vcore stays the same even when I increase the VID
vcore stays the same even when I increase the VID
I'm checking HWMonitor to see my voltage readings, and I know from what I've read online that Vcore equals the voltage my CPU is getting and VID is the voltage it requests. The issue is that my CPU shows 1.27v in HWMonitor even after changing BIOS settings. When I use adaptive with +0 or +85, the Vcore still stays at 1.27v while VID changes. Is this an incorrect display from the program, or do I need to adjust something in my BIOS? My motherboard is an EVGA X99 FTW K and the processor is a 6800K.
Zebarjadi.raouf :
On HWmonitor, VCore connects to your motherboard's voltage. VID (CPU Core on bios) represents your CPU voltage. Also, HWmonitor is mainly for temperature monitoring. Use CPU-Z for voltage tracking. This suggests I might have a faulty chip—4.2ghz on my 6800k drops to 1.32v as I understand. Goodbye to my silicon luck.
6800K's base clock stands at 3.4GHz. You've pushed it to 4.2GHz, which is an increase of 0.8GHz. While you might not have won the silicon lottery, it's still a decent price for sure. They achieved 4.5GHz by using 1.5v. Also, it's worth noting that 6 core CPUs don't overclock as effectively as 4 cores. A 0.8GHz boost for 6 cores is similar to a 1.2GHz increase on 4 cores.