electron migration and **** :)

The Senile Doctor · 31st July 2002, 17:07

due to the fact that
1. I didn't need the excess power for the moment since I'm barely using the p4 setup these last few days. (no gaming, lotsa office work to catch up, hot weather)
2. I got a bit scared seeing what happened with the overclockability on the ^p4 after exposing it to high voltages for some benching time (it went down!)

I decided to find a sweetspot.

what I needed was
1. a totally primestable setup
2.a vcore that (almost

) never went above 1.70 (to be sure it wouldn't cause any trouble, since multiple sources speak of 1.75+ vcore problems)
3.highest possible corefrequency that could take 1 and 2

I got to 3020 mhz at a mean of 1.66 Vcore primestable.
should be fast enough to get me thru the next few months with no danger whatsoever.

idle = 47 ° under roomtemp
stressed = 38°'s under roomtemp

RichBa5tard · 31st July 2002, 18:28

3Ghz+ is fast enough for me.

If I were you I'd concentrate on serious GPU cooling instead of CPU. 3.0 or 3.3 Ghz makes less differance than 330Mhz - 360Mhz GPU i assume...

Gamer · 31st July 2002, 19:00

I let it on 2.8Ghz all the time, 1.57 vcore.
it's fast enough for me...

nice temps btw :hail:

31st July 2002, 17:07	#1
The Senile Doctor Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: wherever the doom is Posts: 3,171	electron migration and :) due to the fact that 1. I didn't need the excess power for the moment since I'm barely using the p4 setup these last few days. (no gaming, lotsa office work to catch up, hot weather) 2. I got a bit scared seeing what happened with the overclockability on the ^p4 after exposing it to high voltages for some benching time (it went down!) I decided to find a sweetspot. what I needed was 1. a totally primestable setup 2.a vcore that (almost ) never went above 1.70 (to be sure it wouldn't cause any trouble, since multiple sources speak of 1.75+ vcore problems) 3.highest possible corefrequency that could take 1 and 2 I got to 3020 mhz at a mean of 1.66 Vcore primestable. should be fast enough to get me thru the next few months with no danger whatsoever. idle = 47 ° under roomtemp stressed = 38°'s under roomtemp __________________ OC-2-the-death Where the Reverend is doing his Magick, all mortals be silent Doom over the world

31st July 2002, 18:28	#2
RichBa5tard [M] Reviewer/HWBot ***** Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,344	3Ghz+ is fast enough for me. If I were you I'd concentrate on serious GPU cooling instead of CPU. 3.0 or 3.3 Ghz makes less differance than 330Mhz - 360Mhz GPU i assume... __________________ HTPC (mac osx): Mac Mini \| Core Duo 1.6Ghz \| 2GB DDR2 \| 26\" TFT Development (mac osx): Macbook \| Core 2 2.0Ghz \| 4GB DDR2 \| 250GB HD Games (win xp): E2160 @ 2.4Ghz \| HD3850 OC \| Asrock 4coredual-vsta \| 2GB DDR2

31st July 2002, 19:00	#3
Gamer [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,587	I let it on 2.8Ghz all the time, 1.57 vcore. it's fast enough for me... nice temps btw :hail: __________________