Minimum allowable voltage when set to adaptive mode on z97?

MikeDavo

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Jul 11, 2015
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Hi all,
I have found that when trying to lowwer my voltage below 1.2volts in adaptive mode my cpu will always draw about 1.21volts at load. I have set it to 1.185volts in manual at 4.6ghz and thats all it needed to stay stable through stress testing. I know I should be happy with 1.21volts for a 4.6ghz OC but why does it need to take more volts when it doesn't need to? and is there a way to prevent this happening in adaptive mode?
Before anyone says leave it in manual or lowwer the offset, I would realy like to exaust my options with adaptive first.
Thank you all.
 
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Adaptive mode is designed to give extra voltage (up to 0.1V) when certain instruction types are being processed that are known to require more power. It is just their easy way of insuring more stability but it is also unfortunate for those of us who know how to overclock without their band-aid approach.

Baralis

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Adaptive mode is designed to give extra voltage (up to 0.1V) when certain instruction types are being processed that are known to require more power. It is just their easy way of insuring more stability but it is also unfortunate for those of us who know how to overclock without their band-aid approach.
 
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