So i have had my MSI b360m bazooka running for a year with a 8600k (no OC or undervolt) without any troubles. Recently ive aquired a Asus prime z370-p mainboard which had a 8700 non k sitting in it. I moved the 8700 to the MSI B360M, first noticing the higher temps (75c) using a aftermarket cooler. My 8600k didnt go over 61c.
So i undervolted the 8700 using throttlestop by -125mv on both cpu core and cache (adaptive offset). This brought down the temps to 64c at the most for the CPU, so closely matching the 8600k which was running without undervolt at 1.26v.
I am wondering now, is this going to be a good idea? The MSI B360M Bazooka's VRM's are they capable enough to handle the 8700? Ive got DDR running at 2666mhz and obviously there wont be any OC in the future.
Does undervolting the CPU also put less stress on the mainboards vrms? With the Asus prime Z370-P i could undervolt in the BIOS, and i suspect that board has better vrms but i could be wrong, heard bad things about that MB too. What about PLII/max power to the CPU regarding these mainboards?
What to do, change mainboard and use the Z370-prime? Or will things be fine with the B360M and the undervolt i got on it? Its much more work to change MB and reinstall windows.
Another thing, when i took out the 2x8gb mem modules and put them back in, the mb wouldnt recognize one of the modules no matter what i did. Not untill i put in single 4gb from another pc, removed that and could run the matched pair 2x8gb sticks again.
The B360M has the following BIOS settings: long duration power limit 115w, short duration power limit 125w.
So i undervolted the 8700 using throttlestop by -125mv on both cpu core and cache (adaptive offset). This brought down the temps to 64c at the most for the CPU, so closely matching the 8600k which was running without undervolt at 1.26v.
I am wondering now, is this going to be a good idea? The MSI B360M Bazooka's VRM's are they capable enough to handle the 8700? Ive got DDR running at 2666mhz and obviously there wont be any OC in the future.
Does undervolting the CPU also put less stress on the mainboards vrms? With the Asus prime Z370-P i could undervolt in the BIOS, and i suspect that board has better vrms but i could be wrong, heard bad things about that MB too. What about PLII/max power to the CPU regarding these mainboards?
What to do, change mainboard and use the Z370-prime? Or will things be fine with the B360M and the undervolt i got on it? Its much more work to change MB and reinstall windows.
Another thing, when i took out the 2x8gb mem modules and put them back in, the mb wouldnt recognize one of the modules no matter what i did. Not untill i put in single 4gb from another pc, removed that and could run the matched pair 2x8gb sticks again.
The B360M has the following BIOS settings: long duration power limit 115w, short duration power limit 125w.
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