Offset mode taking off too much voltage

frenchy0312 · 7 May 2013 at 13:04

So ive been having a go at overclocking my 3570k with the asus p8z77-v lx2 mobo and i set the voltage to auto for a 4.2ghz oc and during full load the voltage goes up to 1.25. I was wanting to try and decrease this a little so i set a negative offset in the bios to 0.05v. However under load it put the voltage down to 1.1 and the computer promtly bluescreened during an occt test. i then tried setting it to -0.005 and again it knocks it down way more than what i was expecting? is there some other setting i should be looking at to compensate for this? LLC?

stuie · 7 May 2013 at 13:16

use + voltage then, auto is probably adding something like + 50 if you use just + .005 then it will still be less

frenchy0312 · 7 May 2013 at 13:19

this didnt even occur to me. ill give it a try. thanks

mjallan123 · 7 May 2013 at 13:26

I've messed around with the offset setting but it didn't appeal to me.

If it only offset the full load voltage but left idle voltage alone then that would be great, but since it doesn't I don't really see the point of it.

Check out this for more info:

http://rog.asus.com/51092012/overclocking/overclocking-using-offset-mode-for-cpu-core-voltage/2/

stuie · 7 May 2013 at 13:26

If you set manual though it keeps the voltage static regardless of load

frenchy0312 · 7 May 2013 at 13:31

What you suggested worked great. i set it to +0.015 and it now sits at 1.16v at full load with prime95. Yeah i dont pay the electricity bill see so any way i can save some is a plus for me!