Anyone know the max safe cpu voltage for E6400

[EvilSponge]

Hello all,

Does anyone here know the mx safe cpu voltage that can be applied to an E6400?
Thanks in advance for the help

-Eric

 

[cmdrdredd]

I've seen people running 1.55 on air (through BIOS)

 

[thilanliyan]

I wouldn't go above 1.5v and that's with with proper cooling.

Temps. skyrocket even if you up the voltage a bit.

 

[MADMAX23]

Yeah, I agree with Thilan29, don't go further than 1.5v in Windows.

 

[theteamaqua]

i say all intel board has vdroop especially Asus boards, so if u set 1.55v in bios, ur prolyl geting 1.52v in windows and 1.5v full load (i had GA-965-DS3 and P5W DH they have same droop)


badaxe is prolly the least vdroop boards(exclude server boards like P5WDG or P5W 64 i heard those r good) i set 1.55v in bios and getting 1.536v idle and 1.524v load, but i dont think vdroop really maters that much unlesss u actually load both cores 100% for a long time, which is a problem if u actually do that cuz if ur cpu is not gettign enough vcore it just reboots, but i use my comp for gaming and when i set 1.55v i never got above 47c according to coretemp.

also for temp reporting Gigabyte = Asus reports < Coretemp = Badaxe, for some reason i get low temps on GA-965-DS3 and P5W DH according to their asusprobe and gigabyte

now back to ur question, i dont think u should go over 1.5v idle but then again no one can prove that hes cpu died b/c of actual vcore 1.6v ...

 

[EvilSponge]

Thanks guys I'm stuck at 3.2ghz I can go higher with more vcore but the temps start getting out off hand quickly as it is now running 41c idle and 53c loaded btw comrdred were have the same specs except I'm running my mem timings at 4-4-4-12


-Eric

 

[myocardia]

Originally posted by: EvilSponge
Thanks guys I'm stuck at 3.2ghz I can go higher with more vcore but the temps start getting out off hand quickly as it is now running 41c idle and 53c loaded btw comrdred were have the same specs except I'm running my mem timings at 4-4-4-12

-Eric

In case you were wondering, 3.2 Ghz is the sweet spot* for most E6400's.




*This means the highest overclock that's stable, with the lowest vcore. More can be had, but it requires too much extra vcore.