hello, just signed up here... a few days ago i picked up an FX 8150 black, and ASUS mobo to upgrade my machine from a Phenom II X4 955 black. i installed it using the stock cooler. i decided the next day to get a cooler master hyper 612 PWM and replaced the original heatsink.
it seems to do a very good job, and i was able to then bump it up to 5.02 GHz by giving it a little over 1.5 volts. it was able boot into windows 7, get on IRC, firefox, etc but after about 9 or 10 seconds into the linpack test using OCCT, the machine shut down on me.
so, i was wondering... how much voltage is too much for these things, and how high would you expect me to have to set it for a stable 5 GHz? i've got i bumped down to 4.71 GHz for the time being, using 1.428 volts. (i could probably drop that notch and still have it work)
at this speed it gave me no problems with OCCT running over night. my idle temps are 21C and it maxed out in OCCT's full load at 43C. when does it really start to get to be a dangerous amount of voltage for this CPU? does it not matter as long as the temps stay down?
i'd love to hear any advice on this, thanks!
it seems to do a very good job, and i was able to then bump it up to 5.02 GHz by giving it a little over 1.5 volts. it was able boot into windows 7, get on IRC, firefox, etc but after about 9 or 10 seconds into the linpack test using OCCT, the machine shut down on me.
so, i was wondering... how much voltage is too much for these things, and how high would you expect me to have to set it for a stable 5 GHz? i've got i bumped down to 4.71 GHz for the time being, using 1.428 volts. (i could probably drop that notch and still have it work)
at this speed it gave me no problems with OCCT running over night. my idle temps are 21C and it maxed out in OCCT's full load at 43C. when does it really start to get to be a dangerous amount of voltage for this CPU? does it not matter as long as the temps stay down?
i'd love to hear any advice on this, thanks!
