Save Vcore for an E7400?

[bananapeel42]

I'm looking to push my E7400 to 3.4 - 3.6 GHZ. What is the highest Vcore you'd want to use on a new Wolfdale chip?

 

[edplayer]

I would prefer to stick really close to stock. Others feel OK with 1.4~1.45 range. Some have theirs over 1.5V

I think Intel recommends 1.36 and under

You can likely get 3.6GHz with 1.3V and under and 3.4 with stock voltage (or slightly higher)

 

[angry hampster]

As high as it can go without getting too hot.

 

[bananapeel42]

is 60 C a safe cutoff?

i have it at 3.4ghz right now and it's in the mid 50's about 10 minutes into Prime95 and this is stock vcore, stock cooler, not much extra coolings...

 

[edplayer]

that's very safe

Way below what Intel recommends. Don't worry about it

 

[bananapeel42]

I guess I'll be happy with 3.4ghz for now, I could go for higher but I don't know if there will be enough performance gain to justify it (Crysis, etc)

 

[betasub]

"Save Vcore"?

From the thread title, I thought this was about running the new stepping at ultra-low voltage.

 

[chuckm]

What motherboard are you using? I've got mine up to 1.4v in bios and have got to 3.8GHz.
I'll run at 3.6 for 24/7, it was easy with my board.