Safe Voltages For Godavari

[buildzoid]

So I got myself a 7870K and on my A88X-PRO the Vcore stays white up to 1.6V it's pink from 1.675V and red from 1.725V. So do Godavari chips handle higher voltages than Kaveri or is my motherboard just being dumb?

[flanker]

They are better in temps. because there is metal plate under IHS. So up to 1.5V for 24/7 aircooling will be OK, for benchmarking up to 1.55-1.6V at air.

 

OC is also better, I got 4700+ full stable, benchmarks up to 4800 MHz (Cinebench)

Edited August 12, 2015 by flanker

[buildzoid]

They are better in temps. because there is metal plate under IHS. So up to 1.5V for 24/7 aircooling will be OK, for benchmarking up to 1.55-1.6V at air.

 

OC is also better, I got 4700+ full stable, benchmarks up to 4800 MHz (Cinebench)

 

Yeah I just returned a chip that needed 1.45V to boot 4.6Ghz. I'm really really unlucky with most of my CPUs(I had a 750K that needed 1.75V for 5Ghz and a 370K that needed 1.65V for 5Ghz). Hopefully my next chip can hit 5GHz on something bellow 1.6V.

[flanker]

I think, diectly boot to 5 GHz is not possible, only validation from Windows (with turboV). Max bootable could be around 4800 MHz 1.525V or so

[buildzoid]

I think, diectly boot to 5 GHz is not possible, only validation from Windows (with turboV). Max bootable could be around 4800 MHz 1.525V or so

 

I heard someone has a 5.2Ghz 7870K.

[trodas]

I would like to see something more that hearsay, before taking this into account.

[flanker]

If I can be more specific, impossible with AIR cooler. With custom watter there could be some CPU booting at 5 GHz to Windows

[buildzoid]

If I can be more specific, impossible with AIR cooler. With custom watter there could be some CPU booting at 5 GHz to Windows

 

I've asked the guy for a CPU-z shot. IDK if he will deliver.