xelas_bigmac wrote:
I applied a -125mV undervolt since I got the laptop which came with BIOS Version 300, I think. Since then, I updated to 302 and now to 305, and I'm still using the same offset. I never really pushed the value since it seems stable at -125mV and when I tried -150mV it crashed, so I just let it be at -125mV which I think is great. Btw, I live in Portugal where the temperature is about 30 to 40ºC outside and my idle temperatures are about 40ºC and the CPU sits at about 46-50ºC when working with several applications running, but not games. My GPU sits at around 45-50ºC as well and my SSD at around 50ºC, sometimes going as high as 55ºC.
I also live in Portugal, the temperatures are high.
Do you have a Skylake (i7-6700HQ) or a Kaby-Lake (i7-7700HQ) chip?
Skylake chips can go further in the undervolting, compared to the Kaby-Lake chips, due to the improvements that Intel has made on the Kaby-Lake chips.
The thing about undervolting is that it is dependent on the silicon lottery, i.e. depending on the quality of the chip you get, you can go further or lower in the undervolting, when compared to other people's chips.
My chip is not the best, but it is not the worst either.
At -125mV my chip will frooze.
Not right away, but if I push the computer too much, which is very often.
My worload is very demanding with a work software that is very heavy, SQL service, Word, Excel, Firefox with 140+ tabs opened, and all the other processes of Windows and Asus install.
The most often Windows power plan I have selected is Performance.
Curiously, when gaming I use the Balanced, because the frequency does not need to be higher all the time, and the heat is already high. I also disable Turbo boost or limit the Turbo boost to 3.0GHz.
I use this especially on GTA V, because it is enough and limits the heat output, and the consequent throttling.
