Reducing base voltage during OC stress tests for Ryzen 5800x
Reducing base voltage during OC stress tests for Ryzen 5800x
It's simply a drop in voltage since it doesn't require the full 1.32V; it worked at 1.28V before.
Thank you for the update! The core voltage is now set to 1.29V and everything seems stable.
It's okay where it was; you didn't have to lower the voltage.
If you have the voltage set to a fixed 1.32V, and when you stress the CPU, the Core Voltage drops, then that is Voltage Droop (V DROOP ). For an example, your line voltage to your house is 110V. Plug in a bunch of light bulbs, adding a load, turn on the switch, and the voltage will drop down to 109.8V. Same thing with your CPU. When you stress test your CPU, you are adding load to the line. When you add a load / resistance, the voltage will drop vs no load. Hence, in the BIOS, it's called CPU Load-Line Calibration (LLC). It compensates for the voltage droop as you put load on the CPU. Typically, the more load %, the higher the compensation needs to be to maintain a steady voltage.