FX-8370, Looking for some Technical help :D.

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kaitheus

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Ok so recently I installed the FX-8370, How ever I'd like to know a bit more about its technical layout such as it Stock Vcore etc, I am asking for this primarily because at one point I was getting a stock reading of v1.35 and now I am getting a reading of v1.275. Both readings the CPU was running at 4Ghz. How ever when it was reading 1.35 the multi was at 20.5 for some reason, so technically I was at 4.1GHz at that point, yet I never set that up that way in the bios :/.

Note that turbo boost is off as well as all the power saving states etc and cool & quiet is disabled etc, and the OC section of my mobo is set to auto atm which means essentially that I'm not OCing the CPU atm.

Also I'm not new to PCs just that some times its better to just ask for help rather then go head 1st into the vulcano lolz.

Any help would be appreciated as I use this PC for heavy video encoding so I need it Stable lolz.
 
Solution
There is no "Stock" voltage for it if the system is constanstly shifting it about, but an average voltage for that chip with no turbo and no power reductions is around 1.275 to 1.3v. My 8320, which is the same chip just a lower bin, is generally around 1.35 with a 4.5Ghz overclock. Even with EVERY possible option that could cause automatic adjustment of the voltage disabled it still varies a slight amount depending on system load. Enabling load line calibration in the BIOS is helpful for stability as well.

In the power options, you need to click on "change plan settings" next to the Performance plan, and then on Advanced settings. In advanced settings, open Processor power management and set the minimum processor state to 100% if you...