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4670k offset voltage question

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November 17, 2013 4:13:47 AM

Hi,

Specs:
4670k @4.0Ghz
Mobo: Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i

I'm mild overclocking my 4670k to 4.0Ghz. I only adjusted the CPU multiplier and Cache ratio to 4.0 and everything is automatic(including voltages). Everything is stable when I ran Prime95 and IBT.

I just noticed than my max voltage(set to auto) reaches 1.245v in full load and 0.716v in idle. I felt felt that 1.245v is way too much for a 4.0 OC; But since Gigabyte does not support adaptive voltage settings, I used offset voltage : (-0.045) so that my voltage under load would only be 1.20v, however it makes my idle voltage to 0.636 - 0.657 which I think is too low?.

My question is:
Is it safe to have that low voltage 0.636 - 0.657.?
My current settings is very stable on stress tests but is there a way to test stability when Idle?

If you find my question kinda silly, please forgive my noobness since I'm new to overclocking.

Please advise

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November 17, 2013 5:13:47 AM

As long as your CPU is stable during idle state (no lock-ups / BSOD's, etc), then its perfectly safe. I have an Ivy Bridge with quite low voltage (0.95v load / 0.60v idle) and it works fine. It's surprising how low modern Intel chips can go.
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November 17, 2013 6:13:46 AM

Thanks for the reply!

Another question though.. would the 4.0 OC suffice modern games? would it not bottleneck with modern graphics cards?
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November 17, 2013 6:16:32 AM

Padzki said:
Thanks for the reply!

Another question though.. would the 4.0 OC suffice modern games? would it not bottleneck with modern graphics cards?

Yes more than enough:-

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