Is 1.41v normal?

[WhyAlwaysMe]

I finally booted my new system and upon entering the motherboards drivers it told me my cpu was running 3.5ghz at 1.41v (I have a ryzen 5 1500x.)

[NotTristan]

At that low of a core clock that seems a little high, but shouldn't be an issue. You could always go into your motherboards overclocking settings and under volt it. I wouldn't worry about it but it isn't exactly "good", also not "bad". it's a normal voltage to use in overclocking. 

[xAcid9]

That's why auto, is not the besto. Tweak the voltage manually.

[WhyAlwaysMe]

Right thanks, I was really scared my cpu was a serious dud.

[Jurrunio]

Use offset mode in voltage control to reduce it since it allows the voltage to drop normally. Start by giving a negative offset of 0.1V, Give it a 2min run with Aida64 burnout. If it's stable then drop another 0.01V. When it finally gets unstable, increase the offset by 0.07V and it should be stable no matter what you throw at it.

[Coaxialgamer]

That voltage is still within a normal range. Try measuring it during a stress test, as it can often peak when running idle or in single thread tasks. 

[Simon771]

Not exactly needed voltage for that clock speed.

Go in BIOS and do some manual overclocking.

 

Anything under 1,45V is fine for Ryzen, but I myself would stay under 1,4V for daily usage.

 

[WhyAlwaysMe]

Now for some reason when I boot in it says the core voltage is 2.7v!!! I unplugged it as soon as I saw it except now I have no idea what to do.

[Simon771]

4 minutes ago, WhyAlwaysMe said:

Now for some reason when I boot in it says the core voltage is 2.7v!!! I unplugged it as soon as I saw it except now I have no idea what to do.

go into the bios and set manual voltage

[johndms]

1 hour ago, WhyAlwaysMe said:

Now for some reason when I boot in it says the core voltage is 2.7v!!! I unplugged it as soon as I saw it except now I have no idea what to do.

It may be necessary to visit the support and downloads section of the board's web site and get the most recent bios version. I doubt 2.7v was an accurate reading and 1.41 is rather high for Auto settings, but not unheard of nor is it terribly dangerous. At stock, your CPU will automatically overclock itself in addition to boosting one or two cores even further. This is AMD's Precision Boost and XFR technologies and both will increase your vcore to compensate for the increased frequency.

 

Update the bios and see if that works. Try a negative cpu core voltage offset, as previously mentioned if your board has that option, or apply a manual voltage (1.275 or 1.30, for example) and test Stability with Aida64's System Stability Test stressing CPU/FPU/Cache for at least 1 hour. As an alternative, there's probably a bios option called Core Performance Boost which controls Precision Boost and XFR. You'll loose the extra frequency boost if disabled, but it should stop the voltage from shooting up so high.

 

It's my understanding that board makers are very liberal with core voltage because they have to support many current and future CPUs. To make sure they all at least POST, they often supply more than enough voltage by default so the user can enter the bios.

[WhyAlwaysMe]

It says my voltage is 1.187v on the left but is 2.729v on the right?? I am extremely confused