CPU Voltage etc....

[WesM63]

Now that i got my Volcano 7+ i'am hiking up the CPU. My CPU is at 1.67Volts right now...Is there a rule of thumb when to increse? I tried to boot at 1Ghz the other day..not thinking about The CPU voltage...it was loading windows and was acting funny so i quickly shut it down(CPU fan was on High). What about memory timing etc... is there anything else i need to know before i try this feat again? Told my mom to try keeping my room cool so my system don't get as hot. Any suggestions will help.

[dicki]

1.67 volts is pretty low don't be scared of using all the way up to 1.85v especially with a good cooler like that. all you need to do is keep a close eye on the temperature... more than 50c and it's time to back off.

the rule of thumb on increasing voltage is when you encounter instability, pic a speed try to run at it and if you crash turn the voltage up a notch and try aagin. once you've found a speed and voltage combo that looks stable give it a damn good hammering with loops of 3dmark, prime95, seti or something similer and if your computer runs for a day or two like that then your fine :)

dicki

[WesM63]

dicki
I took your advice and bumped up my voltage to 1.72V and then bumped my cpu up to 963Mhz. I ran prime95 all night and played on the net for a wile. Temp never went above 39C and it was about 75F in my room. I was checking out e-bay and there is a watercooling kit on there for 60USD..Althou i have no clue about them is the link.here (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2019508504)

[dicki]

yeah that looks like the becooling kit, not a bad setup and a few people around here use it. personally though at 39c i would be more than happy, thats a good low temp, i'd only go water cooled if temps were v.high or noise is a problem

dicki