30-cap voltage question, future poll?

[veryhumid]

I know there is a lot of debate about safe long-term voltages for the northwoods. mine came 1.475 stock which took me all the way to 236 1:1. But can't get my folding@home application to run right at 1.6V, 250 fsb 1:1. It still sends back work units early sometimes, which is bad. I want to try higher but I am obviously nervous about it. I can get up to 242 at 1.525 stable with no problems, but it takes all the way to 1.6 to get 250 1:1 stable. Think i can go higher? So:

Is 10% increase over stock a good rule to still be safe? 10% over my stock voltage would give me 1.625 volts.

What are you guys with 30-cap cpus running for voltage? How long have you been running them there?

Is anyone interested in a poll for "safe northwood voltages"? People could post what they think is a safe voltage for long-term use, and then post what kind of cooling this voltage could be safe with.

Thanks a lot for your help!

[Jiggahurtz]

Hmm from my reading it looks like 1.65v is the safe limit for a northwood. You look like you have cooling that would be able to handle this heat.

[batboy]

I have personally used 1.625v for long term usage with no ill effects. I use 1.65v as my max for long term on Northwoods. Some people claim 1.7v or even higher, but I have seen degradation over time at vcores above 1.7v. The general rule of thumb with Intel processors is up to 10% above default voltage is safe with decent cooling.

[veryhumid]

okay, great 10% gives me one more notch from where I was before. Hopefully this will do the trick.