What is the vid on my chip, how do I know that?/Edit oh core temp gets the vid ok
I found this in a overclockers forum just now is this how its done?
I figured out what sort of voltage my chip needs this way:
I raised the front side bus a little bit. Then I ran 4 instances of Prime95 for a couple of hours. If none of them crashed, I went back to my bios and raised my FSB a little more and then booted my machine and ran four instances of Prime95 again. Whenever an instance of Prime95 crashed, I went back to my bios and raised my core voltage. If I raised it enough, Prime95 wouldn't crash on any of my cores... so I'd go back to my bios and increase my FSB again... etc etc etc repeat process over and over until temperatures become a problem or some instability occurs and you have to work on it (like memory timings etc). When you get to where you are comfortable with your OC and your system seems stable, Fire up 4 instances of Prime95 again and go to bed.
Check back on it at lunch time or so the next day. If all four instances are still running, then pop your memtestx86 boot disk in and reboot your machine. Let memtest run a few passes. That will probably take a while, so finish your day and take your wife out to dinner and a movie. When you get home, if memtest hasn't found any errors, then your current settings are probably pretty good and it's time to start fine tuning a few things and maybe finding out just how far your memory can be pushed.
It pays to be patient and your computer will reward you for your patience later.