Help me UNDERCLOCK a CPU?

[RaputerXpert]

MOBO is ASU Maximimus Hero VII(7), CPU is INTEL  i5-4570

 

I can't understand all those settings to undervolt this CPU. I guess I want to decrease by 0.005 volt increments or whatever the correct amount would be?

[Chris Pratt]

Undervolting is not the same thing as underclocking, so you have a bit of a mixed question here.

[RaputerXpert]

7 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

Undervolting is not the same thing as underclocking, so you have a bit of a mixed question here.

I want to undervolt due to heat issues. I've tried all the cooling tips and now just want to lower the cpu's voltage.

[Alex Atkin UK]

34 minutes ago, RaputerXpert said:

I want to undervolt due to heat issues. I've tried all the cooling tips and now just want to lower the cpu's voltage.

There's no real magic sauce to undervolting, reduce voltage a little, stress test, reduce voltage some more, stress test, its a tedious process I could never be bothered with due to the risk of filesystem corruption during any crash.

[RaputerXpert]

11 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

There's no real magic sauce to undervolting, reduce voltage a little, stress test, reduce voltage some more, stress test, its a tedious process I could never be bothered with due to the risk of filesystem corruption during any crash.

Could you or anyone else tell me a safe voltage increment to reduce by to be safe?

I thought 0.05 was too much and 0.0025 was better or am I just way off?

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, RaputerXpert said:

Could you or anyone else tell me a safe voltage increment to reduce by to be safe?

I thought 0.05 was too much and 0.0025 was better or am I just way off?

The smaller the increment the better, but obviously will take much longer to find just how low you can go.