1.6v long-term not bad for E8400s?

[ExcaliburMM]

Originally posted by: aigomorla

I can not KILL a E2180 no matter how hard i tried. (you give too much voltages it wont boot, you try to overclock too high, it wont boot).

I had an allendale up at 1.6V and still couldnt kill it.

Really? I've got an E2140 running @ 1.38v and I was worried about that being too high. Load temp after twenty minutes or so of stress testing maxes 62-65C, which made me stop and say enough.

What kind of temps were you looking at? Clock? Or were you just upping voltage for kicks?

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: ExcaliburMM
Really? I've got an E2140 running @ 1.38v and I was worried about that being too high. Load temp after twenty minutes or so of stress testing maxes 62-65C, which made me stop and say enough.

What kind of temps were you looking at? Clock? Or were you just upping voltage for kicks?

Yeah, those E2xxx chips are real troopers.
I run mine under load 24/7, at (now) 16C away from TJmax. They keep on trucking. Haven't had a glitch for 25 days so far, testing to see if I can exceed 30 days (my past record).

 

[AzN]

I've had my E6300 at default 1.325 for 2 years @ 3.05ghz. I can hit 3.5ghz @ 1.55volts but recently I've been running it 3.36ghz @ 1.475 volts. Long as you don't over volt of .2 you should be good with air cooling. I had a celeron that worked for 6 years @ .2 over voltage until we threw in the trash because it was too slow.