Is my i7 7700k overvolted?

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michaelgu1r

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Hi everyone!.

I have the i7 7700K stock speed runing 4.5ghz, 1.284V and i've never touched any voltage, it hits the 70°c on gaming (only a few games). My mobo is a z270x k5 aorus (f9c bios update) and it won't allow me to change the vcore I thinks it's a little high.
My cooling system is a custom loop with 360 rad.

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Dunlop0078
My asus Z270F set a similar VCORE voltage for stock on my 7700k, I manually set it to 1.2v and it is totally stable. Motherboards tend to be a bit liberal with voltage at stock settings. You could probably go lower if you want. That motherboard will allow to change the voltage with any BIOS version, you probably just have to take it off automatic.

What you showed in that screenshot is VID voltage, that is not the same as VCORE voltage.
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My asus Z270F set a similar VCORE voltage for stock on my 7700k, I manually set it to 1.2v and it is totally stable. Motherboards tend to be a bit liberal with voltage at stock settings. You could probably go lower if you want. That motherboard will allow to change the voltage with any BIOS version, you probably just have to take it off automatic.

What you showed in that screenshot is VID voltage, that is not the same as VCORE voltage.
 
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Is it? Wasn't aware that was a set rule for determining stability. In my eyes "stable" means the CPU stable for what you use it for, if I can play games for 8 hours with no issues I really don't care if I can run prime 95 stable for 8 hours.

The vast majority of 7700k's will be stable at between say 1.2 and 1.25v even with your definition of stable.
 
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bmockeg

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You won't care now, but a computer can be "stable" in that it never crashes, works completely fine while it slowly micro corrupts your system. Within 6-12 months you will wonder why a certain game won't connect to the server, you will uninstall, reinstall, troubleshoot, pull out your hair, post on this forum but the only solution is that your windows install has been corrupted and the only fix is a complete fresh windows installation. If your CPU is "stable" for your liking, good for you. Not good advice to tell others to do this when you don't understand the ramifications.
 
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