Why is my vid way too high?

[One Bull]

Hey people
I recently got my Xeon 3060 (e6600 but then picked) and was a bit disapointed by it's vid. It was well in the 1.3 (I think 1.32V if I recall correctly). The lower vid of the xeons was the main factor in my choice for this cpu. Anyway after a few weeks at stock I decided to look if it was stable at a lower Vcore. I was astounded, the only vcore where I didn't get 24hours Orthos stable was the lowest setting on my board, 1.1000V!

So I was just wondering: Why is the vid of my xeon 3060 1.3something if it's actually 24 hour orthos stable at 1.1125V?

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Some ppl put alot of stock in the Stock Vids I dont at all 2 manny times i have seen higher vid cpus oc farther than the low ones

[One Bull]

Yeah I know, it's mostly a luck thing. But that doesn't answer why intel sets the vid 0.2V higher then is necessary

[sofarfrome]

0.2V higher may be necessary to ensure that chip will run at the 2.4GHz stock speed 24/7. Server boards are not intended for OCing so the board will detect what the vcore needs to be set at. Intel feels that one needs to run at a higher vcore. Itis programmed into the chip for that reason.

My Xeon 3060 has a vid of 1.2750 whereas my E6600 has a vid of 1.100. But both will run 3.71GHz at 1.40vcore dialed into the bios.