Am I safe?

[Crescent13]

too much voltage? I got a 0550 UMPW and for some reason it is very stubborn. It needs alot of voltage, and so far I have it stable at 2.57GHz with 1.6V. Should I lower my voltage and clock speed, or can I leave it like this?

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: Crescent13
too much voltage? I got a 0550 UMPW and for some reason it is very stubborn. It needs alot of voltage, and so far I have it stable at 2.57GHz with 1.6V. Should I lower my voltage and clock speed, or can I leave it like this?

My voltage is at 1.725 for my Venice core........and as far as i know Opterons have better core qualities, so yes id say your fine


Granted, the fact that your cpu didnt fry on bootup shows that it can handle 1.6v

 

[Crescent13]

Thanks . I decided the extra 40mhz wasn't worth the extra 0.080 volts, so I think i'll leave it at 2520MHz with 1.520v. only 80MHz slower than an FX-60 W00T!

 

[TSS]

personally i'd go for the 2500, i like round numbers

1.6V is pretty high even for a opteron... the absolute max i'd feel secure with on air cooling. preferably 1.55 volts or less (so you made the right choice with going back to 2520). that 1.725 volts is pretty dang high jesus, whatcha using, water?

it is still not a bad OC by any chips's standards. afterall, you have gotten ~100mhz more then a 575 dollar chip (x2 4800+).

 

[TrevorRC]

I'd never go anywhere near that high unless I'm running water (which I am).

Still, I prefer to keep chips in the 1.5's, keeps the longevity up.

Only time I hit 1.6+ is when I'm doing some crazy benching or screenshots; NEVER 24/7 stuff.

 

[TecHNooB]

Below 1.55v plz. You must be forgetting some bios settings. Opterons can do better than that...

 

[allies]

Keep in mind that this is an Opteron 165, dual core, meaning that is it would be advised to keep volts lower than single core Opterons/A64s. I do agree with TecHNooB though, and you must be doing something wrong. My X2 (early stepping) is running 2.5 GHz @ 1.38 volts.

 

[BigCoolJesus]

Originally posted by: TSS
that 1.725 volts is pretty dang high jesus, whatcha using, water?

Nope, nothing fancy, just a Thermalright XP-90C with a Panaflo 92mm hooked up on a fan controller.


I have a Athlon 64 3500+ running at 2.7GHz with 1.725Vcore.
Temps at idle are 31C and 43C at load (it has been known to go up to 45C on very extreme conditions, but only in the summer time heat)



O, and i failed Prime95 after 1 and a half hours, but despite everyone saying my system was unstable, ive gone 7 months without a single hang-up, freeze up or core meltdown.
But i thought Prime95 was suppose to predict hardware instability?

O well

 

[Unkno]

for dual cores, if you want a longer lifespan, keep it near 1.45V, anything around 1.51V should be the max unless you are willing to spend money on cpu every year or two