Power supply not enough voltage?

[Fear Deer]

So i noticed this with OCCT...

http://i42.tinypic.com/e1f2if.png

notice the -12v....

[CDMC]

don't worry about the -12v its a bad reading. I only trust multimeter and not software. ;) as long as your +3.3v +5v +12v are ok, you are fine :)

 

Here is example, these are the readings i get and i don't care about them cause they are 100% wrong

:D

[Camel]

What CPU are you running? 1.5V is a bit high for the VCore and will only shorten its life if you've set it to that to overclock.

 

E: Oh yeah, the negative voltages aren't used anymore I don't think.

[Fear Deer]

1.5v is because of the overclock, cant run it on a shorter voltage at 3.8ghz :p

[Camel]

Still high though. Hope it doesn't go BOOM!

[Fear Deer]

CDMC, try OCCT's readings :p

[CDMC]

you can run CPU at 5.5v for all i care, as long as the temps are cool its not going to shorten its life. i ran athlon x4 630 at almost 1.5v (3.5Ghz) for more than a year, no problems :)

[Fear Deer]

nah wont go boom, been like this around 6 months now :p under full load wont go over 41ºc :)

thanks tho mellors

[Camel]

Just remember the Athon II's are faulty Phenoms and overvolting has risks other than extra heat.

[CDMC]

CDMC, try OCCT's readings :p

 

i'm using old thermal paste so even in idle i get ~40c, i don't want even to DL OCCT now :D i know that program, tomorrow i will buy and re-apply new thermal paste and maybe get a new cooler or something. cause when i replaced my athlon with 1075T, i dint had any thermal paste left so i used the one that was one the heat sink (YES, i know its bad. DO NOT do this!!)

[CDMC]

Just remember the Athon II's are faulty Phenoms and overvolting has risks other than extra heat.

 

with almost 1.5v on x4 630 at 3.5Ghz i was getting max temps of 42c running prime95. i actually like those cheap CPU's not once it let me down. maybe i will build another system and use that old cpu in it :)

[Fear Deer]

lol using old thermal paste = bad idea xDDDDDD

Athlon II's are Phenom II's without L3 Cache. The ones which are Faulty Phenom II's have a certain serial number characteristic which mine doesnt have, and the last Athlon II's (like mine, the best athlon II, the 645), are not made out of faulty CPU's, but the serial number check cleared it out for me.

Yea true camel, overvolting has other risks, im glad it all worked out fine for me, 3.8ghz 1.5v, sometimes it says the whole night on, it renders videos for hours straight, never a problem. Im happy, 97€ for a CPU which overclocked gets epic benchmark scores, i've more FPS's in games than some people with certain i7's and same graphics card as mine(ofc, depends of the i7 xD), I love my little cpu :)

Intel prices are ABUSE, 97€ would only buy me a 2.2ghz Core2Duo. They even have Core2Duo at 160€ 3.0ghz here, with that money id buy a phenom II 6 core 3.2ghz black edition!

[CDMC]

mine at 3.5Ghz was same as stock 955BE and all that for less than 100$ :D completely agree with you!

[Fear Deer]

PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End

go there, search for the athlon II X4 645 and see its original score

now, with overclock, my CPU scores 4,984 on that test ;) now raise up and see where it fits ;)

quite good for 97€ eh?

[CDMC]

1035T LOL

 

i will run this on my 1075T when i hit 4Ghz :D

[Fear Deer]

So my 97€ 4 core cpu, with a nice overclock, reaches the score of a stock 6 core.

On Crysis 1, with it maxed out, with my gtx 550 ti, everything maxed out, anti aliasing 4x, i get 40-60FPS ;)

Crysis 2 i have 50-70 FPS lol!

 

Also AMD vs Intel war:

An AMD CPU with x Cores will always be worse than an Intel CPU with x Cores and same clock speeds etc.

But with the price of an intel CPU with x Cores, you buy an AMD with 2x Cores ;)

Sonigate :: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz : Intel Socket 1155

Check that, i5 2500k, 4 cores, 6 MB cache

now check this

Sonigate :: Processador AMD FX 8120 3.1GHz / 4GHz : Amd Socket Am3

Exactly, EXACTLY, the same price :P

8 cores, 32nm too, 16MB cache

[CDMC]

yep, i don't hate Intel, i just like AMD more :D anyway, see you later :)