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- Jun 16, 2010
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- Burbank, CA
So finally got my 3770k hooked up and running and decided to start ocing. Below is the setup i'm using atm.
3770k
asrock z77 extreme6
G.Skill 1600 ram
Venomous X heatsink
So my goal was simple, 4.5ghz with as low voltage as the cpu will use and still be stable. I first set the multiplier to 45 and kept everything on auto just to see if it would work and still be stable. It does but the voltage would jump from 1.15~1.2volts on idle to 1.38 under-load and temps would hit mid to high 80s C and one core up to 92C. So i then switched voltages to manual at 1.30v with load line calibration to level 2 and turned off some features of motherboard i wasn't using. (rear 1394, esata ports, and Intel VT). So with just that much lower voltage setting (reads 1.28voltage even though its set to 1.3) temperature dropped significantly. Basically it dropped temps to low 70s and that one core close to 80c. I was was then planning on trying to lower voltage more but notice now that when the cpu throttle's down to 1.6ghz the voltage doesn't throttle down with it. It stays at 1.28. Not sure if its really that big of a deal just wondering why now did it now stop lowering voltage when it lowers clock speed?
Also read somewhere you probably could lower the voltage on the cpu llc to help lower temps just not sure how much is safe to lower.
Thanks in advance for any help u guys might provide.
3770k
asrock z77 extreme6
G.Skill 1600 ram
Venomous X heatsink
So my goal was simple, 4.5ghz with as low voltage as the cpu will use and still be stable. I first set the multiplier to 45 and kept everything on auto just to see if it would work and still be stable. It does but the voltage would jump from 1.15~1.2volts on idle to 1.38 under-load and temps would hit mid to high 80s C and one core up to 92C. So i then switched voltages to manual at 1.30v with load line calibration to level 2 and turned off some features of motherboard i wasn't using. (rear 1394, esata ports, and Intel VT). So with just that much lower voltage setting (reads 1.28voltage even though its set to 1.3) temperature dropped significantly. Basically it dropped temps to low 70s and that one core close to 80c. I was was then planning on trying to lower voltage more but notice now that when the cpu throttle's down to 1.6ghz the voltage doesn't throttle down with it. It stays at 1.28. Not sure if its really that big of a deal just wondering why now did it now stop lowering voltage when it lowers clock speed?
Also read somewhere you probably could lower the voltage on the cpu llc to help lower temps just not sure how much is safe to lower.
Thanks in advance for any help u guys might provide.