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Upping the voltage a good idea?

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oconnect

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I have an Athlon 2700+. Stock it runs at 2.1 ghz @ 166 fsb. I had it overclocked to 2.3 ghz 200mhz fsb. I was very pleased with the performance. It ran stable for 24 hours. I did a variety of tasks to browsing the internet, image editing, gaming, mp3 encoding. All of which ran without errors. But while I was playing NFS Underground, my computer restarted. I didn't want to up my voltage & risk frying my cpu. I currently have the voltage set at 1.725 & I lowered the multiplier to 200x11 (2.2 ghz). I runs perfectly stable for going on 36 hours now.

My question is this; is it safe to up the voltage? I have a lot of cooling in my computer. A total of 6 case fans running along with a super sized fan.
 
Upping the voltage will bring stability to your system - you have way more than ample cooling (6 case fans is rather unnecessary, but if it gives you piece of mind...). It won't fry your cpu until you start going extremely high, the only issue is it will reduce its life expectancy. Instead of your cpu lasting 5+ years, it may only last 2 or 3. If you upgrade yearly, then it's not much of a worry (other than for the person you sell it to 😉).
 
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