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For instance I have my Vcore voltage in the bios is set at 1.46250v, but the bios home screen reads that the Vcore is 1.440v, and since my board is made by gigabyte, using easytune6 HWmonitor, my Vcore reads at 1.392v while running prime95. So what Voltage am I actually sending to the CPU?
 
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what you set in bios is the target voltage(1.46250). being in the bios is a load on the cpu which will cause a voltage drop(1.440). when you run prime it is a huge load on the cpu creacting lots of current this causes even more voltage drop (1.392). so you have a voltage drop of 0.07volt at fullload.
Some motherboard have an option for counteracting this ''voltdrop'' it is called - loadline callibration - you can look for this function in the bios or maybe google if ur motherboard supports it
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Gigabyte boards are pretty lousy when it comes to giving accurate readings on voltage, temps, and even base clock. The only reading you can actually trust is is one from a multimeter.
 
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what you set in bios is the target voltage(1.46250). being in the bios is a load on the cpu which will cause a voltage drop(1.440). when you run prime it is a huge load on the cpu creacting lots of current this causes even more voltage drop (1.392). so you have a voltage drop of 0.07volt at fullload.
Some motherboard have an option for counteracting this ''voltdrop'' it is called - loadline callibration - you can look for this function in the bios or maybe google if ur motherboard supports it
 
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Thanks I realized this after some more reading. I set me llc to exetreme and it completely removed any drop in voltage. But is this safe for the chip? Should I just leave llc at auto even if it causes me to need a high vcore to be stable?
 
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set LLC to so that if you run a stress test like prime there is only a little vdrop or a little overshoot. this should give you better stabbility and overclocking at lower voltages. using LLC is better for ur chip then no LLC
 
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