Asus P67/Z68 HELP!!

[borisvodofsky]

Hey guys.

How do I narrow the voltage fluctuations.

Prime 95, the cpu v will read 1.33, stable

IBT, the cpu v will read 1.36, stable


I'm using the same settings for both. Is there a way to get the motherboard to stick to a more precise voltage.

I've tried both offset mode and manual mode, same thing happens

 

[Puppies04]

You can set voltage to whatever you like in the bios but depending on how hard the CPU is being pushed you will get VDROOP which is where the actual voltage being delivered to the CPU is lower than you have set it.

This really will not cause any problems and if you are stable my advice would be to leave it as is. You could try adding LLC to reduce the VDROOP a little which should enable you to lower the voltage slightly but you will still notice this occuring.

 

[borisvodofsky]

You can set voltage to whatever you like in the bios but depending on how hard the CPU is being pushed you will get VDROOP which is where the actual voltage being delivered to the CPU is lower than you have set it.

This really will not cause any problems and if you are stable my advice would be to leave it as is. You could try adding LLC to reduce the VDROOP a little which should enable you to lower the voltage slightly but you will still notice this occuring.

Hey buddy. I'm not sure I understand vdroop all that well, my problem is that the voltages seems to go "higher" than necessary.

Is vdroop when the voltage drops Lower than required?


I want to limit the max load voltage if possible. but it just seems unpossible'

 

[Kenmitch]

Vcore is base off of the VID the cpu is asking for. Dependant on the load of the cpu the VID will fluctuate. Using something like IBT that uses the AVX extensions will increase the VID the chip is asking for. Offset voltages are based off the VID of the chip either adding or subtracting vcore.

You can see the VID with real temp or other apps. Using real temp you just need to click on the timer box a couple of times to switch it to VID. If you load your cpu with prime and note the VID then compare it to the VID when running IBT you'll notice it will be somewhat higher and fluctuate more....At least on my chip it does. Prime the VID sits at the same value.

 

[borisvodofsky]

Vcore is base off of the VID the cpu is asking for. Dependant on the load of the cpu the VID will fluctuate. Using something like IBT that uses the AVX extensions will increase the VID the chip is asking for. Offset voltages are based off the VID of the chip either adding or subtracting vcore.

You can see the VID with real temp or other apps. Using real temp you just need to click on the timer box a couple of times to switch it to VID. If you load your cpu with prime and note the VID then compare it to the VID when running IBT you'll notice it will be somewhat higher and fluctuate more....At least on my chip it does. Prime the VID sits at the same value.

OHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

That's how it works?? Damn you intel.....

Then there's nothing I can do is there.. :'''(

 

[Kenmitch]

OHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

That's how it works?? Damn you intel.....

Then there's nothing I can do is there.. :'''(

Stop playing IBT

 

[borisvodofsky]

Stop playing IBT

It'z the best game

 

[borisvodofsky]

It'z the best game

Also, is extreme burning mode required for stability test, if it's prime 24 hours stable and can pass 50run of the "nonextreme" ibt.

 

[Kenmitch]

Also, is extreme burning mode required for stability test, if it's prime 24 hours stable and can pass 50run of the "nonextreme" ibt.

The xtra 0.03v's required for IBT isn't gonna fry your CPU

With IBT do you mean the standard setting vs high vs very high vs max memory?

These settings seem like a hard hitter with prime for some reason. Found in another forum for quick testing with prime. Said 20 minutes or so to test with for intitial stability before the long prime runs.

 

[borisvodofsky]

The xtra 0.03v's required for IBT isn't gonna fry your CPU

With IBT do you mean the standard setting vs high vs very high vs max memory?

These settings seem like a hard hitter with prime for some reason. Found in another forum for quick testing with prime. Said 20 minutes or so to test with for intitial stability before the long prime runs.

on the later versions of IBT, i'm using 2.53, if you right click on the start button, you can enable "extreme stress mode"

This mode freezes my computer. even though the regular one can pass 50 runs.

 

[IntelEnthusiast]

Hey on my last overclock I used LinX where does that leave me

 

[borisvodofsky]

Hey on my last overclock I used LinX where does that leave me

Try IBT in extreme mode. right click on the start button, and click enable extreme mode.

 

[Kenmitch]

on the later versions of IBT, i'm using 2.53, if you right click on the start button, you can enable "extreme stress mode" This mode freezes my computer. even though the regular one can pass 50 runs.

Does it lock up or does it look locked up?


Extreme mode looks to take all system resources. When I enable it my rig looks to be frozen but it's not. Mouse wont' move, flames stop, temps don't update, but comes back to life between the runs.

Hey on my last overclock I used LinX where does that leave me

Working for Intel I figured you'd use Intel Burn Test

It's LinX based but you most likely know that anyways.

 

[borisvodofsky]

Does it lock up or does it look locked up?


Extreme mode looks to take all system resources. When I enable it my rig looks to be frozen but it's not. Mouse wont' move, flames stop, temps don't update, but comes back to life between the runs.




Working for Intel I figured you'd use Intel Burn Test

It's LinX based but you most likely know that anyways.

Oh, Hmmmm... I don't know... I always just thought it crashed when everything froze...

Ok, here goes nothing.. fingers crossed my cpu No explode.

 

[borisvodofsky]

Oh, Hmmmm... I don't know... I always just thought it crashed when everything froze...

Ok, here goes nothing.. fingers crossed my cpu No explode.

Hurray, it comes back, just did 2 runs real quick, it's fine..

However, How do I measure temps during the process, since it freezes the temp monitor program. :'(

 

[Kenmitch]

Hurray, it comes back, just did 2 runs real quick, it's fine..

However, How do I measure temps during the process, since it freezes the temp monitor program. :'(

My chip in sig is at 4.8ghz and under water so I don't worry about the temps much. It looks to have similar temps to me tho. It's a nice and cool day today here. My hottest core hit a blistering 67*C my super cool running core hit 57*C

 

[borisvodofsky]

My chip in sig is at 4.8ghz and under water so I don't worry about the temps much. It looks to have similar temps to me tho. It's a nice and cool day today here. My hottest core hit a blistering 67*C my super cool running core hit 57*C

LOL.. I hit 80C-85C on IBT because of my shitty thermaltake frio.

idles at 28-30, so I know it's mounted right. I'm reluctant to go water because my computer hardly sees full load ever.

I have to keep my room hot because I'm anemic :'(

 

[Kenmitch]

LOL.. I hit 80C-85C on IBT because of my shitty thermaltake frio.

idles at 28-30, so I know it's mounted right. I'm reluctant to go water because my computer hardly sees full load ever.

I have to keep my room hot because I'm anemic :'(

My 2550k throttled with the stock cooler during pre testing with Intel Burn Test at 4.8ghz

I only purchased the 2550k to test out a motherboard I got back from rma. I had a 2700k in my rig at the time. Got the 2550k from microcenter during the $149 facebook deal. Wound up selling the 2700k and the motherboard on craigslist as I have no use for hyper-threading.

I went water back in the Q9550 days as I got tired of being limited by temps. A couple little upgrades here and there but most is from the original loop. The biggest upgrade was the GPU I guess. Once I figured out it would do 1000/1300 I wound up finding a used full water block in the forum for a decent deal at the time. The stock fan was way too loud! I don't mind the constant sound of the fans as it's nice to have what you hear on bootup is what you get no matter what your doing. Pretty much sounds like a stock HAF 932 all the time.

I'm currently debating on downsizing my rig. Thinking maybe mini-itx but not sure if I want to give up water. Ivy Bridge runs too hot and most mini-itx cases don't have alot of room for cooling solutions. If I'm gonna rebuild I'd rather go with the latest and greatest but this round temps aren't the greatest. Might have to go micro-atx so I can keep water. Guess I'll have to look at cases and see what the options are. A small mini-itx rig would be nice and easy to lug around tho.

 

[borisvodofsky]

My 2550k throttled with the stock cooler during pre testing with Intel Burn Test at 4.8ghz

I only purchased the 2550k to test out a motherboard I got back from rma. I had a 2700k in my rig at the time. Got the 2550k from microcenter during the $149 facebook deal. Wound up selling the 2700k and the motherboard on craigslist as I have no use for hyper-threading.

I went water back in the Q9550 days as I got tired of being limited by temps. A couple little upgrades here and there but most is from the original loop. The biggest upgrade was the GPU I guess. Once I figured out it would do 1000/1300 I wound up finding a used full water block in the forum for a decent deal at the time. The stock fan was way too loud! I don't mind the constant sound of the fans as it's nice to have what you hear on bootup is what you get no matter what your doing. Pretty much sounds like a stock HAF 932 all the time.

I'm currently debating on downsizing my rig. Thinking maybe mini-itx but not sure if I want to give up water. Ivy Bridge runs too hot and most mini-itx cases don't have alot of room for cooling solutions. If I'm gonna rebuild I'd rather go with the latest and greatest but this round temps aren't the greatest. Might have to go micro-atx so I can keep water. Guess I'll have to look at cases and see what the options are. A small mini-itx rig would be nice and easy to lug around tho.

Your CPU throttles? Mine sticks it out at 88 C on a core for 20 passes of IBT... LOLOL

This was mid day, no ac, 94F, 34.4 Celcius in my room

I know it's not throttling because it stuck it out at 130Gflops for all 20 runs.