anyone ever play with CPU termination voltage?

[zanejohnson]

i recently added a 3rd drive to my raid:0 array, and when i did, i lost stability of my overclock, which was 3.6GHz, i had to go all the way down to 3499MHz, it just like hit a wall there, no matter how many volts i gave it, no matter what mem timings i tried, nothing... i had always left "CPU termination voltage" at it's default setting of 1.3v, so just for the hell of it i raised it one notch up to 1.35V, and wholla! the wall was gone, im now running 3666MHz, and i think i can go even higher, but i dont wanna raise the term. voltage, or VCORE any higher....

so anyone out there who's just hit a "wall" play with that setting, it might just pay off.

 

[aigomorla]

FSB Term is very important on quads. :T

usually one of the things i recomend tweeking on failed overclocks. However if you pump it up too high, you will stress the board and chip. :T

 

[devilchrist]

doesn't help my E6750 any.. may be it's just my board.. bur raising it does nothing for my stability.

I'm using MSI platinum board..

 

[Cheesetogo]

I don't think you're at risk for this (they had it way higher), but watch out - fried QX960

 

[bryanW1995]

that was on a 45nm quad. the 65nm parts don't seem to be as sensitive to voltage increases.