980x appropriate voltage and settings?

[KuJaX]

A buddy of mine picked up a retail 980x the other day. He didnt buy it to overclock, he just bought it because it had the highest clockspeed (and probably because it had the highest price tag). In any event, anyone know the appropriate voltage to set in the BIOS to have it run stable at its standard 3.33GHZ?

 

[superccs]

What processor?

 

[KuJaX]

What processor?

Intel i7 980x six core

 

[jtisgeek]

Any board now days will auto detect the voltage so for not overclocking just leave everything alone. If you change stuff you can affect the turbo so since no overclocking just leave it on auto.

 

[KuJaX]

Any board now days will auto detect the voltage so for not overclocking just leave everything alone. If you change stuff you can affect the turbo so since no overclocking just leave it on auto.

On auto the core voltage was 1.16 at idle. From looking around, that does not seem to be enough.

 

[JAG87]

If you didn't touch anything already, then don't touch anything.

 

[jtisgeek]

On auto the core voltage was 1.16 at idle. From looking around, that does not seem to be enough.

Anandtech article on it had there stock voltage at 1.152. Maybe you should read the articles . so if anything hes a little high for stock intel puts it at 1.4 tops if your overclocking.

 

[KuJaX]

Anandtech article on it had there stock voltage at 1.152. Maybe you should read the articles . so if anything hes a little high for stock intel puts it at 1.4 tops if your overclocking.

Very interesting because it isnt overclocked and it isnt stable at 1.16 (although at full load that voltage does decrease). I'll review over the Anandtech article and any other comments are appreciated.

 

[jtisgeek]

Very interesting because it isn't overclocked and it inst stable at 1.16 (although at full load that voltage does decrease). I'll review over the Anandtech article and any other comments are appreciated.

Well then it's most likely low quality motherboard or possible psu if your getting drops under load. I have saw most overclockers say that 1.25 is the sweet spot try going up some and see if it gets better.

I have seen motherboard jump around like that and you may have to give it just a little more to combat the drop.

I run mine at like 1.275ish running at 3.7 with turbo still on. I can check for sure later if needed.

 

[JAG87]

Very interesting because it isnt overclocked and it isnt stable at 1.16 (although at full load that voltage does decrease). I'll review over the Anandtech article and any other comments are appreciated.

If your CPU and motherboard are not stable at stock with the voltages on Auto, you need to not touch anything and RMA something.

 

[KuJaX]

Well then it's most likely low quality motherboard or possible psu if your getting drops under load. I have saw most overclockers say that 1.25 is the sweet spot try going up some and see if it gets better.

I have seen motherboard jump around like that and you may have to give it just a little more to combat the drop.

I run mine at like 1.275ish running at 3.7 with turbo still on. I can check for sure later if needed.

1000W PSU, isnt it a VDROOP motherboard feature for the drop in voltage?

 

[jtisgeek]

1000W PSU, isnt it a VDROOP motherboard feature for the drop in voltage?

Vdroop is there to lower the voltage to reduce power input into the chip to 'acceptable levels' under load as per Intel's design spec sheets. So when a MB manufacturer gets the specs for a new chip they are obliged to follow intels instructions.

I'm sure it also serves the purpose of prolonging the life of power MOSFETS on MB's too. Now I think some boards go over board and sadly this causes stability problems. Now Vdroop has always been bad for overclockers!

I do agree with the post that if this happens to much you may want to rma the board.

 

[aigomorla]

And since when did most clockers use a 980X?

Sorry but im gonna stay quiet in this post as its just full of bad info.

And i see JAG is trying to help out yet he is getting ignored.

OP... set to Optimized Default and walk away.
Your idle will never mirror another persons idle because the way each board and cpu are made, its unique, so you will have power losses in different area's of your system.

IF your whinning and complaining about .05 vcore delta... then... you should not have gotten a gulftown. Because it means ur too neverous to take responsibility of what that chip can do, and what can happen from accepting responsibility.

So just set everything in bios as optimized settings, and just reboot.
If the chip dies within 3 yrs intel will replace it.

<speaking as a multi gulftown owner... as i have a 980X right now, and i pop'd a A0 gulftown last year>

 

[jtisgeek]

And since when did most clockers use a 980X?

Sorry but im gonna stay quiet in this post as its just full of bad info.

And i see JAG is trying to help out yet he is getting ignored.

OP... set to Optimized Default and walk away.
Your idle will never mirror another persons idle because the way each board and cpu are made, its unique, so you will have power losses in different area's of your system.

IF your whinning and complaining about .05 vcore delta... then... you should not have gotten a gulftown. Because it means ur too neverous to take responsibility of what that chip can do, and what can happen from accepting responsibility.

So just set everything in bios as optimized settings, and just reboot.
If the chip dies within 3 yrs intel will replace it.

<speaking from a gulftown owner... as i have a 980X right now, and i pop'd a A0 gulftown last year>

Well you made the post so that's not being quiet please feel free to chime in on the VDROOP issue cause am never seen any detailed info on it' other than trying to understand intels pdf's. So your experience would be greatly applauded.

Now that I read back threw the post I recommend OP going over or resetting all defaults and seeing if it's not something else hardware related that is causing the stability problems we jumped down the voltage path a little quick.

 

[aigomorla]

Well you made the post so that's not being quiet please feel free to chime in on the VDROOP issue cause am never seen any detailed info on it' other than trying to understand intels pdf's. So your experience would be greatly applauded.

Now that I read back threw the post I recommend OP going over or resetting all defaults and seeing if it's not something else hardware related that is causing the stability problems we jumped down the voltage path a little quick.

no you guys are all telling him something is wrong with his idle.

I am tired of people saying something is wrong with idle.

If idle is NOT ABOVE 1.325V then its fine.
I say this because as long as your idle voltages dont exceed whats listed in intel's blue sheet, then there is nothing wrong with idle.

Can we stop diagnosising systems based on idle or @ what voltage they can pull a X overclock.

In all my years here, i have shown you, idle voltages only do 2 things... and they tell you if your system is working by:

1. Posting
2. Heat sink mount in relationship to temperature.

You can NEVER tell what the cpu is able to do, or if its good or bad just by looking at its idle voltage.

And im really tired of people pulling ultra low voltage overclocking while trying to pass it as norm for it being a good cpu...
because ive seen and owned some really leaky cpu's which would gobble those low voltage cpus in the higher spectrum of overclocking.

Vdroop is also variable.. and u see more of it as you play with voltage.
Vdroop is also something thats unique to each BOARD in relationship to the CPU.
Vdroop is a good thing on higher end overclocking, and can be a mess in lower end overclocking.

HOWEVER THE OP IS TALKING ABOUT STOCK.. SO YOU TELL THE OP IGNORE VDROOP... IGNORE OVERCLOCKING... OPTIMIZED DEFAULT.. and walk away.

Which JAG has been saying the past 2 posts.

Dont teach the OP more then he needs to know (at his level, you'll confuse him even more), especially on a 1000 dollar cpu.
The OP needs to learn it himself, because thats part of the responsibility in getting a 1000 dollar cpu.

You dont violate RMA, when it was set on default the entire time...
While u will violate RMA if u change the voltage settings.

 

[jtisgeek]

no you guys are all telling him something is wrong with his idle.

I am tired of people saying something is wrong with idle.

If idle is NOT ABOVE 1.325V then its fine.
I say this because as long as your idle voltages dont exceed whats listed in intel's blue sheet, then there is nothing wrong with idle.

Can we stop diagnosising systems based on idle or @ what voltage they can pull a X overclock.

In all my years here, i have shown you, idle voltages only do 2 things... and they tell you if your system is working by:

1. Posting
2. Heat sink mount in relationship to temperature.

You can NEVER tell what the cpu is able to do, or if its good or bad just by looking at its idle voltage.

Very true I guess being a overclocker I jump stight to diagnosising what voltage they can pull a X overclock. I don't really ever even pay attention to my idle volts lol.

 

[aigomorla]

Very true I guess being a overclocker I jump stight to diagnosising what voltage they can pull a X overclock. I don't really ever even pay attention to my idle volts lol.

im not calling anyone out.. im just saying the entire thread was going in the wrong direction by trying to diagnose his perfectly fine CPU though idle.

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