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Maximus VII Hero voltage control help required

sherriffjb
Level 8

‎01-19-2015 04:44 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 03:39 AM by Community Admin

So Im used to overclocking with x58 - that's the last time I upgraded prior to this.

The Bios and voltages are getting on my wick

There seems to be some inherent LLC even when I - as far as I can tell- have it turned off in the bios, I want to set my voltages at 1.31v for 4.8 on a 4790K

If i use manual it ends up closer to 1.33 and Offset and Adaptive are messing with my mind.

When I set an amount of offset and turbo voltage which equals 1.31v the cpu has drawn 1.4 and on one startling occasion nearly 1.5v before I pulled the plug (literally and very quickly) so i think I must be doing something wrong.

Offset yields better results through more predictable voltages but still will not give me any fine control and when i set the voltages at anywhere between 1.295-1.31v the board without fail pulls 1.328

I am finding it impossible to set up any kind of precision voltage control, am I doomed to have to run at 1.328, when all i need is 1.31? Is it me missing something glaring obvious or have I been stripped of that kind of fine control that I want with this board?

Advice, correction and everything else are requested and welcomed.
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xCaptKirk
Level 7

‎02-03-2015 12:08 PM

Heat Issues really they weren't extreme but somewhat high. I could get 4.8 with 1.25 vcore and it was stable but was quite warm.
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digmeahole1
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In response to xCaptKirk

‎02-03-2015 01:43 PM

same here. coming from a sandy bridge that never went over 60c Intel really screwed us over starting with ivy bridge and never reverted to soldering. I wonder if anyone has delidded there 4790 or if is even possible with this cpu? I was also watching a video on lapping and that looked tempting.....
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sherriffjb
Level 8
In response to digmeahole1

‎02-04-2015 03:05 AM

digmeahole1 wrote:
same here. coming from a sandy bridge that never went over 60c Intel really screwed us over starting with ivy bridge and never reverted to soldering. I wonder if anyone has delidded there 4790 or if is even possible with this cpu? I was also watching a video on lapping and that looked tempting.....


To be honest I would (and do) prefer a custom loop over physically modding the cpu.

Even if i let the chip free (4790k) and let it feed itself the overvoltage it seems to want -1.382-1.35- it has never once come close to 70c even with a whisper quiet fan profile.

I know people can delid and I have toyed delidding my 3770k (which is in a different rig) because it was in a small case and it looked like a chore to fit a cpu and gpu loop into it (prodigy is not a big case) in the end I did the loop and to me it was worth way more than running the risk of delidding and the hassle of lapping, temps are great.
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xCaptKirk
Level 7

‎02-03-2015 02:12 PM

I've seen it done with "liquid metal" not sure how safe it is to try. I believe as the die shrinks happen the temps will be on the rise.
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sherriffjb
Level 8

‎02-04-2015 02:54 AM

Thanks for the replies guys been away, let me get upto speed
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