Vcore. what is too high?

i am not overclocked (i know, i am a chicken!) but my Vcore runs at 1.82 V. is that too high? shoudln't it be 1.75 or something like that? the reading is off of hardware doctor

That Vcore is fine, not even close to being dangerous,
especially since you have a half decent HSF.

may this article will help you out.

To a point, voltage safety is related to heat as much as anything else- if your cpu temp is good, then the voltage is fine.

This holds true for minor voltage increases too: if you need to go from 1.75 to 1.85 to maintain stability, and your cpu temp (at 1.85) is 45c, then you a good to go

On the other side of the coin, if your cpu temp is 65c, and voltage is 1.75, your chip is in danger, and LOWERING voltage/speed is called for!

Voltage influences temps a lot.
By itself, with good temps, voltage doesn't really start to get dangerous until you hit 2v with AMD XP/TBird chips.

My rule of thumb is if you smell smoke the voltage is too high. Also voltage is relevant to how much youlike your CPU. My p3 700, ran as high as 2.4v while burning in! Unfortunately the highest Ican get so far withmy AMD boards is 1.9v with my KK266. Once I voltmod I will likely go past 2v on a regular basis

BTW rogerdugans hit it on the nose. Voltage reflects temps or viceversa. More heat, less voltage...

well i looked and 1.85 is my default setting. thanks for the info.

VCore

My default was at 1.75 then I raised it to 1.85

MBM5 reports my vcore at 1.89 volts, even though it is set to 1.8 in my bios.I'm not worried though....its stable, and its water cooled......good enough