Hello. This is my first time posting here so I'm sorry if I'm making some mistakes, and it's also my first time overclocking.
So, last week I got my new PC, and I started researching on overclocking this CPU. Been testing out since then and today I got it to 4.5Ghz and the core voltage is 1.241. At first, I didn't touch the voltage at all, I left it at auto, and went to 1.374v which scared me and while testing out on BF3 I noticed a big change in performance, was runing in ultra with vsync on with no problems, and the max temperature was about 80º, and on the GTA 5 benchmark it wen't to 75º with basicaly everything maxed out at 30 fps locked (because GTA5 has some issues with dual core CPUs, if I disable half vsync, the game stutters.) So since the voltages were scaring me, I was able to go down to 1.241v and I noticed a small drop in frames, not something over the top, and the temps went down quite a lot, down to 68ish, never reaching 70 on both games. I was trying to go for 1.250v, but for some reason, as I try to type it the value goes back to the previous inserted voltage, so 1.241 was the voltage I was able to achiev.
So my question is, why can't I change it to 1.250, and if at this current state, 1.241v and current temps is safe and overall good.
Specs:
Pentium G3258
ASUS GTX 950 OC 2GBDDR5
MB Asus H81 Gamer Intel SKT1150 4xDDR3
Power Supply: Nox Urano SX 500W
Kingston HyperX Savage 8Gb
Cheers.
So, last week I got my new PC, and I started researching on overclocking this CPU. Been testing out since then and today I got it to 4.5Ghz and the core voltage is 1.241. At first, I didn't touch the voltage at all, I left it at auto, and went to 1.374v which scared me and while testing out on BF3 I noticed a big change in performance, was runing in ultra with vsync on with no problems, and the max temperature was about 80º, and on the GTA 5 benchmark it wen't to 75º with basicaly everything maxed out at 30 fps locked (because GTA5 has some issues with dual core CPUs, if I disable half vsync, the game stutters.) So since the voltages were scaring me, I was able to go down to 1.241v and I noticed a small drop in frames, not something over the top, and the temps went down quite a lot, down to 68ish, never reaching 70 on both games. I was trying to go for 1.250v, but for some reason, as I try to type it the value goes back to the previous inserted voltage, so 1.241 was the voltage I was able to achiev.
So my question is, why can't I change it to 1.250, and if at this current state, 1.241v and current temps is safe and overall good.
Specs:
Pentium G3258
ASUS GTX 950 OC 2GBDDR5
MB Asus H81 Gamer Intel SKT1150 4xDDR3
Power Supply: Nox Urano SX 500W
Kingston HyperX Savage 8Gb
Cheers.