Northwood Safe Voltage

[debovenk2002]

I have a Pentium 2.4B and am looking for a safe voltage for 3Ghz.
Whats is the Maximum voltage you would run a Northwood at?


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[Manual Shutdown]

The general consensus is that you shouldn't push past 1.7V. You can go for 1.75V but then you increase the risk of bad things happening.

 

[DumpALump]

mine runs at 1.75 for about 4-5 months now. Usually the more cooling you have the higher the voltage you can run.

 

[LandShark]

i had a 1.6a died after 3 months of 24/7 SETI at 1.775v.

 

[debovenk2002]

K I think I will go to 1.65 and if that gets me to 3Ghz then I will be happy.

 

[oRIDDLERo]

i have seen more then one p4 chip fail at over 1.75 even when they were always cooled to subzero temps

 

[debovenk2002]

I think I will push it to 1.65 volts thats .15 exta volts over the 1.5 standard. And will see what we get.

 

[ItzGenX]

i have seen more then one p4 chip fail at over 1.75 even when they were always cooled to subzero temps

Keep in mind that the processors not only have a Max running temp, but they also have a minimum running temp also. Check out the datasheets on the processors and you will see. I think the lowest temp recommended for a P4 is 5C. For those who don't know what 5C is 5*1.8+32 = 41F.

 

[asw7576]

I prefer 1.65 - 1.70V MAX.

Intel datasheet said 1.75V and 69C MAX.

 

[p0b0y]

I think the voltage issue is overrated. I ran my [email protected]/1.85 for 6 months without any whacky issues. Hell, if youre going to overclock, dont let "this" get in your way, crank it up!

 

[CyberFed]

i disagree alot of people who run the chips at 1.7vcore and higher end up nuking the chips within a yr of o/cing, seems from what i've gathered many people doing the vmod end up frying the chips after awhile, could be a fluke, but i dunno, i wouldnt push the vcore higher than 1.6 volts, but thats just me

 

[debovenk2002]

Has any one blown a Northwood Pentium 4 at 1.6 volts

 

[batboy]

I haven't heard of anyone frying a Northy at 1.7v or less. I have heard of many fried Northies from 1.8v or more, when ran over an extended period of time. Generally, the better the cooling, the more voltage you can get away with. The question is, (spoken in my best Clint Eastwood voice) "Do ya feel lucky, punk?"

 

[Estra]

1,65V will do just fine...

 

[TASOS]

I will agree with most of the previous posts.
Just stay up to 1.70vc

 

[skou]

All right, everybody with an Abit board, is that voltage set in bios, or voltage read on mbm? On most Abit boards there is a 0.05 to 0.1 volt difference. Which one should be the max?

steve

 

[CyberFed]

hey is there a v-pin mod for 1.6 vcore? and 1.65 vcore?