Is 1.70v in a tbird 800 normal?

[Palpatine]

I bought a Tbird 800 and a msi turbo-r mobo and i tried to overclock it. I have it now at 880 (8x110) because the m/b's lowest multipler is x8 and over 880 the PC wont boot (The strange thing is that the Fuzzy Logic 3 reached 944 - 118 x 8 - but when i set it manually the pc wouldnt boot). I left the vcore on default and i have 1.70 volts (which by the way is not constant but plays from 1.69 to 1.71) from the bios setup but the pc alert in windows shows 1.82v. I guess that the bios shows the true settings. Is the 1.7v normal? I read that tbird have 1.75v and some raise the core to 1.825 or even 1.85.
Also when i restart my pc the pc makes about 20-25 sec to reboot but if i switch off and immediatelly on it start without a problem? Is the restart problem the result of an unstable overclock? I am very stable in WinME and had no crash at all in 5 day (since i put the pc together)

Thanks for your replies
Palpatine

 

[TheAntipop]

ill help you with the stuff i now about. i have a tbird 800 and yes, the 1.70 vcore is normal (the 1.75 is default for 1gig and above). it is generally necessary to raise your vcore in order to achieve higher overclocks, so rasing it to 1.8v may allow you to go over 900mhz. the general rule in overclocking is to find the lowest stable voltage to run at.

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[ejsmith2]

Actually, there's people who bump the core up to 2.2v+. It takes some stacked peltiers and a waterblock, or some freon to cool it, but I've seen some impressive results.
Even the vapochill would have to crank on it to cool it down.....

 

[TheAntipop]

i was assuming air-cooled overclocking, and the most he would need is 1.85v. 1.9 can be done air-cooled but anything higher is getting out of the questoin.

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[volton]

cant he just connect the L1 bridges instead of fsb overclocking ///???

" overclocking = better value "

 

[ejsmith2]

I'd connect the l1 bridges whether I was overclocking or not. Putting a t800 to a fsb133 is just the smart thing to do.....

 

[Palpatine]

Even if i connect the l1 i cannot lower the clock because the lowest is x8, and 118 x 8 is better than 100x9