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jton219
12-19-2008, 02:42 PM
what kills a processor more, volts or watts.??

scenario 1..lets say i run a q6600 at 1.55(considered to be a bit high) volts on air but never gets any of the cores working hard. lets say im running something on this pc thats always draws about 65 amps or 100 watts from the cpu.

scenario 2. i have a q66 running at 1.2 volts (considered super safe) but i have this cpu drawing 120 amps or about 144 watts all the time.

which chip would last longer??? over voltage chip not working hard or the normal volt chip worker alot harder.

just wondering.

jton219
12-21-2008, 05:31 PM
no one???

Leeghoofd
12-22-2008, 12:50 AM
With 65nm if your CPU's cooling is good nothing to worry about... many users pump 1.5 volts through it and game on it etc... and do folding like me at nite... if you can keep ya temps under control there's not much to worry about... if you want to try out ya experiment I bet your mobo will give in first and not the CPU...

FZ1
12-22-2008, 05:26 AM
Another thread going on about this right now...you might find it useful.
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=211825