Check if 1.4375 volts is suitable for Bordwell-e with a 240mm aio.
Check if 1.4375 volts is suitable for Bordwell-e with a 240mm aio.
Imagine having a cooler with a better ID, similar to yours. You could push 1.75V on your E5400 for 4.8 or 4.9GHz. The real bottleneck is the cooler itself. Your board might have an auto-shutdown if it senses 1.9V or more, so it alerts you when voltage isn't safe. I accidentally put in 2V on my 45nm chip twice, but that’s just because the board turned off voltage detection via BIOS—voltages are still visible on the CPUZ. Still curious if newer boards have similar protection features.
I've worked with core chips and pushing 1.75v is completely okay. I've also tried 2v and even booted with 2v without any issues. It hasn't degraded or failed at all. Probably these old CPUs are built to last, as some people have used them at 1.7v with 1.6v VTT on 45nm cores and still performed well after a month. I think this might be an older discussion thread, but I probably missed it in the forum.
These chips are vastly distinct from what Intel released after 2011, let alone comparable to Broadwell.
The main issue is the PLD voltage. On the E5800 I can boot into BIOS around 5 or 5.01, but I need about 2V PLD. If it’s only 1.8V it works fine, but anything higher than that causes problems. Trying to raise it further would likely break the system, especially after the P4 631 failed from 2.4V at 5.656GHz. It’s tough—pushing voltage isn’t safe or comfortable for me.
I don't understand why you keep discussing those designs while I'm just focusing on what needs to be done with Broadwell, right?
I have nothing better than my E5400. The latest CPUs I can reach are some mediocre Gen-9 Lake chips, like the Celeron N4000. They easily outperform my 45nm processors at standard speeds. Is Broadwell or the 5000/6000 series better for you?
Hey, I wasn’t that intense with those heavy voltage sessions back then—I could handle it in the summer unless it got really chilly. Now I’m using air conditioning, which is great.
Mainstream players expected around 5000 and HEDT around 6000 performance. This chip was Intel’s first 14mm design, full of issues, and never saw gaming chips because it lagged behind Haswell in speed and stability. That’s why Broadwell refresh models like the 4790K and 4690K were needed since mainstream buyers wouldn’t want them. Now I wonder why someone would answer such a crucial question without any background on these processors.