What is the safest voltage for the core 2 duo to be at?
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Violent 777
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Apparently it is very difficult to damage a C2D while trying to overclock it.
Geoff
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^^ No offense but i'm sure that didnt help him with his question.
Personally if you're asking for long-term use, I would keep it at or below 1.55V, simply because when you get around those voltages the temps get very high under load, unless you're using water cooling or very good air cooling.
But if you want to see how high you can push it, i've seen people raise them up to 1.9v, and being able to obtain speeds of 5.6Ghz and higher, and it was stable enough to run SuperPi (8s for 1M BTW).
Personally if you're asking for long-term use, I would keep it at or below 1.55V, simply because when you get around those voltages the temps get very high under load, unless you're using water cooling or very good air cooling.
But if you want to see how high you can push it, i've seen people raise them up to 1.9v, and being able to obtain speeds of 5.6Ghz and higher, and it was stable enough to run SuperPi (8s for 1M BTW).
Geoff
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I hope you dont mean you can raise it 1.5v higher then stock!
Overclocking without touching the voltage wont get you very far, but you certainly dont want to go crazy with the voltage. I still stand by what I said earlier, and you should be perfectly fine even up to 1.56V, but you will need to have some excellent cooling.