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Dangerous Voltages?

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So I have been overclocking for a few years now and I have never had anything blow up on me :D but I am concerned about my latest attempts to overclock my Core I7 920 D0. I finally got some adequate cooling for the beast but these voltages just don't feel right. It has been Prime95 stable for 24hrs. I just want to check with the community to get some more opinions.

Here is a screenshot of what I have going on.

http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/5558/capturecwv.png

Running an evga x58 sli mainboard
Core i7 920 D0 (Corsair H70 cooler)
24Gb patriot sector 7 ddr3 1800
2xgtx560 ti
6 hdds
1 ssd
all in a loaded corsair obsidian 800D

So just some ideas or opinions would be nice! :D


Message edited by npsgaming on 02-09-2012 at 12:56:38 PM
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generally, if your voltage is below 1.4v, you are fine. If you really want to play it safe, stay below 1.35v

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Are those temps you're showing at idle or browse mode?

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At the time i snapped the shot, I was compiling in Visual Express. CPU was running at roughly 30% usage. So I would say somewhere between. The temps under prime95 after 24 hours were roughly as follows:

Cores: 0-3 (@100%) 70's and low 80's
CPU: (@100%) 40's
Nb: 88c
Voltage Reg: 108c (I have checked and consensus seems to be under 115 is okay as the shutdown threshold is 125c)

So the temps aren't as much a worry to me as the voltages. I have plans for a system water loop as far as fixing temps.

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