So I got my new Noctua NH-D14 cooler so I wanted to try to push my overclock a little bit further on my 2600k. I am @ 4.5 GHZ right now using an offset voltage of +.045v. My temperatures are satisfactory for me right now reaching 69 degrees max under prime 95 stress testing.
My question is how come my CPU voltage is reading 1.304v max while running Prime 95. But it goes all the way up to 1.384v doing simple things like just the computer starting up?
Is this how it is supposed to be? It seems very counter intuitive that my CPU is stable under 100% load in prime 95 with a voltage of 1.304v, and it goes all the way up to 1.384v at times doing much simpler processing tasks.
I believe even 1.384v is safe for a 2600k as long as my temperatures are good? If that's true maybe I won't change anything. But I am wondering if I should try to mess with the LLC settings (not sure if this would fix it never changed these settings), or whatever other settings are required so that my voltage maxes at around 1.304v. I just don't understand why I need so much higher voltage then what I am using at 100% load?
Am I missing something here? Should I try to fix this?
My question is how come my CPU voltage is reading 1.304v max while running Prime 95. But it goes all the way up to 1.384v doing simple things like just the computer starting up?
Is this how it is supposed to be? It seems very counter intuitive that my CPU is stable under 100% load in prime 95 with a voltage of 1.304v, and it goes all the way up to 1.384v at times doing much simpler processing tasks.
I believe even 1.384v is safe for a 2600k as long as my temperatures are good? If that's true maybe I won't change anything. But I am wondering if I should try to mess with the LLC settings (not sure if this would fix it never changed these settings), or whatever other settings are required so that my voltage maxes at around 1.304v. I just don't understand why I need so much higher voltage then what I am using at 100% load?
Am I missing something here? Should I try to fix this?