Standard vCore for Barton 2600+?

[AndyKH]

Hi

I've just installed my new comp, and I have noticed that the Gigabyte Easytuner (I hate it, do you know of other programs that can read voltage and temp information from a gigabyte mobo?) reads the vcore as 1.72 V. I thought that bartons were supposed to get 1.65 V to the core.... is that correct or..?

Btw, the mobo is a GA-7N400-L

I might add that I haven't overvolted it in the bios - I am able to get 2254 MHz (196x11.5) (rock solid) with these temps: 56-58 degrees idle, 69 degrees after using CPUburn for K7 cores for a long time (sys is 36-40 degrees). I'm using a ThermalTake Silent Boost with stock fan. Would you call these temps ok?

Regards
Andreas

 

[selfbuilt]

Bartons are indeed 1.65V ... but many mobos naturally overvolt. My Asus A7N8X Dlx overvolts ~0.055V (i.e. 1.65 set gives me 1.71 actual). I wouldn't worry about it, especially if you are running stable.

Your temps sound rather high to me though ... but that could just be what your mobo reports. At a similar o/c to yours, my A7N8X reports about 37-38 idle and 44-45 under peak load (sys temps 20-21), with a Vantec Aeroflow with AS5. Of course, all mobos report differently. My Asus A7V8X reports cpu temps about 7-8 degrees higher than my A7N8X (same sys temps), running with the same chip and cooler - go figure! Still, your numbers sound rather high - especially sys temps ... do you have good air flow through the case?

If so, and you are stable for long-term testing, then I wouldn't worry about. Check out some Gigabyte forums for standards for your board, though