What are the safe levels for an X2 3800+? Right now I am OCed at 2.2ghz and idle at 34C with a load of 51C at the highest. How much hotter can my CPU get while still being stable?
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What are the safe levels for an X2 3800+? Right now I am OCed at 2.2ghz and idle at 34C with a load of 51C at the highest. How much hotter can my CPU get while still being stable?
I try and keep temps <50C personally, but you should be fine for stability up to 60 at least.
it's also a good idea to know what motherboard you are using when asking for this kind of information. not all them read the same, and some read way off - like my expert mb.
My mobo is the Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe. Does it read incorrectly?
I go by the lower temp on thecoolest's CoreTemp program.
Whoah...weird. I just tried to OC to 230mhz, but instead of getting me to 2.3ghz, it gave me 1.83ghz. Why?
Wait, did it underclock because the stock voltage isn't enough for 2.3ghz? If so, what is the default voltage for my proc?
gradually increase the HTT when OCing. dont just jump up to some high number. it should show the default voltage in the bios if you changed it or not.
No, in the bios it just says, "Auto" before changing it. And even when going up in 10mhz increments it wont go above 2.2ghz.
stock voltage is "1.30 V/1.35 V"
it might be something else that is causing the problems though. what is your ram and whats it running at? my corsair ram was not at the standard voltage when installed, it was at 1.8 when it needed to be at 2.1 ... or atleast that was the factory standard. it ran at 1.8 fine, but obviously it would have major trouble being overclocked at that low of voltage.