Voltages to high?

[Wano97]

A few people told me my voltage on my CPU is way too high.

http://imgur.com/rObsNJm

I was using Easytune by Gigabyte (Came with my mobo)

 

 

Here I'm using Intel Extreme Tuning utility:

http://imgur.com/1q1nqe0

http://imgur.com/oCrYjwp

Look at the voltages, The default core voltages are at 1.4 and the proposed at 0.5v

Easytune gave me those voltages when I used the autotuning

 

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the Intel app? or How to fix this garbage and get a decent and stable overclock without those insane voltages

[TheNinjaNextDor]

That's a pretty high voltage. Go back and do the OC manually since those tuning programs usually use way too much.

[TheSLSAMG]

Don't use those stupid Windows programs. Do it through the BIOS. Set your voltage to 1.375 and go as high on the clocks as will stay stable under decent temps (no higher than 85C)

[ProKoN]

Yes your voltage is to high for 4.2 GHz

 

its amazing you can even cool that voltage.

 

for 4.2GHz your voltage shouldn't exceed 1.25V

[Jedicake]

Yea I would feel very uncomfortable with that voltage. Try to manually set it to 1.25 and go from there

[Wano97]

That's a pretty high voltage. Go back and do the OC manually since those tuning programs usually use way too much.

 

 

Don't use those stupid Windows programs. Do it through the BIOS. Set your voltage to 1.375 and go as high on the clocks as will stay stable under decent temps (no higher than 85C)

 

I had some bad experience doing it manually through the BIOS, I screwed SOMETHING up and my PC didn't boot anymore, no matter what I did, I also resetted the CMOS or w/e u call it. I had to reinstall my OS

Yes your voltage is to high for 4.2 GHz

 

its amazing you can even cool that voltage.

 

for 4.2GHz your voltage shouldn't exceed 1.25V

Yeah temps aren't that much of a problem

[Mooshi]

Jesus, dude.

 

I have a Sandy Bridge chip that wasn't exactly a silicon lottory winner and my voltages aren't even that high for a 4.6Ghz overclock. You can always try looking into overclocking with offset voltage.

[Wano97]

Jesus, dude.

 

I have a Sandy Bridge chip that wasn't exactly a silicon lottory winner and my voltages aren't even that high for a 4.6Ghz overclock.

I saw the voltages going up to 1.5 a few times, when it was at 4.4GHz

[TheNinjaNextDor]

I had some bad experience doing it manually through the BIOS, I screwed SOMETHING up and my PC didn't boot anymore, no matter what I did, I also resetted the CMOS or w/e u call it. I had to reinstall my OS

Yeah temps aren't that much of a problem

Even if it's not overheating that doesn't mean that it's safe to push all that voltage through it.

 

It will not mess anything up if you do it right, try again  Maybe make a thread for it and people can help you through it.

[Wano97]

Even if it's not overheating that doesn't mean that it's safe to push all that voltage through it.

 

It will not mess anything up if you do it right, try again  Maybe make a thread for it and people can help you through it.

I guess I'll give it a go

[Mooshi]

My personal setting for 4.6ghz stability without using crazy high voltages for everyday use is a +0.030 offset. When my system isn't doing anything demanding, voltage is around 1.1v or so. Whenever I do something demanding, my CPU ramps up to the full 4.6Ghz and the vcore bumps up to 1.375v for complete stability.

 

Maybe this can be of help. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/278097-29-manual-offset-voltage-control

[Wano97]

My personal setting for 4.6ghz stability without using crazy high voltages for everyday use is a +0.030 offset. When my system isn't doing anything demanding, voltage is around 1.1v or so. Whenever I do something demanding, my CPU ramps up to the full 4.6Ghz and the vcore bumps up to 1.375v for complete stability.

 

Maybe this can be of help. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/278097-29-manual-offset-voltage-control

My voltage offset is greyed out for some reason, I've set the Vcore to 1.25v but now it sticks to 1.25v even when the CPU freq is like 1-2GHz

[Mooshi]

This is more relevant to my board, but is there a setting on yours that kinda looks like this?

 

[ProKoN]

My voltage offset is greyed out for some reason, I've set the Vcore to 1.25v but now it sticks to 1.25v even when the CPU freq is like 1-2GHz

 

set the cpu vcore to "normal"

 

this will allow you to adjust the offset

[Wano97]

Yeah indeed, is there any specified number to 'normal voltages' ? I'm in my BIOS right now

[ProKoN]

Yeah indeed, is there any specified number to 'normal voltages' ? I'm in my BIOS right now

 

when you select normal the base core voltage is 1.0V

 

you can set a max offset voltage of +\-  .400V which will be 1.4V at load.

 

honestly use a fixed voltage to begin

 

get your overclock stable with a fixed voltage and the set it to an offset voltage

[Wano97]

when you select normal the base core voltage is 1.0V

 

you can set a max offset voltage of +\-  .400V which will be 1.4V at load.

 

honestly use a fixed voltage to begin

 

get your overclock stable with a fixed voltage and the set it to an offset voltage

I'm on 1.25v, fixed though. I don't know why but my multiplier doesn't seem to change whenever I boot the system... On the bios it says 4GHz, even when I look at 'CPU status'. My multiplier just stays on 8-42 whenever I boot

[ProKoN]

I'm on 1.25v, fixed though. I don't know why but my multiplier doesn't seem to change whenever I boot the system... On the bios it says 4GHz, even when I look at 'CPU status'. My multiplier just stays on 8-42 whenever I boot

 

Uninstall the gigabyte overclocking software, promptly followed by a written guide detailing your user experience.

 

clear cmos

 

start fresh

[Wano97]

Uninstall the gigabyte overclocking software, promptly followed by a written guide detailing your user experience.

clear cmos

start fresh

Yeah I've done that and everything is going fine now. Is it normal that the VRIN sits around 1.6-1.8v? I've read somewhere that the VRIN should be 0.4 higher than the vcore

[papeles]

Use manual mode and set it to 1.25v as sugested. You shouldnt be going over 1.3v in my oppinion

[ProKoN]

Follow my guide.

[Wano97]

Follow my guide.

Your guide?

Edit: nvm i found it