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Regular is none I would leave it at medium. It's there for a reason!
Also take phase control off extreme and set to optimised
(On phone ATM)
Also take phase control off extreme and set to optimised
(On phone ATM)
I was planning to use it of course, but because of the over voltage i haven't been able to yet. I was thinking once i hit 4.6ghz+ I'll have to start using it.
I think that extreme option is greyed out for some reason, ill have another look though.
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Auto is extreme IIRC as well. Which yeah for 4.8 and up you'll want to set
Boot at stock in auto and load prime, see what the VID is
Boot at stock in auto and load prime, see what the VID is
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Ok i figured out what was greying out extreme. Set the cpu current to 120% or lower, i can alter the cpu phase. I will probs put it back to extreme and keep it on 130%. It makes no difference to the voltage, see cpu-z below. Offset 0 4.6ghz. Voltage 1.4v under load, too high imo.
I think I am scotty yes.
Ok scotty will try that cheers.
I think I am scotty yes.
Ok scotty will try that cheers.
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You shouldn't need anymore current than when on optimised for 4.5-6. Extreme keeps all phases active even when the cpu is idle. You only need extreme when you're lashing it.
No point pishing about with offset otherwise
No point pishing about with offset otherwise
Legend!
I've got the vload down to 1.36v now at 4.6ghz. Not sure i can lower it any further now without using negative offset.
What's the max safe voltage for these 6 cores?
You shouldn't need anymore current than when on optimised for 4.5-6. Extreme keeps all phases active even when the cpu is idle. You only need extreme when you're lashing it.
No point pishing about with offset otherwise
Fair enough, i do like my power saving features. I will revist this then for my 24/7 clocks.
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24/7 probably 1.45v ish. 1.5v if you're a little bonkers. (1.5v is degrading territory)
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Blimey that high? Google tells me 1.3v maximum, but even i thought that was a little low. 1.35v for 24/7 sounds good to me?
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That's intel lol whoever listens to them
Cheers Scotty i was about right then.
I remember breaching those limits on my 2700k without issue mind, so for benching runs ill be letting rip. I reckon i'll be settling on 4.5ghz for 24/7, maybe 4.6. Seems i can do 4.5Ghz at -0.050v but 4.6 needs quite a bump form that.
Scotty i just got this. Was testing 4.7ghz and noticed it dropping to 4.2ghz in cpu-z. What would you recommend? Bios update to the latest revision?
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Not a lot you can do, it's one of the reasons a lot of peeps use the 4206 bios.
You have 2 bios's on your board, press the bios button to switch and see which bios is on that.
If you can't get 4206 loaded, you can try this
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Well that sucks. I will try and find that bios then see if i can flash it. Where is this bios switch?
Bottom right hand corner (red button)
see edit in above post
Cheers. Shall i try the RIVE BIOS 4901 (SANDY BRIDGE EDITION) bios??