Good voltage for X2?

[imported_Technomancer]

CPU-Z reports the voltage of my X2 to be 1.296, is this a good voltage?

 

[Vegitto]

I believe it should be 1.3V, so, yeah, this is pretty close. Your board undervolts it a little bit, but that doesn't really matter.

 

[imported_Starman]

It should be between 1.35 and 1.4v. However, don't trust software readers because they are often terribly inaccurate. To get the "true" numbers you'll need to test it with a voltmeter. Radio shack can help you out in that department :thumbsup:

 

[Duvie]

most boards undervolt so about .05v undervolting is not bad.....

I also heard the target vcore was 1.35 to 1.4v.....This is 2 90nm cores that normally are 1.35-1.4v as venices or san diego cores so I dont see why it would be lower...Usually lower only comes with die shrinkage...

 

[MDE]

That's pretty low, it should be 1.35-1.4V as others have said.

 

[imported_Technomancer]

Ok well my PSU also seems to have undervolted rails but they're within about 3% or so. Try finding a voltmeter soon...

 

[imported_Starman]

I would also be curious if those voltages were even stable. Asus has a bad reputation for making boards that produce undesirable voltage fluctuations, although I'm not sure about your particular model. It's just something to keep an eye out for.

 

[theMan]

its probably just the software volt monitor. mbm5 lists my 12v at 17v, and speedfan lists my vcore .1 lower than it actually is. and asus probe does that too. what is it set at in the bios?

 

[Capt Caveman]

fyi - my X2 4400+ at stock speed and voltage set to auto runs 1.3125v. Playing around, I've been able to set the voltage to 1.3v and currently 1.2875v w/out issue.

 

[Amaroque]

Originally posted by: Starman
I would also be curious if those voltages were even stable. Asus has a bad reputation for making boards that produce undesirable voltage fluctuations, although I'm not sure about your particular model. It's just something to keep an eye out for.

Care to back that up? Post a few credible links to your ASUS, and voltage fluctuations problem? Or I should say, history of problems.

ASUS makes some of the most stable motherboards available. ASUS also has the highest quality voltage regulators on board (compared to most other brands). Or are you just ASUS bashing? :frown:

 

[leexgx]

@Amaroque
nice pc set up (asus 🙂 i see no bashing with asus there )