Is 1.6V too much for an E6600 24/7?

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Originally Posted by xpsentity

So, let's assume you take heat out of the equation (Phase, LN, witchcraft, whatever).

The actual voltage causes degradation and damage to the chip? I mean, makes sense and all, I'm just interested in what exactly it does.

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basicaly what he means is think of a river wearing away at it's banks as the flow increases so does erosion.....electricity works in a similar fashion......

The best way to tell if your cpu is lossing "it" is to do a quick benchtest with CS:S stress test or HL2:LC stress test before and after the OC. I've notice that even though you can OC the C2D the performance can be worst if you don't have the right vcore set. Unlike P4's where you simply would freeze or blue screen when trying to benchmark.

1.6v on air. If u don't mind about your cpu, go for it... :p:

some body will find the voltage needed to kill a conroe i just hope it isn't me.

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Originally Posted by Brahmzy

Well I did it!

378x9 (3.4GHz) @ 1.6VCore... and it's STABLE! Real stable!

I closed up all of the intake vents on the case and got things REAL hot inside while running Prime95. I then opened up the vents and let it sit and Prime for my whole lunch hour. The highest the CPU got was 52C. It idles around 34C. I also ran 3DMark05 which will immediately bomb out during the CPU tests if it's not stable. If it passes that test it will pass 24 hrs. of Prime - proved it about 5 times last week.

I'm happy. :)

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hmmm in the past got issues under prime although no trouble under 3 dmark 05.
IMO 3dmark isn't enough to test stability

Has anyone actually burnt out a CPU from overvolting it for an extended period of time? Would it actually have any risk of burning out in 2-3 years at 1.5 volts?

I have.
I almost killed a 3.4 ghz Northwood (it used to do 3.8 stable, at the end it wouldn't even make it into the *BIOS* at 3.7!, last stable speed was 3.6) by giving it 1.7v for awhile, and a 2nd degraded to the point where I simply sold it for a huge discount, and advertised as lost O/C from excessive vcore (3.7 required a huge increase in vcore, where again it was initially stable at 3.8; that chip was run at 1.675v), and even my 3.4EE i'm using has lost a few mhz, but nowhere near the others.
(i've lost about 75 mhz on it by running it at 1.575-1.6v --and STOCK is 1.55!).

That should tell you something.

There have been people who have done worse than me--actually KILLED Processors (stock wasn't even stable anymore) from voltage.

I don't know if this has happened with Prescotts (never had one).