Better stability at lower voltages?

[Mr.Radar]

I've just started to experiement with my system and I've noticed that it fails much more quickly in Prime95 if I set the VCORE or VDIMM higher. Is this a weird fluke? Should I try undervolting my CPU for more stability?

[GM1010]

Maybe you are running hot and very close to the edge of stability, then upping the voltage makes more heat and makes it fail? What are your temps?

[Mr.Radar]

CPU: 34C Idle (OC'ed), 41C P95 Load (OC'ed)
System: 18C Idle, 22C Load

Reported by SpeedFan and verified with BIOS.

[GM1010]

Guess not. That's really a strange problem.

[Ebola]

Not really. I run my processors at 1.55 V and they are supposed to be at 1.75 V. Been running this way for quite some time without any problems.

[GM1010]

Originally posted by Ebola
Not really. I run my processors at 1.55 V and they are supposed to be at 1.75 V. Been running this way for quite some time without any problems.

Are they overclocked?

[Ebola]

Not currently but I can run them just as stable at that voltage overclocked.

[LiGhTBoY]

My palomino fails just after logging into windows @1.63Ghz with the voltage set to max (it's watercooled, so temp is not an issue) and has run perfectly for a month at its default voltage...go figure.