Good Numbers for C2D 24/7 Operation

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Peeps all over the place are overclocking shit out of thier C2D's... But is it really worth it... I mean getting 50+ deg temps on idle @ 3.6 GHz is good(Ofcourse stable) and at load it hovers upto 65+ deg then ideling at 32 deg @ 3.2GHz... I know bigger is always better but is it really cause at 3.2GHz we have already surpassed the speeds of the fastest Proccy available till now(Retail) C2E 6800 by almost 300MHz...

As i dont have a good graphics card as of now i need some info on numbers... What can a C2D 3600Mhz do which it cant do well at 3200MHz... Somebody with a good card run some benchmarks and post back here... And by benchmarks i dont want 3Dmark scores or super pi timings... What i need is this:

S. No | Speeds | Temps | FPS in Various games

1 Stock

2 3200MHz

3 3600MHz

4 Highest Possible Stable Overclock

Lets see if current games are CPU bottlenecked or not :P...
 
Well honestly i dont even try to game or bench much at anything over 3240Mhz.

The temps go crazy at those speeds on something like ASUS CRUX, and i am really not in mood to torture it like that.

Yes there is considerable difference in games like oblivion. 5-10FPS may not look like big difference but in game like oblivion it turns games from barely playable to enjoyable.

CSS runs over 250FPS anyway all the time :P

I havent done any benchmarking at stock speed as i havent run this processor @ stock for more than 20 minutes. Lets see. Tonight i might will.

Will post benchies of stock 3.2 and 3.4.

3.6 is simply too hot for now. Let Tuniq come :P
 
3.4 running right now. Cant go more coz RAM sucks.

Temps rock for me. So ill be running 3.6G / 3.8G.. 24/7.

47-49C Load, with 1.55 VCore @ 3.2 Ghz (Just to test temp.) is amazing isnt it :).

I dont think ill be running 1.55 VCore 24/7 though.

Max 1.5V 24/7. Looking to run at the fastest speed I can get to at 1.45 / 1.475V really :).
 
I do 55C load (digital) at 3.2GHz... recently reduced my OC to 2.7GHz (300x9) because it's really pointless running it faster than that. Load temps now are 52C, I'm still running the stock cooler with no additional cooling for my NB.
 
Exactly, unless you are doing some massive encoding, rendering or compiling sm very large algorothms n scientific data its pointless to OC it to insane levels.
 
How much is too much Vcore for the proccy when talking about C2D's... As for the Athlons... I had a tough time setting 1.55 Vcore to the thing... Was always scared that the Board/Proccy could easily die on those volts... Peeps tell me that 1.5/1.55 is more then enough for C2D's but how many people have seen dead boards/chips at volts more then that...
 
I've seen working Conroe chips at 1.65v on XS.... I remember seeing peeps going higher, but I don't think they were on air. I've gone as high as 1.575 to achieve a 3.6GHz overclock, but I won't go any higher until I put the chip under water.
 
Well, 1.6+ V is too much for a Conroe.

1.6V for a 65nm Chip is as good as 1.85V for 90nm :P. Try running your A64 on that :P.

Main thing is to keep your Chip's Temp. under control.
Anything below 60C is fine enough.

1.50 vCore should be the max. any1 should go on Air.
1.55 vCore if its a Tuniq.

People have pushed 1.65V Max, on Water thru Conroes.
1.7V/1.8V for DI / LN2 / Phase..
 
Aditya said:
Life of chip matters mate :).
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what life of chip matters. u are talking as if the lifetime of a chip is 2 years & by using on high volts its gonna become 1 year. lol. please dont post this again that life of a chip matters cause no1 on te is gonna use a chip for more than 5 years anyways (less than 5 actually but posting the max). & i think the life of a chip will be atleast 15+ years as i still see the 386 or 486 running. heh
 
The life of my chips in my hands are 1-2 years max, so I don't have a problem even if I shave a couple of years of the chip's life :)
 
RiO said:
The life of my chips in my hands are 1-2 years max, so I don't have a problem even if I shave a couple of years of the chip's life :)
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Yeah, but once you pass them off you don't want someone knocking on your door with a dead chip and asking for a refund ;)

But, Ad1 is right. Running 24x7 at high volts does damage the chip on the long run...
 
RiO said:
The life of my chips in my hands are 1-2 years max, so I don't have a problem even if I shave a couple of years of the chip's life :)
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Il remember that :huh:
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Ofcourse the other guy wont be OCing it to insane levels like u may...so guess its fine...
 
does it really matter what vcore(within limits of course), that you push through a chip as long as it runs cool enough. after all its all the same silicon, 65 nm or 90 nm. its just the process used to manufacture it.
 
Well, as silicon fabrication goes lower and lower,this process is known as scaling.
When the fabrication process is scaled from 90nm to 65nm,ur not just scaling the length and the width,but also various parameters along with it such as the threshold voltage,capacitance etc.
Hence as the fabrication is scaled down Vcore is also scaled down and with it the power dissipation.This is one of the the advantage of low fab processes.
That again depends what scaling is used,Constant field scaling or constant voltage scaling.
 
hunt3r said:
does it really matter what vcore(within limits of course), that you push through a chip as long as it runs cool enough. after all its all the same silicon, 65 nm or 90 nm. its just the process used to manufacture it.
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actually yes.....temps are not the be all and end all of CPUs....

the CPUs could be damaged by high volts even though you keep the temps in control
 
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