Is it possible to do this...

[toon_mad]

If you enable speedstep, EIST, C1E whatever the options are, the fsb and multiplier is reduced, so on my q9550 it would be x6 multiplier instead of 8.5x

anyway, im running a high idle vcore at 1.425v (which i was told is ok, its the load core i need to watch - 1.3625v in the safe intel range).

is it possible to bring the idle vcore down with the multiplier and fsb, and it only shoot up under load, so that way i would never idle at 1.425v???

i dont trust the idle vcore im using

 

[toon_mad]

ah, i think i found it.

in my bios i set:

C1E > Disabled
C2/C2E > Enabled
EIST > Disabled

one of them has now put my idle vcore at 1.376v instead of 1.425v

does this look good:

 

[EsaT]

anyway, im running a high idle vcore at 1.425v (which i was told is ok, its the load core i need to watch - 1.3625v in the safe intel range).

High voltage is always stressing insulations in CPU regardless is it idling or doing something.