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Effect of raising Core Voltage to hit 1.6??

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So I finally was able to find time to tweak my 1.4 GHz Athlon T-Bird. I had purchased it to hit 1.6 but due to a weak fan, I was not able to do so. So I finally got a delta on an SK6 setup, and trying it I was able to hit 1.53 very easily on the default voltage. So I tried 1.6 without upping the voltage, and it was a no go. So I raised the voltage by .1 to 1.95 V, and it still wasn't stable. Blue screen after booting up. So finally I upped it again by .1 and I am currently at 2.05 V which is .2 above the default. My Epox 8K7A+ runs high. I have looped Quake 3 Demo for about 15 minutes and so far it is rock solid. The temperature at full load has drastically increased from when the CPU was at 1.53. It is running at 123 degrees at full load now. So my question is this.

1) What adverse effect will my system have with running the Core at 2.05 V? Is this still reasonable?

2) What other options do I have in achieving this speed? I have simple upped the multiplier to 12 with the BUS at 133.

3) The pros and cons of keeping my system at this speed and voltage. Is the temperature still reasonable? The fan that I am using is the one that is shipped with the Volcano 5. I have read somewhere that it is a black label Delta. It is spitting out 7500 RPMs currently.

I appreciate your responses. Thanks.

The stepping is AYHJA. Not a "Y" stepping. It is a more current stepping than that even.
 
I don't think there is any adverse effect of running at 2.05v. If the system is stable, then you are fine. My Tbird 1.4@1.47 runs in the 125-130 range under full load and the system is very stable. I only have a little 20CFM fan on it because i can't stand loud systems. Have you tried any voltage between 1.95 and 2.05? Maybe 1.975, 2, or 2.025? You can always see if you can come down a little.

I think you would gain sum performance by overclocking the front side bus speed also. You would probably get better overall system performance at 150 x 10.5=1575 or 155 x 10?. Bus overclocking garners much performance with Athlon chipsets.
 
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