Is 1.5 Volts Safe for overclocking a i7 920

[Dog 234]

Is 1.5 Volts Safe for overclocking a i7 920 and what would be the max Voltage to use for overclocking an i7 920.

[svmlegacy]

You shouldn't need that much voltage to OC a 920... Typically uncore limited before needing that much.

[Dog 234]

Currently at 3.92ghz @1.4 volts, Just curious if I should push it a little more to try and hit 4ghz, or would that be a bad idea?

[Coachdude]

1 hour ago, Dog 234 said:

Currently at 3.92ghz @1.4 volts, Just curious if I should push it a little more to try and hit 4ghz, or would that be a bad idea?

Really depends on if it's your main system or not. If it is, then I personally wouldn't run it against the wall just because it's such an old cpu that any performance gains you'd get, while relatively probably a decent amount considering stock clocks, still wouldn't amount to "good" performance in a lot of things anyway. If however this is just a secondary "fuck around" machine, then I'd say sure, why the hell not? In this case its relative age and thus "value" isn't worth losing sleep over, so have fun with it! =) 

[YoungBlade]

1 hour ago, Dog 234 said:

Currently at 3.92ghz @1.4 volts, Just curious if I should push it a little more to try and hit 4ghz, or would that be a bad idea?

If you aren't just OCing for fun, then I don't see any reason to push for that. While 1.5V shouldn't kill the CPU instantly, more voltage will lead to faster degradation of the silicon. You're potentially significantly shortening the life of the processor for, at most, 2% more performance at 4GHz vs 3.9GHz.

 

If this is just for fun, then it's just for fun. If you think it's worth the potential risks in exchange for the potential reward, then go for it.