[s1rrah]

So I recently managed to get my E6400 orthos stable at 3.5ghz with a bios-set VCORE of 1.41v's. A pretty good temp/clock/Vcore compromise if you ask me. The actual volts, as reported by CPUz are something like 1.36v's or so ...

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Anyway ... earlier today, since I was leaving the house with a fairly critical system backup in process and since I didn't want to take the chance of things crapping out in the middle of it ... I used Clockgen to downgrade my overclock to stock settings ... BUT with the same volts ...

After work, when I got home, I checked my temp logs and what I found was that the temps were about the same ...

Is that wierd or what?

3.5ghz w/ 1.41v's = 37C idle temp
2.13ghz w/ 1.41v's = 36C idle temp

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So, does VCORE *really* affect temps that much?

I thought my temps would be *drastically* lower once I Clockgen'd down to stock speeds ...

 

[cgrado]

Nope, the voltage makes a big difference. Sometimes i just crank the voltage up until the temps are at the limit at full load, then start raising the FSB.

 

[TheEddie]

Clock speed doesn't affect temps, voltage does. Simple as that.

 

[sccr64472]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEddie Clock speed doesn't affect temps, voltage does. Simple as that.

Partially true. Clock your gpu higher without touching the voltage and watch the temp increase.

 

[uTunes]

i think frequency does affect temp or at least on full load

 

[Texican]

basically, now you know your computer idles at 36-37C when you are at 1.41v's