Overclocking P3 700 on BE6-2

[8602081]

I have my P3 700 overclocked to 933 at 1.9 voltage..
I am checking the temperature all the time and have it running for a while..
The case is Antec 1030B with 4 fans..
I made sure that there is good air circulation in the case..
It seems that the temperature is only around 40c after I played Q3 for about an hour..
doesn't seem to go up..


Is it safe to run at this voltage?
Anyone else doing it at 1.9 voltage?

 

[Wolfman35]

I've done several at 1.9V and "Short Term" had no problems. As Long as you keep the temps down ... Voltage is just a number (the pressure it takes to push the electrons thru the gates). It does increase the Electro-migration (breakdown) of the CPU but who keeps a CPU for 10 years anyway??? My Slot 1 700 w/Alpha P3125 runs at 34C idle and 41-42C under heavy UT at 1.9V and I have run it at 2.0V/1050 with only a 2-3C increase in temps. I start worrying at 46+. Many "Stock Clocked/Stock Voltage" chips run at 40-45C under load ... 24/7/365.

 

[snow patrol]

I'd be nervous going above 1.9Volts personally..

 

[1970]

Hi.

I have run my P3 700 at 2,05V 915Mhz about 14 days now with Golden orb i dont think it is
safe but i have also tried 2,2V without any problems.

The max temp is 45C under heavy load.

 

[Syborg1211]

OMG!!! 2.2 VOLTS!!! OMG!!! I was afraid of going 1.85 volts for a while. 1.9 has been safe. I do have an ALPHA PEP66 with a Delta 38cfm though, also with Arctic Silver. It may have been expensive but the cost was worth the speed. The thing is that I am not sure if the BE6-2 has a good temp monitoring system because I get little to no difference in temp between 700 and 1ghz and fan or no fan. I have lost trust with my temp readings on my be6-2. But that just may be me. I have been through 2 be6-2 motherboards and both read my old p3 550 at 99 degrees C! And even if I didn't have a dual fan heatsink on there, I doubt any cpu could run at that amount of heat.

 

[Poof]

I was afraid of going up to 1.8V when I OC'd my 600 to 800 to get it to POST. Then I realized the problem was with trying to run my Mushkin CAS3 at CAS2 at that bus speed (it ran CAS2 fine @700). Once I switched the memory back down to CAS3, I was able to POST and test and do gaming and stuff just fine, even after dropping the voltage back down to default (1.65V).

And yeah... that CPU temp probe reading is a bit bizarre although before using Arctic Silver, it was reporting temps in the 42C range at idle (this is with a GlobalWIN and its thermal pad). After applying the AS, it registered about 32C at idle, maybe 36C at full load. I know that the PIIIs are supposed to have on-board thermistors to give readings through one of the CPU leads, but how well these mobos interpret these readings is unclear.

I briefly had that extra temp probe that comes with the BE6-2s, plugged in and positioned near the core and was getting like 31C (before the AS application), but then I wanted what I had hoped was a more accurate reading. After messing with it to try to get it closer to the core, it ended up jammed under the HS (and most likely melted), thus it's dead.

I do want to get a supplemental thermistor in there now the the AS is on, just so I can feel secure...

 

[Syborg1211]

Most f not all new motherboards can read cpu temps accurately, but it doesn't seem like the be6-2 does sinc eit has been in the making for about a year now.