Is this setting stable and secure?
Is this setting stable and secure?
I swapped out the stock cooler and added a Peerless Assassin 120 SE to my Ryzen 5 2600x (Asus B450MA-2, 2x8gb Crucial 3200 DDR4). It immediately improved my temperatures and boost performance. I set PBO in BIOS to "enable" now, giving me some flexibility with the temperature settings. Everything else stayed auto. Performance is still smooth with no crashes. Temperatures are excellent, but HWinfo64 shows idle voltages around 3GHz. Cinebench shows strong results—maximum boost to 4.248GHz across all cores at 1.544V and a peak of 59°C. I’m using the balanced power plan. PBO is quite intricate with core boosting, but it’s working well. Is this voltage setting harmful over time or just part of its behavior? Updated April 5, 2025 by Buggerlugz
That's a peak voltage, it's fine. If it was constantly at that 1.55V then it would be an issue. There is a big difference between peak and sustained scenarios.
Everything is under control. Perfect, I'll keep it as it is!
Yup, if it was really getting the full 1.55v, you would for sure know it lol. There is little current behind the voltage when pushing higher SC loads. As you load up the cores, you will see clocks and voltages relax as PPT goes up.