Hello, today I decided that I would try overclock my Q6600 to 3.6GHz, but I have a few questions about voltages and stability.
As of right now I have my cpu vcore set to 1.5v in BIOS. My question is, why does it say my vcore is 1.44 when idle in cpu-z? Under load the vcore in cpu-z drops down to 1.392. Are these voltages safe if my load temps, in core temp, average at around 55C?
To test stability, how long should I run Prime95 or is it even necessary to be Prime stable?
Running Prime95, my computer crashes after about 5 minutes, with settings of:
400 fsb
9x multi
1.44 cpu voltage
2.0 ram voltage
1:1 fsb
5-5-5-15 timings
Any help is greatly appreciated.
As of right now I have my cpu vcore set to 1.5v in BIOS. My question is, why does it say my vcore is 1.44 when idle in cpu-z? Under load the vcore in cpu-z drops down to 1.392. Are these voltages safe if my load temps, in core temp, average at around 55C?
To test stability, how long should I run Prime95 or is it even necessary to be Prime stable?
Running Prime95, my computer crashes after about 5 minutes, with settings of:
400 fsb
9x multi
1.44 cpu voltage
2.0 ram voltage
1:1 fsb
5-5-5-15 timings
Any help is greatly appreciated.