Adjusting vcore voltage differs between BIOS and what I see in hwinfo
Adjusting vcore voltage differs between BIOS and what I see in hwinfo
Hi,
I've been recently increasing the overclock of my AMD FX 4170 CPU.
I've noticed the frequency going from 200 (4.2 ghz) to 234 (4.9 ghz).
The vcore was configured at 1.5525 v.
Everything seemed normal during stress testing. Then my voltages rose to 1.68 volts. Even though I didn't push it that high?
Details:
Gigabyte GA 78lmt usb
AMD FX 4170 (4.9 GHZ)
Thanks.
1.68v exceeds the recommended limit
4.9ghz is also beyond what your chip can handle. Reduce the overclock until it drops below 1.55v
this is always the case. every motherboard is going to have a variance between what is set in the bios and what software will report. furthermore if you test the "actual" vcore with a mulitmeter you will see that that is different also.
also your voltage spikes are likely due to vdroop which is a normal occurrence. though too high spikes are not good. you can use llc(line load calibration) to minimize some of these spikes but it can only do so much and it comes with its own set of problems.