I switched out my P8P67 for a Sabertooth at Microcenter over the weekend... Very cool board for sure. I am testing out some of the overclocking with it, my goal is to run at 42x at stock or lower voltage. I found that if I manually set a voltage, the voltage doesn't go down when running at 1600 mhz. The only way it does is if I leave it at Auto (which gave undesirable voltages), and using the Offset mode.
With Auto, when running Prime 95, the voltages went as high as 1.344v which is way too high. Also got up to 58-59C.
When I set the manual offset, I'm currently at -.070, and it runs at 1.184-1.2V at 52C. Idle is 21-23C.
What I'm wondering is, if other people are seeing similar results with the manual vs offset, and if it makes sense to have it that low? It seems really stable so far.
With Auto, when running Prime 95, the voltages went as high as 1.344v which is way too high. Also got up to 58-59C.
When I set the manual offset, I'm currently at -.070, and it runs at 1.184-1.2V at 52C. Idle is 21-23C.
What I'm wondering is, if other people are seeing similar results with the manual vs offset, and if it makes sense to have it that low? It seems really stable so far.
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