**Official** Core i7 860/870 overclocking thread

[K404]

Updated my BIOS to 158, which fixed vDroop

I now idle at 1.30v and load at 1.33v Im sure I can tweak that down to 1.30v load. Temps are also a touch lower

[unclewebb]

Temps are also a touch lower.

Your temps would be even lower if you used an updated version of Core Temp 0.99.5 that is able to read TJMax from the CPU.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

The latest version of RealTemp also reads these new CPUs correctly.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/...alTempBeta.zip

[K404]

Your temps would be even lower if you used an updated version of Core Temp 0.99.5 that is able to read TJMax from the CPU.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

The latest version of RealTemp also reads these new CPUs correctly.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/3/...alTempBeta.zip

IMHO that just shows that the temps reported by all these programs is too open to mis-interpretation at hardware interrogation-> software level.

Just because the software tells me the temps are lower... doesnt mean they *are*. Maybe the latest version will be more accurate... maybe it wont be, but relative to itself, any version used will show a change based on vCore improvements, higher MHz etc.

I trust the contents of your avatar far more than any program

[unclewebb]

IMHO that just shows that the temps reported by all these programs is too open to mis-interpretation at hardware interrogation-> software level.

That was a big problem in the early days which is why Intel started writing TJMax directly into all of their Core i7 / i5 CPUs which any software can read and use. Old versions of Core Temp and RealTemp had to guess at TJMax but Intel finally did us a favor and now both programs are able to read this information from each core of your CPU. When a line of processors is updated, software needs to be updated too.

I trust the contents of your avatar far more than any program

I like my temp gun but at full load running Prime or LinX, it's useless for reporting peak core temperatures. I think what Core Temp or RealTemp reports for Core 0 at full load on these new CPUs is very accurate and directly comparable to other Core i7 / i5 users.