How do i set a manual voltage but have it lower on idle?

[giggsy11]

Hi everyone,

I have an ASUS Maximus VII Hero with the 4790k processor, i've been working on my temps this weekend at stock and after reseating and setting the core voltage to 1.159 i get an average of high 60s to low 70s, which is a giant improvement on the 80-90s i was getting previously. (although it still depresses me when i see people with 4.8ghz OC getting those temps, no idea how that's possible lol)

But i want my voltage to lower when my CPU is at idle, currently it stays at 1.159 all the time according to CPU-Z and HWinFO64, C-States and Speedstep is enabled, the XMP profile is also enabled with my memory set to 2133mhz, everything else is at default.

So could someone tell me if it's possible to have a maximum voltage of 1.159 but have it lower when my CPU idles and how i got about it?

Thanks

[Nate152]

Hello giggsy11

Change the cpu core voltage to adaptive, then set an offset of +.001v, be sure windows power plan is set to balanced.

Boot to windows, open up cpu-z and see what your idle voltage is showing.

[giggsy11]

Nate152 wrote:
Hello giggsy11

Change the cpu core voltage to adaptive, then set an offset of +.001v, be sure windows power plan is set to balanced.

Boot to windows, open up cpu-z and see what your idle voltage is showing.

Hi Nate, thanks for the quick reply.

I set it to what you said and the Windows power plan is set to balanced, however, CPU-Z reports a core voltage from 0.720 - 1.250v 😕

[M11C]

giggsy11 wrote:
Hi Nate, thanks for the quick reply.

I set it to what you said and the Windows power plan is set to balanced, however, CPU-Z reports a core voltage from 0.720 - 1.250v 😕

just encrease the offset?

[giggsy11]

M11C wrote:
just encrease the offset?

Won't increasing the offset further increase my voltage?

I don't really know how adaptive/offset voltage works so i may need further help on this.

[M11C]

with the (-) offset it will go further down......

[giggsy11]

M11C wrote:
with the (-) offset it will go further down......

Yeah, except i was told by Nate to use a (+) so when you say 'increase' after someone says use (+) that doesn't imply it's going to go down, hence the confusion.

And how do i know how much is a safe amount to set as the (-) offset? I don't know what the original voltage value is that it's going down from, i just tried giving it a (-) 0.400 and the computer wouldn't start.

A more detailed and thorough way of doing this would be most helpful.

[Nate152]

Since you already had your cpu overclocked and dialed in with voltage, I had you set +.001v offset as using a negative offset might make your pc unstable.

Also in the " Additional turbo voltage" enter in 1.159v, In cpu-z the voltage will fluctuate depending on load.