Soldato
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I've been testing my new i2500k out a little bit, and still feeling my around the new BIOS on my Asus Z68 board.
Doesn't look like my chip is a great clocker so far. I get BSODs in P95 at 4.5GHz and 1.3v. Been running at 4.2GHz and 1.25v for a while. Temps are grand at around 49-50 in Prime.
I then saw lots of ppl letting their boards do the work by leaving vcore settings on auto. Trying this, I've had it running Prime for 30 minute stretches at 4.4 and 4.5GHz just now, but... I'm a confused over voltages.
For 4.5GHz, for example, it's ramping up to 1.32v with regular LLC (registered in CPUZ and AI Suite).
Now, I know the problems with voltages killing SB chips, but the voltages people are warning about are the ones you set in the BIOS aren't they?
If I set LLC to ultra instead of auto or regular with auto volts at 4.5GHz, it gets to 1.4v!
So... my question is: is 4.5v on auto with regular LLC safe if it's reading 1.32v? Given that this seems to be due to vdroop, wouldn't it be equivalent to a much higher BIOS vcore setting?
Is the voltage as set in/by the BIOS that's important or the volts actually registered as gong through the chip?
Really don't want to take any risks until I've got a handle on this...
Doesn't look like my chip is a great clocker so far. I get BSODs in P95 at 4.5GHz and 1.3v. Been running at 4.2GHz and 1.25v for a while. Temps are grand at around 49-50 in Prime.
I then saw lots of ppl letting their boards do the work by leaving vcore settings on auto. Trying this, I've had it running Prime for 30 minute stretches at 4.4 and 4.5GHz just now, but... I'm a confused over voltages.
For 4.5GHz, for example, it's ramping up to 1.32v with regular LLC (registered in CPUZ and AI Suite).
Now, I know the problems with voltages killing SB chips, but the voltages people are warning about are the ones you set in the BIOS aren't they?
If I set LLC to ultra instead of auto or regular with auto volts at 4.5GHz, it gets to 1.4v!
So... my question is: is 4.5v on auto with regular LLC safe if it's reading 1.32v? Given that this seems to be due to vdroop, wouldn't it be equivalent to a much higher BIOS vcore setting?
Is the voltage as set in/by the BIOS that's important or the volts actually registered as gong through the chip?
Really don't want to take any risks until I've got a handle on this...