Stock V-Core is 1.6, now running at 2.0 Is that too high? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVE Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 It all depends on what temps your CPU is getting. You can run it like crazy but if you can keep it cool then it should be okay. That's a pretty hefty OC. A VCore of 2 is a pretty high voltage. What kind of HSF do you have? It's hard to get a CPU stable at 2 volts with air cooling, or are you using water cooling? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corning_d3 Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 I'm running a ThermalTake Volcano 9 at 4200 RPM, getting 36.8C according to my Hardcano Temp Mon. About 40C at full load. Sorry about not listing any stats in Signature, everytime I try it says I can't put a Pic. in there....... Well I'm NOT!!!! Oh well Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVE Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 Your getting great temps for running at 2 volts. You should try to keep the CPU at the lowest possible voltage you can get while maintaining rock solid stability. Running consistently at such a high voltage can shed some lifetime off the CPU in the long term. Your keeping it pretty cool so it shouldn't be too much of a factor. Unless you already have, run some benchmarks on your system to stress the CPU and see how stable it is. Better to have it crash during testing then when your doing something important like gaming. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
corning_d3 Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 YEAH! I ran a 24 Hour stress test with SiS Soft Sandra with the test running high priority. It never crashed! And I didn't always have cooltemps. I ran white thermal grease on an un-lapped HS. People just don't realize how much cooler a HeatSink can run being lapped and having descent Thermal grease(I use AS3). I can't remember how much the temp dropped after a few bays of burning in! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVE Posted May 7, 2003 Posted May 7, 2003 Kick . lapping and AS3 could very well drop your temps up to 10C. AS3 alone could drop up to 5, and lapping can help even more. So I'm sure all that paid off especially running at such a high voltage. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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