[Solved] When do I increase Voltage?? - E6550 Stabilty - Overclock.net

AUS.R34P3R · 10-07-08

The chip I'm currently OC'ing is the one in my sig.
So far I've got it from 2.33GHz (333x7 stock) TO 2.506GHz (358x7).
It's small I know, but it's on stock cooling and only loading at 54c for now, so I'll keep going until it reaches 60c.

I thought the main (If only) thing to worry about was temperature.
I've run Memtest86+ v2.01 with no errors and ORTHOS to stress, all good so far.
My questions are:
1. When do I have to increase voltage? (People say you have to when it gets unstable, but when is that?)
2. How much is a good amount to go up by, .05V increments or what?
3. When will I tell it's stable?

Tnx all for help, if you can't be bothered answering, you could just refer me to a good read, but a condensed user generated version would be much easier for me.

Rep+ for help, if you want it.
(I hate the whole rep+ thing, does anyone else like me not really care if they get repped or not?)

zaeric19 · 10-07-08

You need to increase the voltage when you start getting errors in orthos. .05v is a bit much, I know my motherboard does .00625v increments, I go 1-2 increments at a time. If memtest is getting errors you either need to adjust your timings or memory voltage, it is recommended you use a memory divider of 2 when overclocking your CPU.

AUS.R34P3R · 10-07-08

Should have let you finished

zaeric19 · 10-07-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by james.ciesla

What kind of errors, a screen shot or quoting perhaps?
And how much at a time, the more you can answer of the 3 Q. the better plz, I don't wanna break this chip.

I don't have a screen shot but Orthos will stop test, the green part at the top will turn red and say "STOPPED", in the scrolling text that says what test it is on it will say error and tell you what kind, usually it is a rounding error.

Sorry I edited in the answer to the rest of your questions, you replied too fast

AUS.R34P3R · 10-07-08

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaeric19

If memtest is getting errors you either need to adjust your timings or memory voltage

My timings are currently at 5-5-5-18, what would I change them too?

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaeric19

It is recommended you use a memory divider of 2 when overclocking your CPU.

Not sure I understand you on that one, what do you mean by divider?

By the way; my FSB: DRAM is 5:6, should I change this in bios to be 1:1 instead of [Auto]?

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