hi, i have my 2500k OC'd to 4.4ghz @ 1.25v manually adjusted to in the bios. i also adjusted the LLC to Level 5 on my Gigabyte Z68 board. i understand LLC is supposed to prevent vdroop, but when i watch CPU-Z in windows the voltage goes up to nearly 1.3v at idle and just under 1.25v under load, which makes me wonder why i set the manual voltage of 1.25v in the first place if it isn't going to actually run at that voltage?
it seems like LLC level 5 is just pushing the core voltage up to whatever is required to reach my desired clock speed, and the manual entry of 1.25v is just a baseline from which to start. how safe is this, and what voltage is actually being required to run my 4.4ghz OC stable?
it seems like LLC level 5 is just pushing the core voltage up to whatever is required to reach my desired clock speed, and the manual entry of 1.25v is just a baseline from which to start. how safe is this, and what voltage is actually being required to run my 4.4ghz OC stable?
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