I actually posted this in my build thread but I think this is a better place for this.
I've been working on my processor speeds and I'm kind of lost. Im sure some of this is going to sound pretty stupid but here goes.
I initially started at 333 x 9 and just started bumping it up slowly up to 356(3200). I've ran it like this for a couple of days with no problems whatsoever. I ran the default prime95 for about 40 minutes and got a max temp of 48 on one of the cores. This is with the VCore still set at the default, or "auto". After looking at the voltages though, they seem to get pretty high, CPUID recorded a max Vcore of 1.34 during the stress test.
So today, for no reason other than curiosity I tried to bump the cpu up to 361 (3250MHz) with the vcore still left on auto. I ran a prime 95 for about 30 minutes and only got to 49C but again the voltages were bumping around 1.3 . But I figure wth, its still only 49C so I bump it up to 366(3300) again at auto and after about 30 minutes the temp was 52C but then after it finished it's first test and switched to the second the temps rose faster than usual up to 55C so I stopped and saw that the max Vcore was 1.36
Ok so now I go back to BIOS and change the vcore from auto for the first time. Since I noticed before that the vcore was stable just under 1.3 for most of the test, I set it to the nearest setting under that, 1.294. Now I run another prime95 at 366(3300) and it looks great, not getting above 49C for about 20 minutes. Then my computer suddenly restarted. The Vcore that CPUZ was showing during this whole test was only 1.232 .
What is going on?! If CPUZ is accurate then I was seeing as much as 1.34 on auto but only 1.232 when I had it set at 1.294? Before I go screwing anything up, what do you guys think I should do?
-thanks
I've been working on my processor speeds and I'm kind of lost. Im sure some of this is going to sound pretty stupid but here goes.
I initially started at 333 x 9 and just started bumping it up slowly up to 356(3200). I've ran it like this for a couple of days with no problems whatsoever. I ran the default prime95 for about 40 minutes and got a max temp of 48 on one of the cores. This is with the VCore still set at the default, or "auto". After looking at the voltages though, they seem to get pretty high, CPUID recorded a max Vcore of 1.34 during the stress test.
So today, for no reason other than curiosity I tried to bump the cpu up to 361 (3250MHz) with the vcore still left on auto. I ran a prime 95 for about 30 minutes and only got to 49C but again the voltages were bumping around 1.3 . But I figure wth, its still only 49C so I bump it up to 366(3300) again at auto and after about 30 minutes the temp was 52C but then after it finished it's first test and switched to the second the temps rose faster than usual up to 55C so I stopped and saw that the max Vcore was 1.36
Ok so now I go back to BIOS and change the vcore from auto for the first time. Since I noticed before that the vcore was stable just under 1.3 for most of the test, I set it to the nearest setting under that, 1.294. Now I run another prime95 at 366(3300) and it looks great, not getting above 49C for about 20 minutes. Then my computer suddenly restarted. The Vcore that CPUZ was showing during this whole test was only 1.232 .
What is going on?! If CPUZ is accurate then I was seeing as much as 1.34 on auto but only 1.232 when I had it set at 1.294? Before I go screwing anything up, what do you guys think I should do?
-thanks
