Quick/easy question on CPU core voltage

[supastar1568]

Hey all.

I'm in the process of overclocking my chip/memory and have a quick question. I have begun my process by eliminating my memory during testing by downclocking it to 5-6-6-16 at 846 (its rated at 5-5-5-15, 1066).

My question is, I can be stable at a core voltage of 1.3375 volts, with no additional voltage to the FSB or northbridge. e8400 at 3.8Ghz with memory downclocked.

Once I clock my memory to its default settings, I'm assuming I will probably fail my stress tests untill I up my voltages.

My question is, can I now take the CPU core voltage of 1.3375 volts out of the equation, and just concentrate on upping the MCH and FSB voltages? In other words, can I now leave my 1.3375 CPU voltage fixed (since I know it is stable at this speed) and focus on the northbridge and FSB voltages to complete the stability of the memory.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Once the FSB is where you want it and the CPU is stable vcore doesn't have to be touched. Now you can play with the memory till you get what you want from it.

 

[supastar1568]

ok, makes sense. So it sounds like when I am playing with my memory, and start to fail stability tests I just need to worry about upping my MCH and FSB voltages a bit, and leave the core voltage fixed.


But what if there was the case where my CPU was stable at a certain core voltage, but in combination with an additional MCH and FSB voltage. Then, when I went to increase my memory speed to stock, would I still no longer have to worry about core voltage?


Think I'm overthinking this...