OC'in quest-voltages

[xnewnx]

Well, so goes the story, i've been messing around with my 3.0E and i've faceplanted into a wall at 3.75 (250 fsb) , and im thinking right now. i've got my xp-120 so im not getting a whole lot better cooling then that without going into water.
to cut a long story short, im at stock volts (which i believe is 1.33....) and it crossed my mind "hey, i cant wish for the world with minimal work/risk" so raises the question, if i upedd it to 1.4 or so maybe 1.45 do you think i could hit a bit higher? if im lucky, maybe 3.9ish?
my temps arent horrid at about 45 idle (still checking load) anyways
thanks in advanced

 

[batboy]

Definitely try 1.4v and see what happens. Going higher than that... like 1.45v... depends on your temps.

 

[beau_zo_brehm]

Anything under 1.5 vcore with stable temperatures (under load) should be fine. If your lucky, 4ghz is deffinetly within reach.

 

[xnewnx]

Thanks for the replies
well, apparently my temps werent quite as good as i thought they were, Idle about 45 and Load about 60 (at 3.67). not *extremely* bad, but definatly in need of improvment. ill try 1.4 right now, and if it messes with my temps too bad, ill back it down
ill get back to you

 

[xnewnx]

well then, just did a few different set ups and i tried raising the vcore to 1.38 instead of 1.36 and it booted up stable and into windows with an idle temp of about 46.5-47, and when i went to prime it, it only went for a couple minutes reaching up to 58 degrees before it froze
apparently not stable enough, ill try 1.41 after i get some better cooling (side case 120 and 120 blowhole)
like many i've a quest for 4Ghz and im pretty sure ill get there, just with a little bit of work.

 

[warlock110]

that's one fast computer, lol, the FSB on that thing is way past intel stock haha, if you bench that against a P4 at the same speed, you'll smoke it for sure.

 

[xnewnx]

heh yeah thanks, id be interested to see what a stock 3.6 p4 does against my set up, ill look around and see what i can get. just wait till i hit 4Ghz, ill be rolling in it.
....whatever 'it' may be.....

 

[batboy]

If you can hit 3.8 gig, I can benchmark my 3.8 at default speed for comparison. A 3.0E at 3.8 is indeed a performer. How high will your RAM go at 1:1? You might need to drop down to 5:4 if you go too much higher.

 

[xnewnx]

well right now, my ram will go up to 250 on 1:1 and then my cpu gets a bit unstable as we already know, so im not sure how high max it'll get, i've messed around wiht 5:4 a bit, ill get back to you when i reach 3.8
thanks