safe oc need some opinions

loksta

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Aug 21, 2009
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system spec
core i7 920 D0 stepping
oced to 3.5ghz stock cooling
cpu voltage is at 1.25v set in bios everest shows it as 1.207v
ram- mushkin ddr1600 9-9-9-24 set at 1.6v 6gbz
the uncore is at 16
and the mem multi is at 8
i believe the qpi v is set to 1.3v
intel dx58so smackover mobo
xfx ati 5870 1gb @ 900/1210

my temps idle @ 51-53C it went up to 57C while doing 3dmark06

i did run prime95 but temps were hitting up to 90C didnt fail but i was worried so i stopped after 15 min

i am wondering if my temps dont go past 65C while gaming am i safe to leave it
any advice is appriciated
my first oc with i7 so i am still new to this.
 

GLeeM

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Apr 2, 2004
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You are safe.

You should be able to keep it stable at even lower cpu voltage - see how low you can go.
It will lower temps too.
 

DrPizza

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hey i got one more question if u got time
i am a little bit confused about the ram
the uncore multi and the mem core
i have ddr1600 ram , i did up the voltage to 1.6
and changed the timings to 9-9-9-24 but when i check cpu-z still doesnt show it running as ddr1600

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