Can't hold 4.5ghz at 1.336 anymore

[Carnaged]

Hi all,

I've had a few BSOD today and when doing some intensive applications. So then I decided to run prime 95 and it is giving me 101 error BSOD errors. Could this be degradation as this chip as always needed more voltage that most. Seems stable at stock but was stable at 4.5 for a good few months.

I have the offset mode on and it is getting 1.336v that droops to 1.328 under load.

Thanks

[HiVizMan]

There are any number of reasons why your system will shift its stability point.

What was the temperature when your system first crashed, and what was the BSOD code for the error.

[Carnaged]

There are any number of reasons why your system will shift its stability point.

What was the temperature when your system first crashed, and what was the BSOD code for the error.

i dont remember the first bsod code but when i googled it people mentioned audio driver error. The second was 124 then after that when running prime 101. Temps even when priming did not go over 70c

[HiVizMan]

124 could be DDR3 VTT needing a touch more, or even VCore might need a touch. 0124 is such a generic error code sadly.

Looks like a bit of trial and error is going to be the order of the day.

[Carnaged]

124 could be DDR3 VTT needing a touch more, or even VCore might need a touch. 0124 is such a generic error code sadly.

Looks like a bit of trial and error is going to be the order of the day.

Is this likely to be degradation then of the CPU if it is asking for more vcore with the 101 blue screen?

[HiVizMan]

Over time there will always be some degradation that is the nature of all things. In fact it is even a natural law as my daughter informs me.

If you have been using your CPU hard, lets say you have software that is very demanding (say you do Stanford Folding) or you do heaps of Prime95 stress testing then the chance of degradation is of course much higher. Goes without saying. But if that is the case, and of course I can not know for certain, then a small adjustment in voltage is going to be all that is needed. Bottom line is your CPU will still do what it says on the box. Anything extra that you get out of it is just gravy.

[Carnaged]

Over time there will always be some degradation that is the nature of all things. In fact it is even a natural law as my daughter informs me.

If you have been using your CPU hard, lets say you have software that is very demanding (say you do Stanford Folding) or you do heaps of Prime95 stress testing then the chance of degradation is of course much higher. Goes without saying. But if that is the case, and of course I can not know for certain, then a small adjustment in voltage is going to be all that is needed. Bottom line is your CPU will still do what it says on the box. Anything extra that you get out of it is just gravy.

Will I just make it worse by adding more vcore? Make it degrade faster, it seems fine at stock with Prime 95

[HiVizMan]

Each and every CPU in the world is slowly degrading. That can not be avoided. If stuff did not degrade then things would never stop working. As to will adding a touch more voltage speed it up, yes. But we are talking many years not months here. So your CPU might last 14 years instead of 15 years. You understand what I mean. It is all relative.

[Carnaged]

Each and every CPU in the world is slowly degrading. That can not be avoided. If stuff did not degrade then things would never stop working. As to will adding a touch more voltage speed it up, yes. But we are talking many years not months here. So your CPU might last 14 years instead of 15 years. You understand what I mean. It is all relative.

I know that this is all hypothetical however, I have just reset my bios and I am currently running prime95, if I get a BSOD I am going to change the offset I use from -0.040 to -0.035 and see how that goes. If this doesn't produce a BSOD how long is this likely to hold before it wants even more, should I just go back to stock now or try and keep my 4.5ghz

[HiVizMan]

I would keep the 4.5GHz that is a pretty handy overclock. And will not be to testing of your system. And at those voltage with reasonable cooling all good.