When do I need to worry about the ram voltages? I want to hit like 3.6ghz or something. I have a LOT of headroom still.
*****E7200 overclocking: (2.53ghz stock) Currently at 3.2ghz at 1.175Vcore*****
Edit1: I just got an error at 3.1 ghz on stock voltages. I'm going to try and set the memory timings to automatic and see if the problem persists. If it does i'm going to up the voltages. I already tried upping the voltages once before, and the voltage didn't change in the temp monitoring program. I rebooted and the setting was still saved in the bios. I'm going to assume that the program is not displaying the right voltage.
Edit2: My computer just randomly restarted. I'm going to up the voltages now and turn off automatic vcore management (the Eist and C1E options under advanced options.) It would be nice to know whether or not my voltages are what I set them as.
Edit3: after slightly upping the voltage everything seems stable at 3.1ghz. I'm going to prime95 it for a while longer to see if it works. If it doesn't I'm just going to assume that it's my 480 watt PSU that can't handle the load, set the clock back to 3.04 ghz, and wait until I get my new psu to overclock more.
Edit4: after 20 minutes of testing i'm upping the clock to 3.2ghz on the same voltage.
Edit5: I'm unable to run stable at 3.2 ghz. I'm not sure if my voltage settings are sticking.
Edit 6: I upped the voltage a decent bit (to 1.165), and the system is running stable for longer. This leads me to believe that my voltage settings are indeed sticking.
Final Edit: Aight, i'm done at 3.2ghz. I went to 3.3 and couldn't boot at all, no matter how much higher i set the vcore.