Bomo
Gawd
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So I'm a bit new to overclocking, and I really like how simple it has been with my 2500k. I've been running 4.2 with everything else on auto for a while, but I recently got curious how far I could push it (most likely I'll go back to 4.2-4.4ish).
I'm using CPU-Z and Core Temp to monitor it, and I'm at a bit of a loss on Core Temp's VID reporting. From what I know about VID, it's essentially the amount of power required to get it going. Vcore is the voltage that the CPU is running at.
My recent round of testing I was trying 46x with the Vcore set at auto (1.352 according to CPU-Z), but now Core Temp keeps reporting a range in VID from 1.0007v to 1.4100v primarily staying at 1.381v.
I'm fine with running auto at ~1.35v and then testing where I can drop it to from there. But the 1.4 scares me, because that's generally a lot of people's long term cut off.
Am I freaking out about nothing? Is Core Temp essentially only useful for reporting temperature?
Really any information would help.
I'm running with an H60 and its stock thermal grease (I'm upgrading to arctic silver and a push pull set up on it when I upgrade my video card (possibly an H100 and modifying my case).
I'm using CPU-Z and Core Temp to monitor it, and I'm at a bit of a loss on Core Temp's VID reporting. From what I know about VID, it's essentially the amount of power required to get it going. Vcore is the voltage that the CPU is running at.
My recent round of testing I was trying 46x with the Vcore set at auto (1.352 according to CPU-Z), but now Core Temp keeps reporting a range in VID from 1.0007v to 1.4100v primarily staying at 1.381v.
I'm fine with running auto at ~1.35v and then testing where I can drop it to from there. But the 1.4 scares me, because that's generally a lot of people's long term cut off.
Am I freaking out about nothing? Is Core Temp essentially only useful for reporting temperature?
Really any information would help.
I'm running with an H60 and its stock thermal grease (I'm upgrading to arctic silver and a push pull set up on it when I upgrade my video card (possibly an H100 and modifying my case).