Quote Originally Posted by joebuffalo View Post
I agree with a lot of what you said there.

Although I think the mobo does come into play when talking about Tcase (keep in mind he is not defining Tcase the same way Intel is...is is talking about the thermal diode output) because the mobo is where the thermal diode reading is converted into a temperature reading.

I didn't post his link because I think that thread is correct. In fact I disagree with a lot of it...that's how I wound up here on the DTS bandwagon. My point was just that he recommends a DTS of 20 (doesn't actually SAY that, but you and I know that is the jist of it) and I think he is pretty conservative (maybe it's because I've read his opinions on many overclocks) when it comes to temperatures.

I think your 30-degree DTS is VERY safe. Too safe for a bunch of overclockers...imho.
you are right! but i mentioned this 30c by two reasons:
  • electromigration: to maintain the same reliability, temperature has to be decreased by 20c when current density gets doubled. i know, increasing vcore from 1.28v up to 1.50v does not result in doubling the current density, but the scale is logarithmic, so in my case temps might be decreased by 17c or may be 15c!
  • simply the fact, that my watercooling system is able to maintain this sort of safety margin ...