safe voltage for OCing 1.8A Northwood?

[nikko]

I've got mine running at 2.4 ghz. It was locking up in 3D accerlated games at 1.575v, so I upped the voltage to 1.6v. Is this still within what's considered a safe zone? And just out of curiosity, what's is generally accepted to be the highest safe voltage for one of these CPUs? Thanks.

 

[MadTom]

Your voltage is still OK, as long as it is the reported voltage in MBM; and not the set voltage in BIOS.

Northwoods feel fine up to 1.7V with air-cooling (real, not in BIOS - this is important since some boards are overvolting - ASUS is the best example for that).

 

[nikko]

What is MBM? Motherboard Monitor? Thanks.