Yeah that's what I think as well. I think this motherboard is feeding it way more than it needs, but I can't change that in any way that I tried, other than limiting the power draw (PL2), which results in loss of performance.
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I did not clear the CMOS after updating to F7, but I did restore defaults. Is there a significant difference there? Also this newer F8d version doesn't seem to list any changes relating to that. Do you think it has a good chance of solving my issue? I just don't want to...
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If I revert everything in BIOS to default settings (power limits on Auto) it still pulls as much energy as it can. I guess I could set the power limit to 220W but then I don't get max turbo on all clocks.
As for ventilation, I can definitely improve on that area but...
It seems i cannot overclock my old GTX 650 2GB over +50 Mhz without surpassing the maximum core voltage Afterburner lets me have.
Everytime i get an unstability, lowering the Core Frequency solves it and my temps are very good (around 60 ºC on Heaven test).
If i could increase the Core Voltage...