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Enok32
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Lower power means less stress on the components overall, there's no physical risk in reducing clock speeds.

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As a mild curiosity I have been underclocking my Asus 1070 Rog Strix down A LOT, like 268 MHz as of right now low, and was wondering if there was actually any danger to the hardware in doing this? I don't have a reason to do this but do want to proceed with even lower clock rates if I can safely do so because why not.

 

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Lower power means less stress on the components overall, there's no physical risk in reducing clock speeds.

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56 minutes ago, Enok32 said:

As a mild curiosity I have been underclocking my Asus 1070 Rog Strix down A LOT, like 268 MHz as of right now low, and was wondering if there was actually any danger to the hardware in doing this? I don't have a reason to do this but do want to proceed with even lower clock rates if I can safely do so because why not.

 

Thanks for the help!

? why ? If you want to increase lifespan, UNDERVOLT. Lowering clock speeds without adjusting voltage is just. Lowers clock speeds :) Decrease the actual voltage.

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