Question Controlling the temperature of an i7-13700 non-k ?

[rabea.xyz]

greetings,

i am planning to install the i7-13700 with a Noctua NH-D15S because i do not trust using AIO cooling in my system. i don't do any overclocking at all, planning to use this pc for v-ray rendering, my only concern is about the CPU temp, i was watching on YouTube that there is a way to undervolt the CPU through Intel utility software.

Are there any settings that i can manage to make sure the CPU temp will not exceed a specific temp, for example set the CPU max temp or target temp at 80 degree and it will not go over that ?

thanks, in advance.

 

[TerryLaze]

The only way for this CPU to hit high temps is if the mobo uses unlimited power, or runs the CPU at max turbo all of the time, which is pretty common.
Just set the PL2 and PL1 to whatever your cooling can handle, at a low noise level (if you care about that) , and you will get the best performance possible without artificially limiting it, which is what a strict temp limit would do.

Undervolting is difficult for stability since different renderings might load the CPU in different ways and what works fine for one type might cause crashes or freezes for others and you do not want to lose hours of rendering to that, or lose hours to troubleshooting because everything looks fine with stress tests but that one render is running one instruction that fails under less volts.

 

[rabea.xyz]

The only way for this CPU to hit high temps is if the mobo uses unlimited power, or runs the CPU at max turbo all of the time, which is pretty common.
Just set the PL2 and PL1 to whatever your cooling can handle, at a low noise level (if you care about that) , and you will get the best performance possible without artificially limiting it, which is what a strict temp limit would do.

Undervolting is difficult for stability since different renderings might load the CPU in different ways and what works fine for one type might cause crashes or freezes for others and you do not want to lose hours of rendering to that, or lose hours to troubleshooting because everything looks fine with stress tests but that one render is running one instruction that fails under less volts.

great thanks 👍

 

[falcon291]

I have 13900KS and NH-D15. And for exactly the same reasons I don't want to use AIOs.
Mine CPU so yours to some extent run hot. Undervolting helps, to learn how it can be applied, google it, because each mainboard has different instructions. Changing the CPU frame was told to help, I bought the plate, but I am still to install it. And you can enter max watt, and max temperature values entering BIOS. My mainboard Asus ROG Strix Z-790F has it. Probably the mainboard you are planning to have also has it. But I cannot be sure without reading the manual.

About undervolting you are changing just one parameter, it is not exactly rocket science, but don't enter too high numbers, because then your computer may not start, and you may be forced to reset the BIOS.

 

[rabea.xyz]

great thanks 👍

great thanks 👍

I have 13900KS and NH-D15. And for exactly the same reasons I don't want to use AIOs.
Mine CPU so yours to some extent run hot. Undervolting helps, to learn how it can be applied, google it, because each mainboard has different instructions. Changing the CPU frame was told to help, I bought the plate, but I am still to install it. And you can enter max watt, and max temperature values entering BIOS. My mainboard Asus ROG Strix Z-790F has it. Probably the mainboard you are planning to have also has it. But I cannot be sure without reading the manual.

About undervolting you are changing just one parameter, it is not exactly rocket science, but don't enter too high numbers, because then your computer may not start, and you may be forced to reset the BIOS.

excellent thanks, yeah i think going for Asus will be a good idea.