Core 2 Duo voltage

[Toxcity]

I am sure this has been asked before, but heyhoooo, you love me.

What is the max safe voltage for a C2D chip?

Just making sure before I blow anything up!

 

[JN]

IMO:

Air: 1.5v

Water: 1.55v (poss 1.575v)

1.6v and above on anything but sub-zero is asking for trouble tbh.

 

[Toxcity]

Cheers Jim!

Will now go see if I can get anymore out of my E6400.

How much does 1.55v cut its life?

 

[darkorb]

from 200 years to 150!

 

[Toxcity]

from 200 years to 150!

Oh, I do hope you are right!

 

[JN]

from 200 years to 150!

Yeah, you're not likely to kill the chip in your lifetime unless you start edging close to 1.6v and you're not keeping your eye on the temps.

I had an X6800 ES chip die on me with 1.65v under water, so I don't tend to push them that hard anymore

 

[Toxcity]

Yeah, you're not likely to kill the chip in your lifetime unless you start edging close to 1.6v and you're not keeping your eye on the temps.

I had an X6800 ES chip die on me with 1.65v under water, so I don't tend to push them that hard anymore

Sounds good to me! Thanks for the info guys... will do some extra clocking for fun!

OUCH, Jim I bet that cost you a lot.. RMA?

 

[darkorb]

mine is at 1.5v right now, shows 1.55 or so in windows, for my 270x10 settings

 

[Bal3Wolf]

1.5-1.55 max i run my e6600@ 3600mhz with 1.415 vcore but i got a chip with a low vid so i can get up to 3700 without even sending over 1.45 vcore.