Will 1.6 Volts be too much for my X2 4400 ?

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Hello there, ive got my CPU Running stable @ 2640 Mhz with 1.5 Volts,


I ran a stress test on both cores and with my uber fan cooling i got to 43oc max temp,

Would it be silly to put 1.6 through this chip and try for 2.8 Ghz ? there seems to be loads of room for the temperature to go up so i don't see why it should be a problem,

thanks in advance for the advice :)
 
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Defcon5 said:
note that after 1.6 the gains from higher vcore seem to diminish
I've found the same thing with my 4400. Higher vcore over 1.536 didn't yield any extra speed, and with a Storm G5 / PA130.3 combo I'm not temperature limited either.

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I still havn't tried that many volts throught this chip though.


Something tells me this Abit AN8 Isn't as good a clocking board as the DFi..


Seems weird that smids got 2.8 @ 1.45 volts and i get 2640mhz @ 1.5,

He was using DFi Lanparty though :)
 
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It's the luck of the draw with how clockable your CPU is.

Some people get really lucky and can get their X2s to like 2.7 or 2.8 without touching the volts, whereas others, inc myself, have to push the volts to 1.5v just to get 2.6 stable :(

I have a 3700+ arriving today, hopefully that will be a nice clocker :D

SiriusB
 
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Well this chip did 2.8 Stable on 1.45 Volts,

It will only do 2640 @ 1.5 volts with my board,



My 3700 San Diego took 1.6 Volts to make it boot at 2.8 Ghz, it was a KAB2E which were good clockers,


I realy think its the board letting me down and not the chip, i can't seem to find a decent second hand DFi board in the MM Though at the moment :(
 
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