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I ran a CPU stress test with Unigine rendering in the background and after a few minutes the temps are upwards of 90c with a max 98c; definitely too hot for comfort. But obviously, we are going pedal to the metal here with maxed out CPU and GPU util which is quite unrealistic, especially for my...

I did do that too, Unigine Heaven seems to not complain about that, and Borderlands 2 runs fine. Now as Yuka said: So the real test here would be to run a game that taxes out both to test power consumption. But I'm starting to doubt it's a power consumption issue in the first place, since...

UPDATE: I may have a found a fix! I downloaded ThrottleStop, and disabled the "BD PROCHOT" option. I ran Borderlands 2, a game that utilises both the CPU and GPU (Unigine Heaven doesn't do much CPU-wise but does tax out the GPU) and I'm enjoying unhindered performance with the CPU sitting @...

Yes, that's what I tried to do by limiting the GPU power limit. The CPU runs at full speed and I get better performance actually in CPU intensive games. Wouldn't overclocking the GPU while keeping the power limit fixed means we try to juice out more from the GPU given the same power budget? It...

Unfortunately, there's little to be done in the BIOS on this pre-built system. It seems that the only workaround here is to undervolt and CPU and overclock the GPU to at least squeeze out the most of what we're getting since our temps allow it

Thank you for the response. I too am suspecting that this downclocking is due to power draw limitations. It is a bit odd, however, that the Intel XTU is showing it's "thermal throttling" even though it's not hitting 100C (jumps around 80s). Unfortunately, the system ships with a 330W external...

Hi All, This is my first post here. I have scoured the internet for a solution for this but to no avail. Anyways, I have the GTX 1070 equipped MSI Trident 3 with an Intel i7-7700, and a 330W external PSU. After successfully managing a stable undervolt of -165mV, and running a stress test on...