Q6600 G0 Voltage Questions

[crazy1323]

I just finished installing my watercooling setup and it is working great. I am overclocking my Q6600 with an XFX 790i Ultra. It is currently stable for ~4 hours of Prime95 at 3,691 Mhz. The temps are great, they are as follows:
idle: all cores roughly 30 degrees
Load: all cores around 50 degrees

Here is my question though. I do not expect too much life out of my Q6600, if it works for a year that is great. In the BIOS my vCore is set to 1.5375, but CPU-Z says it is only 1.448. I have been told not to go over 1.55V with a Q6600. Does that mean that I should not set my BIOS above 1.55V or should i make sure that CPU-Z doesn't show 1.55V (thus allowing a higher setting in the BIOS)

I was thinking this chip would be hotter at that voltage but it seems that my limiting factor will be Volts, not temps.

[Unoid]

my g0 l804 does 3.6 at 1.525 vcore not a great clocker. 50c onload apogee gtx

[Reinvented]

Both are very limiting factors. In bios, what you set is not actually very accurate due to vdrop issues. Of course there's also vdroop too when you put a bit of stress on it also. CPU-Z is nothing more than a sensor. Exactly the same sensor it reads in bios. Get a DMM and find out the real volts.

[jonny_ftm]

I won't set above 1.55v bios keeping the vdroop to account for voffset and remain in intel specs
Now, if you intend not to have it more than one year, 65nm chips could survive a 1.55v with vdroop accounted. You'll be limited by heat before CPU damage on a 65nm chip. So, if max OC is your main goal, I'd bump some more vcore