K6-3+ on P5A - right VCORE setting?? \ VOGONS

K6-3+ on P5A - right VCORE setting??

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First post, by nemail

Posted on 2015-11-14, 15:44

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Finally I started working on my P5A Build again and wanted to install the K6-3+ 400 which I have bought months ago.
When studying the motherboard manual I figured that the lowest possible VCore seems to be 2.0V but on the CPU I read 1.6V core and 3.3V I/O.

How are you guys running your 1.6V CPUs on the P5A?

btw, it is rev 1.04, so compatible with the K6-3+...

thanks!

Reply 1 of 3, by PhilsComputerLab

Posted on 2015-11-14, 17:06

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It will take the 2v just fine. Run a little bit warmer, but also add more stability for overclocking.

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Reply 2 of 3, by Agent of the BSoD

Posted on 2015-11-14, 19:24

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Yeah, what Phil said. On my FIC PA-2013, the lowest I can go is 1.8V and it's totally fine with it. 2.0V should be fine.

Reply 3 of 3, by nemail

Posted on 2015-11-14, 20:01

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cool, thanks! System is already up and running and feels really responsive on Windows ME.

SiSoft Sandra 99 is showing that the CPU is about as fast as a PII 450 (a little faster or slower on the various benchmarks).

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