Will I be able to lower my cpu voltage after awhile of usage?

[Hankysmoo]

Right now I am running my 700-933 at 1.65 default voltage and it is doing fine. When I try for the magical gig, it will only boot into win98se and then crash when I run 3dmark2000. Up the voltage to 1.7 and it seems to be running fine now. My question is if I run at 1ghz 1.7v for awhile, will I be able to run at 1.65v in the long run or is it stuck at 1.7v for stability? Cuz if its stuck at 1.7v stable, I was wondering if I should just revert back to 933 1.65v , as I like default voltage thx

 

[Stembolt]

No one will be able to say with any real certainty. Maybe you'll be able to later stabilize at default voltage; maybe you won't. If 1Ghz at 1.7v is truly stable, leave it. It is barely over default and you get the bragging rights of 1Ghz.

I don't think 1.7v will cause any damage to the CPU even after extended use. I am prepared, of course, to be corrected. Sounds like you've got a great CPU.

 

[Hankysmoo]

thx for the reply, the chip is actually running at 1.75v's tho, since the asus cusl2 adds voltage for unknown reasons...so default voltage is actually 1.7v's...

 

[Ulysses]

An old rule of thumb is to not raise voltage more than 15%. Assuming max 10% to be safe you are still OK @ 1.75 even given that ASUS would make that 1.80. Know what I mean?