High VCore Reading

[James09]

Hi Guys,

 

I recently upgraded from a 2500K to a 2700K, a friend of mine had one lying around that he wasnt using and he gave it to me. I have since tried to find a good

turbo overclock on it and was settled on a moderate 4.4Ghz overclock with XMP for memory and the Vdroop offset on my MSI Z77a-GD65 motherboard set to 50%. I ran a stress test for a good 8~10 hours and everything seemed very stable. However, under HWMonitor under VCore, although I noticed that under load the VCore would go not more than 1.3~1.35V, the maximum reading in the morning after the stress test was a staggering 2.0 something volts. I have since backed off to my backup OC setting was it pretty much the same setting except with the VDroop offset on Auto and @ 4.2Ghz. This is also very stable with voltages @ 100% load not exceeding 1.25V, but yet the maximum sometimes with light gaming will show 1.7~1.8V, although I've never actually seen it go that high. This is only what the software is telling me. I have tried to use a different software such as HWinfo64 but its pretty much the same. Can someone tell me why my Vcore is going so high? My PSU is a 3 month old Corsair RM650 and I have a GTX 980 installed. I dont know why it would be spiking so high. My 2500K never saw anything over 1.35V. Could it be because my CPU is a Engineering Sample 2700K? Is this safe? Will these spikes shorten the lifespan of my chip?

 

Thanks!

 

Specs:

 

Intel i7 2700K

16GB Crucial Ballistix 1600mhz

GTX 980

RM 650W PSU

[Gofspar]

probably just a glitch and is not at 2.0vcore

 

you would throttle instantly.

[James09]

probably just a glitch and is not at 2.0vcore

 

you would throttle instantly.

 

Just worried it will zap my chip. 

[ProKoN]

at 2.0V it woulda been zapped already

 

try intel xtu to monitor temps and voltages

 

or ai suite

[James09]

at 2.0V it woulda been zapped already

 

try intel xtu to monitor temps and voltages

 

or ai suite

 

Guess so........thanks! Do those have logging? Thanks again!

[ProKoN]

Guess so........thanks! Do those have logging? Thanks again!

xtu does log via a graph

 

ai suite doesnt

 

afterburner also logs

 

i would trust aisuite because it was designed to be compatible with your on board sensors

[James09]

xtu does log via a graph

 

ai suite doesnt

 

afterburner also logs

 

i would trust aisuite because it was designed to be compatible with your on board sensors

 

Doesnt AI SUITE belong to ASUS? Will it work with my MSI motherboard?

All MSI has is a control center and a Click Bios Program and neither seem to log.

But thanks anyway!

[ProKoN]

Doesnt AI SUITE belong to ASUS? Will it work with my MSI motherboard?

All MSI has is a control center and a Click Bios Program and neither seem to log.

But thanks anyway!

 

 

sorry i derped

 

yes use command center

 

no it doesnt log