How are my voltages and such?

[Rich3077]

I haven't overclocked anything since CPU's hit the 1 Ghz mark because I didn't feel I needed to for a while. I was more into running 2 CPU's which is standard now. I done a lot of research before buying anything and I am very pleased with the outcome, I just hope I am not overdoing any voltages or screwing up in general.

Here is my system (Huge upgrade compared to old system)

Abit P-35-E
E8400 running 400 x 9 FSB @ 3.6 Ghz
Tuniq Tower
4 x 2 gigs of GSkill PC-8000 ram (yes I know 8 gigs is an overkill)
Diamond ATI HD 3870 512 MB vid card
Corsair HX620 PS
Vista Ultimate 64 Bit


Running 100% stable for a couple of weeks now. Have ran prime 95 for a couple of hours with no problems. I haven't gotten around to memtest yet.

According to the Abit EQ program that reports temperatures my CPU never exceeds about 42C running Prime 95. I have no clue how accurate this is.

My settings are as follows:

Ram voltage is 2.1 (the specs for this ram) and is running at DDR2 800 speed.
CPU 400 FSB x 9
CPU Core Voltage 1.285
CPU VTT Voltage 1.2 (I have no clue what this setting is)
ICH = 1.5 volts
MCH = 1.29 volts
CPU GTL Relief 63% (Again I have no clue what this is)
PCI Express Frequency 100 Mhz (Should I change this?)


Do these setting seem reasonable and allow for a long machine life and good performance?

Any and all input is welcome and appreciated.

Also many thanks to everyone for all the information I have already got from this forum as well as the "Hot Deals" forum helping me to build this system.

Peace

Rich

 

[BlueWeasel]

Those voltages are fine as listed. Many of the secondary voltages (ICH, MCH, etc) can be left alone unless you push the FSB to really high levels. On my IP-35E, I have the MCH voltage set at 1.29v and I'm running at 433 FSB.

Regarding the 1.28v core voltage, is that with the offset/Vdroop included? All the Abit P35 boards have a fairly large offset/Vdroop and can be monitored using CPU-z (CPU-z should give you a lower voltage that that set in the BIOS). Honestly, though, it really doesn't matter. If 1.28v is the voltage set int the BIOS, you're still completely fine.

 

[Rich3077]

Just checked CPU-z and it reports a core voltage of 1.264. What I have set in the BIOS is 1.285.

Thanks for the reply, its nice to get info from another P35-E owner.


Peace
Rich

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: Rich3077
Just checked CPU-z and it reports a core voltage of 1.264. What I have set in the BIOS is 1.285.

Thanks for the reply, its nice to get info from another P35-E owner.


Peace
Rich

Bios voltage (minus) CPU-Z voltage under prime95 smallFFT load = vDroop

example

bios vCore = 1.50v
CPU-Z vCore under p95 smallFFT load = 1.40v

vDroop = 0.10v




someone correct me if i am wrong

 

[nerp]

Originally posted by: Rich3077
Thanks for the reply, its nice to get info from another P35-E owner.
Peace
Rich

I'm about to join you. And there are a LOT of P35-E owners on this board, so I think we're joining good company.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: nerp

Originally posted by: Rich3077
Thanks for the reply, its nice to get info from another P35-E owner.
Peace
Rich

I'm about to join you. And there are a LOT of P35-E owners on this board, so I think we're joining good company.

yep you are mines running 440x9 1.36V

 

[Tempered81]

mine ran at 450x9 1.38 bios. ip35E for 24/7. the ram had to run at 900 (it was spec'd for ddr2-800)