overclocking with vcore set to auto

[cherev]

Hey,

Im a self confessed oc'ing noob.

I oced my cpu by upping the multipilier. All is good and well under stress testing.

Only thing is, I read some posts that said that ocing with vcore set to auto is dangerous. Is that so?

I oced an 8320 from 3.5 to 4 ghz on a m5a99fx pro r2, with a Hyper TX-3 EVO and a Corsair VS650 psu.

Cheers,

 

[menetlaus]

Auto Vcore with overclocking is only (really) dangerous when the voltage starts to get too high for that family of CPU's.

I can't give an exact voltage because 1) I don't know them all by heart and 2) the higher the voltage the more risk of failure/early burnout of the CPU.

My suggestion - try to find some guides as to what is a safe long term voltage for that family of CPU's and with some monitoring software (CPUID or similar) see what the voltage is to the CPU (under load). If the auto is less than the long term limit - you are good. If it is well above (0.05v is a big number for cpu voltages) then I would either manually set the voltage to the limit (and check for stability) or lower the multiplier until the load voltage stays under the limit.

 

[ArponFlux]

i know this is old thread but i just want to put it out there.
lets say X processor runs at 3.2ghz
lets say you raise the base clock 20% higher than stock and set your memory speed and fsb settings close to stock.
this yields about 3.8ghz... lets say you set vcore to auto and stress test and temperatures are well within range.
would this be recomended? given that you test for several hours.

i know some people say vcore on cpu id is accurate and some say its not, so can you have high voltages with low temps?
(i understand as voltage increases temp increases)

 

[yaopcfve]

lets say you set vcore to auto and stress test and temperatures are well within range.

would this be recomended? given that you test for several hours.