When OCing what voltage do you run your NB at??

extremecorvette

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• Apr 11, 2004

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When OCing what voltage do you run your NB at?? I did the vmod and I'm setting at 1.753volts, What do you run yours at when OCing?

 

jlin453

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• Apr 12, 2004

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currently it's at the highest bios setting. I've done the VDD mod (about 40 ohms = .2 V ) but couldn't go any higher on the fsb. I think I'll be doing the vdimm mod next. I also have a socket A heatsink on the NB with a 60mm fan on it.

 

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• Apr 12, 2004

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extremecorvette said:

When OCing what voltage do you run your NB at?? I did the vmod and I'm setting at 1.753volts, What do you run yours at when OCing?

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To be honest i have never needed to change my Northbridge voltage because im not really pushing my computer at all
I have an XP-M2500+ @ 2506mhz 1.875Vcore and 2x512 in dual channel PC3200 @ 11/3/3/3.0 but at only 200FSB so i
would imagine raising the northbridge for my setup wouldnt improve anything at all ...

If your having problems with an overclock then i would try a higher voltage to see if it sorts itself out
but i wouldnt go too high if you havent got some better cooling on that northbridge because my northbridge
gets pretty hot at standard voltage so with a few more volts through it i would imagine it would get very hot
and possably cause some serious damage .

Try a few different settings with your overclock and try a few benchmarks to test for stability ext
and if your after i high fbs then my experience is you need a little extra northbridge voltage to help a bit anyway
but if it turns out you dont need the extra voltage dont use it ...

 

blackjackel

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• Apr 12, 2004

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highest in bios for me, plus the vdimm mod.... right now im running at 2 volts but thats with a copper heatpipe CPU HSF on top of it to keep it super-cool =)

i woldnt recommend to anyone running 2v unless they got some good cooling

 

Sentential

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• Apr 12, 2004

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Meh NB is lukewarm at any voltage.

I use 1.7v for shiggles and giggles @ 232mhz. I might do the vdd mod eventually