Motherboard says low power promontory

[O_Bsnacks]

Today i looked in hwinfo underneath the chipset for my motherboard and it says low power promontory is this normal 

 

i have a msi gaming x470 max 

[Chris Pratt]

Promontory is the chipset architecture. Low-power is an indication that it's energy optimized. Doesn't mean anything really. It's the same for virtually any Zen 2 capable board.

[O_Bsnacks]

Ok thanks and another question i have is that is turning game boost on in bios worth it or will it shorten my cpus life 

[Chris Pratt]

That's mostly marketing nonsense. All it's going to do is adjust the power limits and voltages a little, such that your CPU *might* boost a little higher/longer. However, there's so many variables here, that there's no guarantee it's going to have any effect at all.

 

Technically, any change to power delivery can hurt components, but for something like this that you just flip a switch on, everything is going to be well within acceptable ranges, so lifespan should not be impacted.

[neitzches-pctech]

I know this is old post but I have been running the same board and an r5 3600 overclocked to 4.6ghz all core and it's been running that 24/7 since roughly the time you posted this and still passes cinibench no problem every time.