Help with cpu and motherboard compatibility

[Guest]

I have a motheroard (asus h61m-k) which supports cpus up to 77w and a cpu (i7-2600) which is max 95w. Even though in the bios a message shows up "this cpu is not supported", the system boots and runs smoothly. Should i be worried? Whats the worse that could happen? I was playing bf4 earlier and at some point it crashed (the cause could be anything) and it raised my concerned.

[harrynowl]

Well the VRMs could burn out which is less than ideal.

 

I'd look into replacing the board.

[Darel321]

ehh. if you dont have the stock cooling and you wont overload it much... you should be good... worst case your mobo is gonna break... I doubt its gona fry anything else...

[Guest]

ehh. if you dont have the stock cooling and you wont overload it much... you should be good... worst case your mobo is gonna break... I doubt its gona fry anything else...

 

 

Well the VRMs could burn out which is less than ideal.

 

I'd look into replacing the board.

 

I see. Is there anyway i can limit the max amount of watt of my cpu? like limit the cpu to 77w? until i get a new mobo at least..

[harrynowl]

I see. Is there anyway i can limit the max amount of watt of my cpu? like limit the cpu to 77w? until i get a new mobo at least..

you can try reduce the core voltage & disable turbo core mode in the uefi

 

I think the 32nm spec for sandy was 1.05v - 1.175v so you should be able to set a voltage of 1.05v after disabling turbo