Adaptive voltage confusion on Asus Z-97A?

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DigitalHamster

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I am trying to overclock my 4790k on an Asus Z-97A motherboard.
The voltage is set using the adaptive voltage setting, but I can't control the highest voltage it will reach.
The highest voltage it goes to is 1.23v above the 44 multiplier, so to overclock I must add an offset, but this effects all the voltages including idle.
Is there is a way to set the highest voltage without adding an offset?

Many thanks!
 
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Prime95 and synthetic benchmarks will sometimes add +0.050v on top of what you have set in bios which is normal behavior..

But start in manual mode as the volt gets forced to stay there always under load in something like prime95 blend test.. and when you can run prime95 blend for 20min+- in manual mode you set the stable volt you found and dial it in adaptive mode with offset sign+ and Offset: Auto

:)
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Prime95 and synthetic benchmarks will sometimes add +0.050v on top of what you have set in bios which is normal behavior..

But start in manual mode as the volt gets forced to stay there always under load in something like prime95 blend test.. and when you can run prime95 blend for 20min+- in manual mode you set the stable volt you found and dial it in adaptive mode with offset sign+ and Offset: Auto

:)
 
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DigitalHamster

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Thanks for answering... good to know that the adaptive is adding the right amount of volts in stress testing.
But is there a way to set the maximum "normal" adaptive voltage? If the core voltage tops out at 1.23v at any multiplier above 44, then is the only way to increase the voltage on the higher clockspeeds just to add an offset?
But many thanks! (And sorry for the long delay - I have been quite busy recently)
 
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Well it has been a long time but I now have an answer!

Adaptive voltage on the Z-97A uses stock voltages up to the highest stock multiplier - 44 in my case.
Beyond 4.4GHz (44 multiplier), the voltage applied will be the voltage at 4.4GHz plus the offset in the BIOS.
At the moment I am taking a gentle 4.6GHz OC so I have an offset of +0.035v to bring the final voltage up to 1.26v.

If anyone reads this I hope you can find it helpful.
 
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