Vcore increase when under load

northun_munky · 1 Dec 2013 at 18:36

Just getting to grips with Overclocking a 2500k on a Gigabyte z77x-d3h and going for 4.5.

I've got llc set to extreme, disabled all the powersaving stuff and turbo boost and set a manual vcore of 1.32.

Using hwmonitor min value of vcore is 1.32 but when testing under load with prime95 the vcore jumps to 1.34. Not much I know but i was expecting a bit of vdroop if anything...

Am i missing some setting in the bios?

nikki5974 · 1 Dec 2013 at 19:00

Extreme LLC will give a boost 2 the vcore lower the LLC and then you will get a drop under load

northun_munky · 1 Dec 2013 at 19:04

Ah ok. I've just tried adjusting the llc to standard, low, med and high but all gave me less than the 1.32 I'd set manually at idle. Is that an issue? Do I just enter a higher manual vcore to compensate?

northun_munky · 1 Dec 2013 at 19:19

Sorted. Set it to high with gives me zero vdroop and set the manual vcore 0.005 higher which gives me the desire voltage. Cheers for your help mate. A lot of the guides say only use the extreme setting...