- Jan 29, 2005
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Hi.
I recently heard that decreasing the VCore voltage for some processors could help decrease the temperature. Is it true ?
That's when taking into consideration that there is no over-clocking at all. For example, just accessing the BIOS, and simply decrease the "default" VCore voltage by just a bit. That such a thing could help reduce the CPU temperature.
I'm wondering if it's true, because I'm willing to give that a try, for my new AMD 3500+ NewCastle I got just two days ago.
I love it, it runs smooth, fast, really nice processor. But it runs just a bit hot for my tastes.
I do not want to over-clock the processor / FSB at all.
The guy who installed it also applied some AS5, and it was done very well. The first day, the CPU would go between 40º to 50º Celcius just idling in the Desktop doing nothing. But around 24 hours later now, the CPU stays between 36º to 40º Celcius in the same conditions. Very good improvement to my eyes.
But I'm still looking to get that baby cooled just abit more, maybe two or three degrees if possible.
I'm probably going to buy a new CPU Fan, and that could help of course. But right now I'm stuck with changes in the BIOS.
If it matters to mention, my Power Supply is an Antec 450 Watts. Three days-old.
My current Memory Timings (if it also matters to mention) is 3.0 - 3 - 3 - 6, according to CPU-Z (it's Non-ECC Kingston KVR PC-3200). That's the default, since I never touched the timings at all. And the CPU VCore voltage is going between 1.584 to 1.600. Never goes lower nor higher then these extremes.
Would it be possible to just...say...decrease that voltage to what...maybe 1.4 ? or 1.3 ? Without causing any sort of troubles ?
What do you guys think ?
Thanks for your time.
I recently heard that decreasing the VCore voltage for some processors could help decrease the temperature. Is it true ?
That's when taking into consideration that there is no over-clocking at all. For example, just accessing the BIOS, and simply decrease the "default" VCore voltage by just a bit. That such a thing could help reduce the CPU temperature.
I'm wondering if it's true, because I'm willing to give that a try, for my new AMD 3500+ NewCastle I got just two days ago.
I love it, it runs smooth, fast, really nice processor. But it runs just a bit hot for my tastes.
I do not want to over-clock the processor / FSB at all.
The guy who installed it also applied some AS5, and it was done very well. The first day, the CPU would go between 40º to 50º Celcius just idling in the Desktop doing nothing. But around 24 hours later now, the CPU stays between 36º to 40º Celcius in the same conditions. Very good improvement to my eyes.
But I'm still looking to get that baby cooled just abit more, maybe two or three degrees if possible.
I'm probably going to buy a new CPU Fan, and that could help of course. But right now I'm stuck with changes in the BIOS.
If it matters to mention, my Power Supply is an Antec 450 Watts. Three days-old.
My current Memory Timings (if it also matters to mention) is 3.0 - 3 - 3 - 6, according to CPU-Z (it's Non-ECC Kingston KVR PC-3200). That's the default, since I never touched the timings at all. And the CPU VCore voltage is going between 1.584 to 1.600. Never goes lower nor higher then these extremes.
Would it be possible to just...say...decrease that voltage to what...maybe 1.4 ? or 1.3 ? Without causing any sort of troubles ?
What do you guys think ?
Thanks for your time.