XP 1800+ and vcore...how much is too much??

[Mr B]

What's the general "rule of thumb" when raising the vcore on these?? I know with the intels, a 15% bump is about as far as you want to go, safely. More is possible, but only with extremely good cooling.

Does this hold true with the XP, or is there a different number/percent to go by??

Default is 1.75v. Adding 15% to that gives 2.0v. Is this a valid setting (with good cooling, as mentioned), or is this too high? I'm running a Millennium Galciator right now. I'm not 100% sure of my cpu temps. The mobo monitoring program (on the driver disk that came with it) shows one temp, Sandra shows another, and the BIOS shows a different one than both of those. They range at idle from 37c to 41c. That seems awfully high to me. Is it?

TIA!! :D

[Sonny]

Arent the XPs suppose to run at 1.65V?

[Mr B]

I've got everything in the BIOS set to "auto" (default). Sandra, and the mobo's monitoring program both show 1.75 (1.78 to be exact).

**On a good note...as I just double checked that....Sandra shows me idling at 34.5c...the mobo shows 39c. Down a bit from a few minutes ago. :) **

[JAWS]

I've run up to 2.08-2.09, and everything was stable. That just seems to be a big jump. (default-to- 2.0) I wouldn't worry about anything though, you have very good cooling! Your temps seem to be in reason. When I had my KT7A, I increased it by .025 to get my system stable! (1.775-to-2.08)

[Mr B]

Originally posted by JAWS
I've run up to 2.08-2.09, and everything was stable. That just seems to be a big jump. (default-to- 2.0) I wouldn't worry about anything though, you have very good cooling! Your temps seem to be in reason. When I had my KT7A, I increased it by .025 to get my system stable! (1.775-to-2.08)

So, 1.95v is definitely ok? At these temps?

(I really, REALLY, don't wanna fry this puppy....lol)

[JAWS]

Absolutely! At 1.95, you have nothing to worry about. Can you adjust your vcore through your bios?

[Mr B]

Originally posted by JAWS
Absolutely! At 1.95, you have nothing to worry about. Can you adjust your vcore through your bios?

I just checked. Max is 1.85v on this board...:(

I think my ceiling on this mobo is gonna be about 1700 to 1725MHz. Thats what I've gotten so far that seems stable.

[JAWS]

Originally posted by Mr B


I just checked. Max is 1.85v on this board...:(

I think my ceiling on this mobo is gonna be about 1700 to 1725MHz. Thats what I've gotten so far that seems stable.

Same thing with most mobo's, I guess. My next mobo will definitely be one that will run past 1.85. Sometimes you just need the extra volts.

[Kendan]

Mr. B why don't you burn that new chip in with Folding@Home. It will also let you know if you are stable.

[el]

I believe a voltmod is possible with the MSI mobo but I don't remember where I saw it if you really need the volt mod I will try and find it. I am sure with all the winners out there somebody is going to do a nice article. did you unlock it? no! then why not 12x148 is higher than 11.5x148!!! 12x150 would be so sweet!!!

[Mr B]

Originally posted by el
I believe a voltmod is possible with the MSI mobo but I don't remember where I saw it if you really need the volt mod I will try and find it. I am sure with all the winners out there somebody is going to do a nice article. did you unlock it? no! then why not 12x148 is higher than 11.5x148!!! 12x150 would be so sweet!!!

I haven't touched the L1's yet...I'm still a bit light in the "testicular" department yet...lol I'm waiting to hear of the idiotproof way of going about it.

I'm basically waiting to read of a substance that I can use to "fill" the trench, and make life a bit easier....

12x150.....*sigh* I don't know if I'll get that on air. Water, maybe, with a pelt, likely. I think I might get 11.5x150 on air, with a bit more burning in.

But then, this is exactly why I bought this full tower case a couple of months ago...:D Room for a water rig, or 2nd PSU for a peltier setup...