Will this many volts hurt my CPU?

[Sevenater]

Hello Everyone!

I have the i5 3570k as shown in signature with the rest of my build, I was just wondering if putting 1.250v into the CPU to get 4.2ghz is hurting my CPU, or if it is causing my CPU to be hotter then it should be. In other words, could I overclock it using less volts, and if I did would that in turn lower temps.

Thanks in advanced for any help! And happy new years!

 

[Rocketninja16]

It's kind of a crapshoot from chip to chip, rule of thumb I use is the heat, as long as I can keep it cool that's usually what I stick with.

I'm sure that intel has their "recommended specs" but, I've gone over that with several cpu's and I've never cooked one, so long as I kept it cool.

Depends on your motherboard too, but I'm pretty sure you'll be fine with the P8.

Edit: Also rule of thumb, more volts = hotter chip, but more volts doesn't always mean faster speeds though, as some boards/chips dial back the speeds when they get to certain temps. I don't know what those are for your chip and unfortunately I can't verify right now what it is from where I am.

 

[hasappra]

it's fine as long as you keep your temp low 🙂 let's say below 75 degrees celcius.

 

[Sevenater]

Thanks for the hasty responses.

 

[photonboy]

I got 4.2GHz without touching the voltage on my i7-3770K. I manually set each core to a multiplier of 42 (your BIOS may differ slightly).

The motherboard is also a factor in stability.

Try THIS (may vary for your motherboard):

1) Update the BIOS if not the newest

2) Go into the BIOS and click "XMP", then probably "MANUAL"

3) Set each core to "40" Multiplier then SAVE

4) Boot back into the BIOS and observe if the settings are correct such as:

a) 4000MHz (4.0GHz) for CPU Turbo
b) 1600MHz for Memory (or whatever it's rated at. Adjust if need be.)

5) TEST:
a) Memtest www.memtest.org
b) Prime95 in Windows (for CPU)

6) *IF STABLE, then repeat for 4.1GHz, then 4.2GHz