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italianxmna89 · Jun 23, 2009, 12:03 AM

ok so right now im at 3.36ghz stable...i dont know if you would consider 3 passes with linx stable but i dont foresee my computer running all of my cores at 100% for prolonged periods of time..so i think im at a safe spot for now..

at first i got an error in linx but i increased the dram bus voltage from 1.58 to 1.6 and i got no errors...now my ram is rated at 1.5v - 1.6v but would it be safe to go any further than that? or should i stay within the limits of the ram specs?

using real temp 3.00 and while running linx the max temps i got were 71C, 67C, 67C, and 66C ...too high? also does lowering voltage decrease temps? im idling at 39, 33, 37, 36 which i think are fairly good right?

thanks again

EDIT: i cant seem to oc past a bclk of 160. i tried 170 with 1.29v but i got an immediate bsod..so i tried to lower the memory frequency but that did not help. so..i tried 165..bsod again. so i went back to 160 with 1.24v and it logged in fine but upon running linx i got a bsod. am i missing something? i have the qpi/dram core voltage to auto and the dram bus voltage at 1.6...im thinking i should give the qpi/dram core voltage a set voltage but im not sure where i should start. 1.35v?

Jun 23, 2009, 12:03 AM	#16
italianxmna89 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 8 (0.01/day) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	ok so right now im at 3.36ghz stable...i dont know if you would consider 3 passes with linx stable but i dont foresee my computer running all of my cores at 100% for prolonged periods of time..so i think im at a safe spot for now.. at first i got an error in linx but i increased the dram bus voltage from 1.58 to 1.6 and i got no errors...now my ram is rated at 1.5v - 1.6v but would it be safe to go any further than that? or should i stay within the limits of the ram specs? using real temp 3.00 and while running linx the max temps i got were 71C, 67C, 67C, and 66C ...too high? also does lowering voltage decrease temps? im idling at 39, 33, 37, 36 which i think are fairly good right? thanks again EDIT: i cant seem to oc past a bclk of 160. i tried 170 with 1.29v but i got an immediate bsod..so i tried to lower the memory frequency but that did not help. so..i tried 165..bsod again. so i went back to 160 with 1.24v and it logged in fine but upon running linx i got a bsod. am i missing something? i have the qpi/dram core voltage to auto and the dram bus voltage at 1.6...im thinking i should give the qpi/dram core voltage a set voltage but im not sure where i should start. 1.35v? Last edited by italianxmna89; Jun 23, 2009 at 01:37 AM.