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Hello all:
I am nowhere near to overclocking in general or quad cores (been overclocking since the Q6600). I don't say this to brag but merely to demonstrate I know the drill: every CPU is different, requires different voltages, some OC higher than others, etc etc.
With that being said, I know the vCore is much more important to Ivy Bridge chips and most cpu's for that matter, but my question is this: What is a good starting point for the cpu i/o voltage and what is the max safe voltage for the cpu i/o voltage setting? Or do you guys leave your cpu i/o voltage setting at AUTO (probably unlikely but doesn't hurt to ask)?
As a point of reference I am currently running 4.5Ghz with 1.225 vCore and CPU I/O Voltage at 1.19 seemingly stable with a Corsair H80 and 2 Gentle Typhoons AP-30's 4250RPM idle temps are 23-31 celcius & load temps are 45-60 celcius.
Also should I disable EIST (speed step) and overspeed protection? Do these effect stability at all? I currently have them enabled but notice my core speed is always locked at 4.5Ghz anyway so I might as well disable these two settings?
Thank you all very much in advance for your input it's good to be back haven't posted in some time
Merry Christmas!
I am nowhere near to overclocking in general or quad cores (been overclocking since the Q6600). I don't say this to brag but merely to demonstrate I know the drill: every CPU is different, requires different voltages, some OC higher than others, etc etc.
With that being said, I know the vCore is much more important to Ivy Bridge chips and most cpu's for that matter, but my question is this: What is a good starting point for the cpu i/o voltage and what is the max safe voltage for the cpu i/o voltage setting? Or do you guys leave your cpu i/o voltage setting at AUTO (probably unlikely but doesn't hurt to ask)?
As a point of reference I am currently running 4.5Ghz with 1.225 vCore and CPU I/O Voltage at 1.19 seemingly stable with a Corsair H80 and 2 Gentle Typhoons AP-30's 4250RPM idle temps are 23-31 celcius & load temps are 45-60 celcius.
Also should I disable EIST (speed step) and overspeed protection? Do these effect stability at all? I currently have them enabled but notice my core speed is always locked at 4.5Ghz anyway so I might as well disable these two settings?
Thank you all very much in advance for your input it's good to be back haven't posted in some time

Merry Christmas!