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- Dec 14, 2010
Well, it's that time again.
Time to see what my next CPU can do on the test bench.
Thus far, it's been interesting so say the least. I figured the VID rating at 1.35v was a bit high, so thought I'd go for 1.2v and see if I could get that stable. Turns out I can go far lower than that with the vCore, I'm down to 1.056v at the moment and it's still stable. Ran Prime95 for 3.5 hours and it didn't have a single error or warning. Also runs fairly cool, which is nice. I've been testing it for nearly two days now, and I still haven't found it's minimum voltage.
I've had a go with an E4700 once or twice in the past, but I never fully tested one. Just kind of set an overclocked speed (3.6GHz IIRC) and hoped for the best. I was kind of in a hurry at the time to get a submission in for the 2012 Team Cup, so didn't really have time for testing. I think I've got two or three E4700's though, so I'm not sure which one it was that I was using last time.
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4700
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
RAM: 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix .16FD3 Micron D9's
GPU: GTX 570
PSU: Corsair TX750
Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 G0 overclock settings
VID: 1.35v
2.6GHz (stock): 1.04v (1.0625v)
2.7GHz: 1.056v (1.0875v)
2.8GHz: 1.088v (1.1125v)
2.9GHz: 1.12v (1.15v)
3GHz: 1.152v (1.175v)
3.1GHz: 1.152-1.168v (1.1875v)
3.2GHz: 1.20v (1.225v)
3.3GHz: 1.232v (1.2625v)
3.4GHz: 1.28v (1.30v) 48°C
3.5GHz: 1.312v (1.3375v) 51°C
3.6GHz: 1.360v (1.3875v) 54°C-failed after three hours
3.7GHz: 1.392v (1.425v)
Time to see what my next CPU can do on the test bench.
Thus far, it's been interesting so say the least. I figured the VID rating at 1.35v was a bit high, so thought I'd go for 1.2v and see if I could get that stable. Turns out I can go far lower than that with the vCore, I'm down to 1.056v at the moment and it's still stable. Ran Prime95 for 3.5 hours and it didn't have a single error or warning. Also runs fairly cool, which is nice. I've been testing it for nearly two days now, and I still haven't found it's minimum voltage.
I've had a go with an E4700 once or twice in the past, but I never fully tested one. Just kind of set an overclocked speed (3.6GHz IIRC) and hoped for the best. I was kind of in a hurry at the time to get a submission in for the 2012 Team Cup, so didn't really have time for testing. I think I've got two or three E4700's though, so I'm not sure which one it was that I was using last time.
CPU: Core 2 Duo E4700
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
RAM: 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix .16FD3 Micron D9's
GPU: GTX 570
PSU: Corsair TX750
Intel Core 2 Duo E4700 G0 overclock settings
VID: 1.35v
2.6GHz (stock): 1.04v (1.0625v)
2.7GHz: 1.056v (1.0875v)
2.8GHz: 1.088v (1.1125v)
2.9GHz: 1.12v (1.15v)
3GHz: 1.152v (1.175v)
3.1GHz: 1.152-1.168v (1.1875v)
3.2GHz: 1.20v (1.225v)
3.3GHz: 1.232v (1.2625v)
3.4GHz: 1.28v (1.30v) 48°C
3.5GHz: 1.312v (1.3375v) 51°C
3.6GHz: 1.360v (1.3875v) 54°C-failed after three hours
3.7GHz: 1.392v (1.425v)
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