CPU Voltage Spikes

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Hey, so I have the AMD Phenom II x3 720 BE. I'm running everything stock and no over-clocking. The issue i have is whenever i alt-tab in and out of a fullscreen game, and every once in a while otherwise, the CPU voltage reading spikes from 1.14 to 1.31.
I can't seem to figure out the cause for this, and if I should be worried or not.

If u have any ideas or suggestions please let me know!

My total specs:

AMD Phenom II x3 720 BE
Corsair VX550W PSU
Sapphire Radeon 4850 512mb
OCZ 4(2x2) 1066 mg DDR2
WD 3000AAKS 7200rpm 300gb

Thanks in advance!
 
Unless the spike is above a safe level (in which case, I'd assume your rig would hang), I don't think anything's wrong. Particularly if you're using a newer OS like Vista, which requires computing power (and thus causing a spike?) to properly render your windows' previews.