What voltage modes do you use for a cpu oc?

[MingLee420]

So ive heard that if running a locked voltage at idle can waste a bit of power so i was wondering what you use 

i have a msi click 5 bios and adaptive mode just dosent work for me im trying to do 1.270v when on load with a 5ghz all core oc on my 10700k but i dont know any other option apart from override which is a locked voltage

[xg32]

i have both fixed and offset, even at fixed it still idles at 0.6v or 0.8v, i'm guessing there's a settings in bios for that, never used it.

[MingLee420]

20 minutes ago, xg32 said:

i have both fixed and offset, even at fixed it still idles at 0.6v or 0.8v, i'm guessing there's a settings in bios for that, never used it.

could that possibly be c state?

[xg32]

8 minutes ago, MingLee420 said:

could that possibly be c state?

that's it, think my cpu draws 5w idle and stays at 800hz no matter the oc profile

[MingLee420]

1 minute ago, xg32 said:

that's it, think my cpu draws 5w idle and stays at 800hz no matter the oc profile

For me i just set to offset mode and left it at auto with c state on and my voltage is going lower but my cpu frequency is at 5ghz at idle do you knkw what that could be?

[xg32]

11 minutes ago, MingLee420 said:

For me i just set to offset mode and left it at auto with c state on and my voltage is going lower but my cpu frequency is at 5ghz at idle do you knkw what that could be?

do you have mce on? also windows power settings

[BetteBalterZen]

I'm using -Offset undervolt for my overclock. To be exact: 

 

I set the All Core multiplier to 47 from 43, with stock auto voltages.

Then I put in -0.095mV on the voltage curve using -Offset. (undervolt)

 

So now I'm basically running stock auto voltages but with a lower voltage curve. 
At idle, my Vcore goes as low as 0.700V-ish and peaks at 1.380V-ish. 
 

Can't go lower than 0.095mV - it'll BSOD my PC from time to time at idle. 

[MingLee420]

6 minutes ago, xg32 said:

do you have mce on? also windows power settings

Mce/ enhanced turbo on msi is off and did the edit power plan and to make sure the cpu ratio mode is on dynamic and still nothing

[MingLee420]

2 minutes ago, BetteBalterZen said:

I'm using -Offset undervolt for my overclock. To be exact: 

 

I set the All Core multiplier to 47 from 43, with stock auto voltages.

Then I put in -0.095mV on the voltage curve using -Offset. (undervolt)

 

So now I'm basically running stock auto voltages but with a lower voltage curve. 
At idle, my Vcore goes as low as 0.700V-ish and peaks at 1.380V-ish. 
 

Can't go lower than 0.095mV - it'll BSOD my PC from time to time at idle. 

Thanks for that info but running into a problem that for ae reason the cpu is running at 5ghz the whole time

[BetteBalterZen]

3 minutes ago, MingLee420 said:

Thanks for that info but running into a problem that for ae reason the cpu is running at 5ghz the whole time

Yes, sorry, I read through the newer comments right after I posted mine. I see how my comment was unusable. 

My clockspeed does not stay at Max Turbo speeds at idle. 

Everything in my BIOS is "stock" / default, part from what I said in my first comment + XMP and ReSizable Bar is enabled aswell. In Windows, I use the normal Balanced power profile. 

Are you 100% sure what something isn't using your CPU? Have you check the task manager and so on? 

[MingLee420]

Just now, BetteBalterZen said:

Yes, sorry, I read through the newer comments right after I posted mine. I see how my comment was unusable. 

My clockspeed does not stay at Max Turbo speeds at idle. 

Everything in my BIOS is "stuck" part from what I said in my first comment + XMP and ReSizable Bar is enabled aswell. In Windows, I use the normal Balanced power profile. 

Are you 100% sure what something isn't using your CPU? Have you check the task manager and so on? 

Yh its at 3-7 percent and at 5ghz 

[BetteBalterZen]

2 minutes ago, MingLee420 said:

Yh its at 3-7 percent and at 5ghz 

Something tells me what something is using your CPU. 

My 8700K idles at 3/4% with background programs, on Windows 11 - which generally uses 1% more of my CPU than Windows 10. 
And my 8700K has 2 cores and 4 threads less than your 10700K.

If you click on "CPU" in the Processes-tab, what uses your CPU right now? 

[MingLee420]

2 minutes ago, BetteBalterZen said:

Something tells me what something is using your CPU. 

My 8700K idles at 3/4% with background programs, on Windows 11 - which generally uses 1% more of my CPU than Windows 10. 

If you click on "CPU" in the Processes-tab, what uses your CPU right now? 

Omg thanks lol i quit voicemeeter potato and its working but idk why cuz the edit power plan minimum usage is at 10 percent

[BetteBalterZen]

Just now, MingLee420 said:

Omg thanks lol i quit voicemeeter potato and its working but idk why cuz the edit power plan minimum usage is at 10 percent

You're welcome! I'm glad you found what was causing it

[BetteBalterZen]

3 minutes ago, MingLee420 said:

but idk why cuz the edit power plan minimum usage is at 10 percent

And yeah I don't know either. I have experimented with those settings before and I have never figured them out. 

[MingLee420]

1 minute ago, BetteBalterZen said:

And yeah I don't know either. I have experimented with those settings before and I have never figured them out. 

Fair enough well ill try what you recommended

[BetteBalterZen]

Just now, MingLee420 said:

Fair enough well ill try what you recommended

Uhm, what did I recommend?  

[MingLee420]

1 hour ago, BetteBalterZen said:

Uhm, what did I recommend?  

oh i meant like try offset mode, so what i did was offset -0.045 at 5ghz all core and managed to pass 10 min r23 at 1.258 and is perfectly stable 

[BetteBalterZen]

17 hours ago, MingLee420 said:

oh i meant like try offset mode, so what i did was offset -0.045 at 5ghz all core and managed to pass 10 min r23 at 1.258 and is perfectly stable 

Oh right, gotcha. Glad it works for you  

Please remember though that AVX workloads will cause the CPU to lower clockspeeds and voltage, so you will probably hit higher voltages than 1.258 in CPU heavy games, that do not use AVX instructions.