Q6600 Voltage Questions

[zoliky]

Hi,
I have an Intel Quad 6600 CPU (65nm, G0): http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1924024/q6600.jpg

1. Using the default BIOS Settings (no overclocking) my stock voltage is 1.340V. Some people said this is too much for Q6600. What do you think?

2. Using the voodoopower kext, my voltage in idle is reduced to 1.180V. Is this such a big difference? I would like to patch my DSTD for vanilla speed step.. But I don't know, is it worth? The difference between 1.340V - 1.180V is small.

I would be grateful for any suggestion! Thank you!

[dashboard]

The difference between 1.340V - 1.180V is small.

The difference between 1.340V - 1.180V is not small. If you can, always use SpeedStep, helps to cool your CPU down and saves energy.

[thorazine74]

Each CPU batch can have a different VID, you can read that from Windows using CoreTemps.
Assuming thats the stock voltage, I think its normal for the idle voltage when using SpeedStep to be lower than the VID; in other words, it doesnt mean your stock voltage has to be the same as the idle one.
That is assuming SpeedStep is working perfectly (i.e. in Windows), it could be VoodooPower malfunctioning or giving you a misread?

[zoliky]

Thank you!
Here you will find the difference (my cpu with OpenHaltRestart and VoodooPower):
http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1924024/speedstep.jpg

What do you think, is this normal? I never used speedstep before.