I have been experimenting again with overclocking my system to get smooth 60FPS in modern titles. After some tinkering, I have settled on 4GHz with turbo boost up to 4.6GHz using a 200mhz bclk.
I am using an MSI X58 Pro with an X5650 Xeon and watercooling.
Unfortunately inorder to get to 4ghz stable, I have had to increase QPI voltage to 1.46v. It seems I cant lower QPI ratio on this board to use a lower voltage hence the need to increase for overclocking.
I have read numerous posts citing going above 1.3v is bad for the chip's IMC but never really found what this is based on. Maybe its not bad afterall? I'm not too bothered if the chip eventually dies as will replace with an X5675 with higher multiplier or upgrade to Ryzen etc.
I was wondering what other peoples experience was using higher QPI voltages and if anyone has run their chip at high levels for any sustainable period?
I am using an MSI X58 Pro with an X5650 Xeon and watercooling.
Unfortunately inorder to get to 4ghz stable, I have had to increase QPI voltage to 1.46v. It seems I cant lower QPI ratio on this board to use a lower voltage hence the need to increase for overclocking.
I have read numerous posts citing going above 1.3v is bad for the chip's IMC but never really found what this is based on. Maybe its not bad afterall? I'm not too bothered if the chip eventually dies as will replace with an X5675 with higher multiplier or upgrade to Ryzen etc.
I was wondering what other peoples experience was using higher QPI voltages and if anyone has run their chip at high levels for any sustainable period?