Undervolting Dangerous?

[YoungChowFun]

Just curious. I have an xp2100+ tbred and the specs say 1.65 volts. However, I undervolted it to 1.575 volts. Also, I overclocked it to 1.97ghz (151*13, almost a 2400.) As of now, I have been running prime95 for about four to five hours with no errors as of yet. It seems to be pretty stable. The temps are about 3-4 degrees cooler than I was running at 1.65v (I use PcAlert 3 to monitor temps and voltage.) As if that were enough, my cheap power supply undervolts the chip a little more, staying at a constant 1.55v. Just out of curiousity, is this dangerous at all or is it okay to undervolt? Thanks again for all your replies.

 

[Killrose]

I have undervolted several AMD chips before because the drops in core temps are nice. Never had any problems. You can only extend the life of the processor IMHO which I beleive is estimated at 10years.

 

[KF]

Undervolting should not damage the CPU. It does put the CPU closer to instability if lowered too much

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

ive had my tbird 1ghz at like 1.4v for quite a while
it wont fudge anything up

 

[YoungChowFun]

Thanks. I'm going to see the lowest voltage I can hit with it being stable then. I want to keep this baby alive (unlike the 1800+ I just recently fried.) Thanks again.