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conroe 6600 voltage thoughts

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MXtra

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i got a conroe 6600 on an asus p5w dh board. i was wondering why everyone is using so much voltage when overclocking. i first oc'ed the cpu up to 2.88 @1.3375 vcore and it passed orthos for 10 hours. no other stability tests done. then i bumped up the voltage another step up to 1.350 and oc'ed the cpu to 3.2. i'm in the middle of running orhos now for two hours without a problem and i've been browsing the net while doing it. is my computer likely unstable and i just don't realize it yet or am i just the lucky one? i will do orthos for 12 hours and probably memtest for another 12 to be sure it's ok. if it does turn out alright, i might have a cpu like the one anand reviewed.
 
Most of them are giving their processors so much voltage, because that's what's required for their processors to hit whatever speed they're trying to hit, and still be stable. I personally think that anything much over 3 Ghz is a waste, with a C2D. They're fast to begin with.
 
Whenever I finally build a C2D system, I'll run it at whatever it will run on stock voltage. But, feel free to give yours more voltage; it's your processor.
 
Originally posted by: MXtra
orthos failed after 6 hours. guess i'm not the lucky one.
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I got mine stable at 3.2ghz with only 1.3625 volts via bios. So if your failing at 1.35 i suggest you just up it one notch to 1.3625 and you will find it stable.

Good luck
 
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