1.8 Vcore on Q8200

[clarkey01]

I was on a mates PC and ran CPU-Z...I saw 1.8 vCORE ?! this must be a bug?

I went into his bios (P5K) and for the life of me I could not find the vcore option to set to manual.

This will be damaging his CPU right?

 

[yh125d]

Originally posted by: clarkey01
I was on a mates PC and ran CPU-Z...I saw 1.8 vCORE ?! this must be a bug?

I went into his bios (P5K) and for the life of me I could not find the vcore option to set to manual.

This will be damaging his CPU right?

Probably a bug, since I'd bet that'd toast the chip on boot up but it might be possible. Def lower it though if you can

 

[clarkey01]

he has high temps for stock, 50 ish

 

[masteryoda34]

Run a stress tool, if its really at 1.8 then it will definately overheat and crash unless you're cooling with LN2.

 

[clarkey01]

Is there any other Vcore reader out there ?

 

[Gillbot]

http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2268102&enterthread=y

Don't trust software readings!

 

[VirtualLarry]

My Foxconn 780G mobo reads out at around 1.8v on CPU-Z, even when I have the BIOS set to something like 1.25v. CPU-Z bug, I suppose.

 

[ilkhan]

sounds like you were looking at DDR2 (vDIMM/vRAM) readings, not vCore.

 

[clarkey01]

Originally posted by: ilkhan
sounds like you were looking at DDR2 (vDIMM/vRAM) readings, not vCore.

No this is CPU-z, I will ask him to post a screen

 

[geokilla]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2268102&enterthread=y

Don't trust software readings!

I trust the CPU-Z readings for my CPU. They're reasonable cus motherboards have vdroop and undervolt a bit and what not.

@OP. The BIOS settings to change the Vcore should be under Advanced according to Google Images.

 

[Gillbot]

Originally posted by: geokilla

Originally posted by: Gillbot
http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2268102&enterthread=y

Don't trust software readings!

I trust the CPU-Z readings for my CPU. They're reasonable cus motherboards have vdroop and undervolt a bit and what not.

@OP. The BIOS settings to change the Vcore should be under Advanced according to Google Images.

No

Measure with a DMM from the correct point on the mobo and you'll see why you should never trust software readings.

With my E8400 on my MSI, Auto voltage reports as 1.52v in CPUz but via DMM it shows as 1.052 volts.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

That's a shit ton of voltage.

It would have been a business card paperweight by now if it actually was at 1.8V. Remember this, the Q8200 is NOT that cool of a chip.

My CPU runs fairly hot with my overclock via Realtemp (best temp app out there IMO) @ idle its 48-48-52-48. Gaming load its goes to 57-58-64-58. Linx load it burns up to 68-70-73-70.

Stock clocks I idle at 45-45-48-45, gaming load @ 55-56-60-54, Linx load hits 62-62-66-64.

I used to stress out over this alot but I've reseated my fan, used several different pastes and ensured there was no residue present by cleaning everything with rubbing alcohol.

This is all in an Antec P180 and an Arctic Freezer Pro 7. The dinky stock fan had insane temps.