Nuked Jello
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Any other EP-9NPA+ owners out there?
I received my EP-9NPA+ and Venice 3000+ E3 (ADA3000DAA4BP, YBBLE 0524EPCW) yesterday. For the CPU voltage in BIOS, I read that the 9NPA+ will bump up the voltage as it sees fit if you leave it on "auto", so I set it to "off". But in BIOS, the Vcore will read nearly 1.5V and in Windows CPU-Z also shows 1.48~1.5V. Is this normal for the 9NPA+? I thought Venice stock voltages were supposed to be 1.4V or even lower.
I am aiming for 9x245 = 2205 MHz at stock voltage and stock HSF (my RAM is no good for overclocking so I can only use the 5:6 divider). I ran almost 8 hours of Prime95 last night without error, but that was at 1.5V. I would like to bump voltage down to what should be stock in theory to prolong CPU life, but either the 9NPA+ displays the Vcore wrong or it overvolts by default. My suspicion is the latter because, the RAM voltage if left on auto was 2.7V. I ran the exact same sticks of RAM at 200MHz in my NF7-S with 2.6V and Newegg specs even says 2.5V for the Value Select.
I received my EP-9NPA+ and Venice 3000+ E3 (ADA3000DAA4BP, YBBLE 0524EPCW) yesterday. For the CPU voltage in BIOS, I read that the 9NPA+ will bump up the voltage as it sees fit if you leave it on "auto", so I set it to "off". But in BIOS, the Vcore will read nearly 1.5V and in Windows CPU-Z also shows 1.48~1.5V. Is this normal for the 9NPA+? I thought Venice stock voltages were supposed to be 1.4V or even lower.
I am aiming for 9x245 = 2205 MHz at stock voltage and stock HSF (my RAM is no good for overclocking so I can only use the 5:6 divider). I ran almost 8 hours of Prime95 last night without error, but that was at 1.5V. I would like to bump voltage down to what should be stock in theory to prolong CPU life, but either the 9NPA+ displays the Vcore wrong or it overvolts by default. My suspicion is the latter because, the RAM voltage if left on auto was 2.7V. I ran the exact same sticks of RAM at 200MHz in my NF7-S with 2.6V and Newegg specs even says 2.5V for the Value Select.