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Safe voltage range for a Barton?

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If you did a search youd find thier are like 10,000 threads talking about this question.

Thier really is no Safe voltage but goingfrom AMD's charts they claim the Barton (Desktop version) safe Maximum voltage is 2.1v for certain steppings.

I use 2v for everyday usageon mine, but i have watercooling, i wouldnt go above 1.95v on Air.
 
yeah I wouldn't go over 2.0 volts in any case but this does not mean that everyone could use 2.0 safely. Temps are also very important, you can only add more voltage (still not over 2.0) if your temps are ok (less than 55c load max). If temps are high, don't add voltage or you WILL kill the chip and possibly the mobo too.
 
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