Question Seemingly weird Ryzen 5 Voltages

[epiczombiekill]

I just upgraded to a Ryzen 5 1600x and was curious about the voltages I'm seeing in HWmonitor

At idle I'm seeing 1.4-1.46v, but under load with P95 I'm seeing 1.2v, temps are a tad high at idle 40c-48c though under full load at 4.1ghz it doesn't go above 70c
Everything in the bios is stock other than some custom fan curves

I've heard 1.4v+ is dangerous for these so I wanted to check to make sure it's safe, though I ran my 4690k at 1.45v for the better part of a decade so I'm assuming as long as temps stay in check it will be fine, but any advice/info would be greatly appreciated

Thank you all in advance

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

What mobo are you running, and what bios version?

I'd suggest by starting with a vcore offset. If you are hitting 1.4+ regularly at idle, then you could use an offset like 0.10, which would bring the voltage down to about 1.3 which should be fine to run the chip at all core load (3.9ghz)

Just to be clear, running Prime95, you are only hitting 70c? You need to test the CPU with small FFT's for stability testing. I suspect your temps will go very high, up to 80+. What cooler do you use?

 

[CountMike]

I just upgraded to a Ryzen 5 1600x and was curious about the voltages I'm seeing in HWmonitor

At idle I'm seeing 1.4-1.46v, but under load with P95 I'm seeing 1.2v, temps are a tad high at idle 40c-48c though under full load at 4.1ghz it doesn't go above 70c
Everything in the bios is stock other than some custom fan curves

I've heard 1.4v+ is dangerous for these so I wanted to check to make sure it's safe, though I ran my 4690k at 1.45v for the better part of a decade so I'm assuming as long as temps stay in check it will be fine, but any advice/info would be greatly appreciated

Thank you all in advance

Forget comparing to older Intel CPUs,things have changed since then, for Intel as well as AMD.
First Ryzen series are good up to 1.5v without any danger. It's normal for voltage to be high at idle. it ensures stability but it doesn't run at high power so that's fine. It's also normal for voltage to drop under load (Voltage droop) because power goes up and what counts is Watts which is actual value for work.
Which cooler are you using, 1600x doesn't come with factory cooler ?
1600x boost works best up to 60c, if it reaches over, boost drops and performance is lost. so you may need larger cooler.