Quote Originally Posted by chew* View Post
Ehhh maybe, I tend to say that was a bit much vcore for "most" C3's but just not that particular chip.

Treat each chip like an individual, not a collective, never know what a chip will like/do until you try. A good gauging point however is a chips ref volts......

I would say less than .200 over stock is fair game for air and water.

That chips ref voltage was 1.40 so still in my personal safe range, I find most chips stop scaling after +.175 and seems C3 has a wide scale for ref voltage.

I have seen 1.325 up to 1.40 so the range of most peoples maxxed out clocks are going to be on average between 1.50v to 1.575 providing the chips have voltage tolerance.
chew*, does voltage tolerance make a chip desireable for use with extreme cooling?

My 0942fpmw c3 isn't great for my water rig. At room temp with .5 hour blend: 3.7@1.4, 3.875@1.5, no go at 3.9@1.55. At 0C in window, 4.118@1.568 succeeded, and 4140@1.632 wouldn't complete, but didn't fry it (phew!). I'll probably sell it and try again, but want to make sure it's not of use to someone who uses much more cold!