confused about few things

[avidgamer121]

so yesterday i upgraded to 10th gen, i have an asrock h470m-hdv motherboard, there is a setting in bios called "boot performance mode" which has 3 options max battery, max performance and non-turbo performance.

 

by default it is set to non-turbo but i am thinking of setting it to battery mode to save some power, would it be worth it? i already have a low powered chip which only reaches 50w at full load but i think some power saving before os hand off wouldn't because it's a very basic thing.

 

secondly, Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers were recommended in my asrock driver utility software but i don't want any kinda bloat and i have already installed manufactuter provided sata drivers so i think it doesn't matter really.

 

3rd, i am thinking of enabling xmp but my brother has advised me against it as it already killed one of my pc, with 3 CPU dying and 2 motherboards mysteriously, he thought of buying me some new parts so we would have warranty to cover it.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, xdagamer said:

3rd, i am thinking of enabling xmp but my brother has advised me against it as it already killed one of my pc, with 3 CPU dying and 2 motherboards mysteriously, he thought of buying me some new parts so we would have warranty to cover it.

Problably some other issue

Just enable anyways, you wont start killing anything till you are well past 2v and xmp profiles generally stick around 1.35v for the usual 3200c16 or 3600c18 bins

[SorryBella]

1 hour ago, xdagamer said:

boot performance mode

its just deciding for whether the board should clock up on boot to boost load time. Thats it, it doesnt matter when its just gonna be around 10-20 seconds at a time with modern SSD.

1 hour ago, xdagamer said:

secondly, Intel Rapid Storage Technology drivers were recommended in my asrock driver utility software but i don't want any kinda bloat and i have already installed manufactuter provided sata drivers so i think it doesn't matter really.

Wont really needed nowadays unless you are setting up optane. And of course as we all know, Optane is dead.

1 hour ago, xdagamer said:

3rd, i am thinking of enabling xmp but my brother has advised me against it as it already killed one of my pc

Thats plain insane amount of bad luck or your brother dont know how to clear CMOS, and dont wanna admit it. Enable it and see for yourself but really by the time 10th gen arrived, Intel have long mastered DDR4 IMC, it should boot on XMP no issues. Also as a pro tip: never admit to anything in an RMA situation.

[avidgamer121]

8 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Problably some other issue

Just enable anyways, you wont start killing anything till you are well past 2v and xmp profiles generally stick around 1.35v for the usual 3200c16 or 3600c18 bins

7 minutes ago, SorryClaire said:

Thats plain insane amount of bad luck or your brother dont know how to clear CMOS, and dont wanna admit it. Enable it and see for yourself but really by the time 10th gen arrived, Intel have long mastered DDR4 IMC, it should boot on XMP no issues. Also as a pro tip: never admit to anything in an RMA situation.

i saw a post on reddit saying it can increase cpu voltages so it could be risky

[SorryBella]

4 minutes ago, xdagamer said:

i saw a post on reddit saying it can increase cpu voltages so it could be risky

Yeah but that applies to every single CPU out there. The issue that AM5 faces thats all over the news is the fact that the BIOS misinterpret the voltage sensor and send WAY TOO MUCH voltage into the VSOC area of the CPU die, causing it to burn out and die. This doesnt really apply to LGA1200 if at all.