2019 Hardware Thread

Here you guys try to undervolt while keeping stable 5GHz frequencies. I wish I could undervolt my CPU to save more battery power and have as usable system as possible at as low clocks as possible.

slicendice said:

Here you guys try to undervolt while keeping stable 5GHz frequencies. I wish I could undervolt my CPU to save more battery power and have as usable system as possible at as low clocks as possible.

I don't like calling it undervolting, that sounds like I'm starving it.

I call it downvolting, that sounds more like putting it on a diet

I mean an under nourished CPU cannot be expected to preform it's job well, can it

Cliff S said:

I don't like calling it undervolting, that sounds like I'm starving it.

I call it downvolting, that sounds more like putting it on a diet

I mean an under nourished CPU cannot be expected to preform it's job well, can it

You're right!

My issue is that I'm on a Ryzen Pro 2700U CPU and can't do anything regarding voltages nor clocks. Everything is auto only.

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Polo6RGTI said:

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Tnx. I was just going to look for it, Iusmus promised it a week ago.

So the last couple of day with the Vcore at 1.232V was good, no BSOD's or other problems.

So this morning I dropped my offset from 0.195 down to 0.185, now Vcore is 1.216.
I ran the benchmarks back to back again(Realbench, all 3 Cinebench(R15, Extreme, R20), CPU Mark in Performance test, Time Spy(for the CPU portion specially) and had no problem.

Just another note, I run them with the power option "Balanced"(my normal daily 24/7 setting), so the voltage fluctuates and I can see if Vdroop causes any crashes and tests if the VRMs/MOSFETs can respond fast enough to compensate, of do I need to adjust my LLC setting, if it droops too far down, or spikes too high.

So now benchmarks are passed, I'll run it like this for a couple of days and see how it goes.

I noticed at idle the voltage is fluctuating a little between 1.216 and 1.232, so I might try bring the offset down to 0.180, but after a day or two. If that doesn't go well, then it's time to adjust the LLC(which is the only thing turned in it BIOS that can cause this).

(Screenshot taken immediately after last benchmark)

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Intel drivers show 400 and 495 chipsets for Comet Lake and Ice Lake

True I have this with 10.1.18010.8141: [DRIVERS] Intel Chipset/Ethernet/MEI/SATA (Z170/Z270/X299/Z370/Z390) - Page 12

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* 10.1.27.2: Intel(R) 400 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.19.1: Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor C3000 product family
* 10.1.17.1: Intel(R) Atom(TM)/Celeron(R)/Pentium(R) Processor (ApolloLake)
* 10.1.16.6: Intel(R) 300 Series Chipset Family
* Intel(R) C240 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.15.6: Intel(R) 300 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.14.7: 8th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM)
* 10.1.13.3: Intel(R) Celeron(R)/Pentium(R) Processor (Geminilake)
* 10.1.12.2: Intel(R) 495 Series Chipset Family
* 10.1.11.4: Intel(R) 200 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 300 series chipset family
* 10.1.10.4: Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v6 product family
* 7th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
* 10.1.9.2: Intel(R) C620 series chipset
* 10.1.8.6: Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor P family
* 10.1.7.3: Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1500 v5 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v5 product family
* 6th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
* 10.1.6.2: Intel(R) 100 Series chipset
* Intel(R) C230 series chipset family
* 10.1.5.2: 7th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
* 6th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) processor family
* 10.1.4.4: 5th Gen Intel(R) Core(R) i7 processor product family
* Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor C3000 product family
* Intel(R) C610 series chipset
* Intel(R) C600 series chipset
* Intel(R) C240 series chipset family
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* Intel(R) X99 chipset family
* Intel(R) X79 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 9 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 8 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 7 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 6 series chipset family
* 10.1.3.1: Intel(R) Xeon Phi(R) Processor x200 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-4800/8800 v4 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-4800/8800 v3 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-4800/8800 v2 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E7-2600 v4 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E5-2600 v4 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E5-2600 v3 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E5-2600 v2 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v4 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v3 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor E3-1200 v2 product family
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor D-1500 product family
* 3rd Gen Intel(R) Core(R) i7 processor product family
* 4th Gen Intel(R) Core(R) i7 processor product family
* 5th Gen Intel(R) Core(R) i7 processor product family
* Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor S1200 product family
* Intel(R) Atom(TM) Processor C2000 product family
* Intel(R) C610 series chipset
* Intel(R) C600 series chipset
* Intel(R) C220 series chipset family
* Intel(R) C210 series chipset family
* Intel(R) C200 series chipset family
* Intel(R) X99 chipset family
* Intel(R) X79 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 8 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 7 series chipset family
* Intel(R) 6 series chipset family
* Intel(R) Communications Chipset 8900 Series
* Date: 04/24/2019
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I recently acquired an i7 6700K. What's a good OC for best performance with the 6700K? I have a good mobo and good cooling for it.

copiertech25 said:

I recently acquired an i7 6700K. What's a good OC for best performance with the 6700K? I have a good mobo and good cooling for it.

What motherboard do you have? The Skylake chips from what I recall run quite hot and benefited from delidding just like Coffeelake. Maybe try for around 4.7-4.8Ghz and see what the temps are like. Check out this guide too: Skylake-X Overclocking Guide