Am I hurting my CPU with Auto Voltage?

[aaron.exe]

I recently started overclocking my i7 6700K on my Asus Z170 Pro Gaming motherboard to eek as much performance out of it before the stock shortage ends, however I’ve run into a problem with the voltage. I’m trying to get a stable over clock of 4.7GHZ, however whenever I restart my computer it starts a crash loop. I had the voltage set to 1.345 so I figured I’d just set it a little higher 1.37 is what I had in mind to get it stable. Every time I try to adjust it manually however it just keeps going back to 1.345– I can’t adjust it up or down even slightly (.005 increments). I set the voltage to auto and I managed to get out of the crash loop but I’m concerned it’ll hurt my CPU doing this. Does anyone know if this is true or if I can find some way to increase the voltage slightly for a stable over clock? Cheers!

[DoctorNick]

9 minutes ago, aaron.exe said:

I recently started overclocking my i7 6700K on my Asus Z170 Pro Gaming motherboard to eek as much performance out of it before the stock shortage ends, however I’ve run into a problem with the voltage. I’m trying to get a stable over clock of 4.7GHZ, however whenever I restart my computer it starts a crash loop. I had the voltage set to 1.345 so I figured I’d just set it a little higher 1.37 is what I had in mind to get it stable. Every time I try to adjust it manually however it just keeps going back to 1.345– I can’t adjust it up or down even slightly (.005 increments). I set the voltage to auto and I managed to get out of the crash loop but I’m concerned it’ll hurt my CPU doing this. Does anyone know if this is true or if I can find some way to increase the voltage slightly for a stable over clock? Cheers!

When set to auto is it running 1.345? You could try and adjust LLC instead. By going one level up. eg level 4 to 5.

[ChrisLoudon]

Hi buddy,

 

Very strange that its not holding the voltage you set between restarts.

 

Have you tried resetting the BIOS or even Flashing it to get it back to factory fresh and the latest version, might hold after that.

 

With regards to setting the Vcore to auto, no problems with that at all. That's how the system was shipped and how it was meant to operate in most situations. The only reason BIOSs allow for Vcore's to be set manually, is the auto setting isn't normally very good and working with OCs but in your case, it looks like its working better.

 

If your system is happy and stable at 4.7 with auto settings then happy days!