Hi...
I want to undervolt my i7-6700k 4.2GHz. How do I do that properly, without damaging the CPU and the rest of the hardware?
I want to undervolt my CPU to get a cooler and cheaper system. ([strike]My electricity bills are too big![/strike])
I don't know that much about overclocking and undervolting, but I do know where to find it in my BIOS settings. My motherboard is Maximus VIII Ranger. I also know that I am going to change the CPU Core Voltage. I've tried to manually enter another amount of volt. The default volt is 1.408 volt whilst on heavy load, and I want to lower it a bit. I'd be happy if i could reach 1.200 volt or 1.180 volt, but my system seems to crash when I'm going under 1.220 volt. Sometimes it reaches 1.180 without any problems at all.
I'll stay away from Manual Voltage Mode, because it only stays in the given Voltage, for example: if I change it to 1.200 volt, it stays at 1.2 and doesn't go under 1.2 .
The Adaptive and Offset modes seems out of control, because they'll never use the given voltage. I tried using the Adaptive voltage mode and I set the Addtional max turbo voltage to 1.220 volt and sometimes it moved all the way up to 1.39 volt or even 1.4 volt.
I also have one more problem with my CPU...
Whilst my CPU is idle, it goes down to 800MHz and then all the way up to 4200MHz, the exact same weird thing happens to my CPU voltage. It goes from around 0.760 volt all the way up to 1.408 volt. Is that normal for a CPU to change so often like that?
Thanks in advance!
I want to undervolt my i7-6700k 4.2GHz. How do I do that properly, without damaging the CPU and the rest of the hardware?
I want to undervolt my CPU to get a cooler and cheaper system. ([strike]My electricity bills are too big![/strike])
I don't know that much about overclocking and undervolting, but I do know where to find it in my BIOS settings. My motherboard is Maximus VIII Ranger. I also know that I am going to change the CPU Core Voltage. I've tried to manually enter another amount of volt. The default volt is 1.408 volt whilst on heavy load, and I want to lower it a bit. I'd be happy if i could reach 1.200 volt or 1.180 volt, but my system seems to crash when I'm going under 1.220 volt. Sometimes it reaches 1.180 without any problems at all.
I'll stay away from Manual Voltage Mode, because it only stays in the given Voltage, for example: if I change it to 1.200 volt, it stays at 1.2 and doesn't go under 1.2 .
The Adaptive and Offset modes seems out of control, because they'll never use the given voltage. I tried using the Adaptive voltage mode and I set the Addtional max turbo voltage to 1.220 volt and sometimes it moved all the way up to 1.39 volt or even 1.4 volt.
I also have one more problem with my CPU...
Whilst my CPU is idle, it goes down to 800MHz and then all the way up to 4200MHz, the exact same weird thing happens to my CPU voltage. It goes from around 0.760 volt all the way up to 1.408 volt. Is that normal for a CPU to change so often like that?
Thanks in advance!