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x2 owners- what are your 24/7 vcore and temps?

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Originally posted by: Duvie
Originally posted by: Zim
As for my temps, I'm getting 1-2C below case temp at idle and about 12C above at 100%.
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how is that possible??? You nneed to list cooling like OP stated....The only way to do this is water since that is against the physics of it....Your temp cant be lower then the temperature of the surrounding air being used to cool it...
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I know what you're saying, but those are the readings I'm getting. Doesn't mean that the sensors don't have a margin of error, or that the area around the HSF isn't slightly cooler than where the case temp sensor is.
 
Originally posted by: virtualrain
What's the maximum Vcore an X2 can take? 1.5+ (which is what some of you are running) would seem to be pushing it IMHO.
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These chips run so cool, they aren't like oc'ing an Athlon XP of old. As long as the temperature is reasonable and it runs stable, I don't see an issue. That said, it goes against my grain to pump up the voltage and raise the temp by more than 1 or 2 degrees.
 
Originally posted by: virtualrain
What's the maximum Vcore an X2 can take? 1.5+ (which is what some of you are running) would seem to be pushing it IMHO.
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X2's are essentially Venice/ Sandiego cores.. I ran a venice at 1.7 for extended periods of time..

As long as you keep your temp under control, there is no reason to believe 1.7 is too high for an X2 , at least for experimenting IMO..

I can't seem to get any gains by going from 1.5 to 1.65 .. I may play around with 1.7, just to see what happens.. I wouldn't want to deal with the extra heat for only 50mhz.. If I can get 100, I could learn to live with it..
 
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Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
cpu and clock

4200+ 2.2 ghz


vcore as set in bios (not windows reads)

Stock

cooling

Xp/90

idle/load temps


Idle: 39 C Load 58 C
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My intital reply to Fattysku's post:
Your load temps are way too high for a stock 4200+. Something is amiss in your setup. Do you have a closed or open case etc.? Talk to us let's get your temps down especially for a stock cpu.

Fatt4ksu's response to my attempt at help
Originally posted by: fatty4ksu
Closed? Aren't they all?😕
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Are you serious? I try to help you and you come back with that response? Whatever, you either know nothing about computers, overclocking, or are trolling. Of course people have computer cases open to keep them running a little cooler especially if the case isn't getting good air flow. You know that and to insult my intelligence with your ridiculous reply is simply childish. If you didn't know that, which I doubt with the amount of replies you have in this forum which usually indicates a person is reading the posts and learning, then simply asking me what I mean would be an acceptable way in which to garner further conversation to help you with your cpu temperatures which are too high for that setup. One of the leading causes of cpu overheat with that good a heatsink and fan is the heatsink not sitting quite right or poor air circulation on the case.

These forums are becoming so filled with trolls and twelve year mentalities that I can understand why some people are leaving. 🙁
 
Zim, you're the first person i've seen running C&Q on an x2. are you using rmclock or the amd software?

 
Originally posted by: rise4310
Zim, you're the first person i've seen running C&Q on an x2. are you using rmclock or the amd software?
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I'd like know that also........ I haven't been able to get rmclock to run on X2's..... And C&Q only works using the default multiplier. 😛

 
Originally posted by: rise4310
Zim, you're the first person i've seen running C&Q on an x2. are you using rmclock or the amd software?
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I'm using the AMD cpu drivers. And yes, I have to run it at the default multiplier.
 
Ouch, your putting those Kingston hyper X sticks to waste 🙁. They can do 2-2-2-5 with some volts at DDR400 cant they???
 
As I mentioned in other threads, I have a poor overclocker, so I don't mind sending it to an early grave and replacing it with a (hopefully) better overclocker. (Unlike others in this forum, I will not take the moral low road and RMA an overclocked CPU.)

Climbing down from my high horse...

X2 4200+ @ 2500 mhz (250 x 10) @ +1.25V in BIOS
(Reads as 1.57V Idle / 1.51V load with 2 instances of Prime95 in Windows)
Idle: 34 degrees C
Load: 50 degrees C

Air cooled with Thermalright XP-90 / Panaflo 92mm medium speed fan / Shin Etsu X23-7783D TIM
 
Originally posted by: mdubrow
As I mentioned in other threads, I have a poor overclocker, so I don't mind sending it to an early grave and replacing it with a (hopefully) better overclocker. (Unlike others in this forum, I will not take the moral low road and RMA an overclocked CPU.)

Climbing down from my high horse...

X2 4200+ @ 2500 mhz (250 x 10) @ +1.25V in BIOS
(Reads as 1.57V Idle / 1.51V load with 2 instances of Prime95 in Windows)
Idle: 34 degrees C
Load: 50 degrees C

Air cooled with Thermalright XP-90 / Panaflo 92mm medium speed fan / Shin Etsu X23-7783D TIM
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From what I know, you are probably fine in all respects , and close to the normal OC.

 
I can't say if mine is a typical overclocker; others are reporting 2500 mhz (or that neighborhood) with voltages in the 1.45 - 1.47 range. That said, I don't think I'm pushing my CPU to the point where I'm appreciably shortening its lifespan (if at all). I'm very comfortable with my temps on air, especially when I consider that I was seeing those same temps at stock speeds with the stock heatsink/fan setup.
 
Originally posted by: mdubrow
I can't say if mine is a typical overclocker; others are reporting 2500 mhz (or that neighborhood) with voltages in the 1.45 - 1.47 range. That said, I don't think I'm pushing my CPU to the point where I'm appreciably shortening its lifespan (if at all). I'm very comfortable with my temps on air, especially when I consider that I was seeing those same temps at stock speeds with the stock heatsink/fan setup.
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Maybe try a lower FSB with the 11x multiplier?
 
Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Originally posted by: mdubrow
I can't say if mine is a typical overclocker; others are reporting 2500 mhz (or that neighborhood) with voltages in the 1.45 - 1.47 range. That said, I don't think I'm pushing my CPU to the point where I'm appreciably shortening its lifespan (if at all). I'm very comfortable with my temps on air, especially when I consider that I was seeing those same temps at stock speeds with the stock heatsink/fan setup.
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Maybe try a lower FSB with the 11x multiplier?
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I think I tried 230x11 (2530) once and couldn't get it stable and/or it needed just as much voltage as 250x10 (my notes are a little vague on whether that experiment worked). I'll give it another try, thanks.
 
Originally posted by: Hacp
Ouch, your putting those Kingston hyper X sticks to waste 🙁. They can do 2-2-2-5 with some volts at DDR400 cant they???
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I could be wrong, but I assumed that running them at 222MHz CAS3 woule be better than 200 CAS2. I think my memory bandwidth benchmarks confirmed that.

I haven't really pushed my system to the limit yet. Stability is more important right now as I have some work to get through.
 
4400+ @ 2.4Ghz (240x10)
1.30Vcore
COOLER MASTER AQUAGATE MINI
FAN ON MAX
Idle: 27C
Load: 35C

MY C&Q works with mulit 10x (default 11x)
 
X2 4400@2.475 GHz
Bios set 1.475 (Damn Asus for letting you have 1.475 or 1.435 no 1.45)
Water cooled
idle 38-40C - Load 48-52C Depending on which torture test - CPU Burn in gives me 52C after 8 hours.

Hope this helps,
Papa
 
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