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Thanks for the assistance Braegnok. I tried updating my BIOS as I thought it might be worth a shot before I do the manual approach, something strange happened during the update where EZ flash 3 seemed to be stuck requesting me to reselect the .cap file it downloaded continually in order to complete the update. Im scared that the bios may be corrupted somehow during this update as I had to hardreset to get out of the loop and will do a clear RTC RAM short on the MB and reflash again to make sure it goes well. If my voltage after this BIOS update does not go down I will do a manual adjust on my multiplier and vcore to bring it down. My setting will be as follows: BCLK SPD : 100mhz (unchanged) VCORE : 1.214v Speedstep : Enable TurboBoost : Disable I want to run as stock as possible on my CPU and as the 4ghz without TurboBoost will still be powerful enough for me. Also what is the effect of TurboBoost when a CPU is overclocked? Its it advised to only use TurboBoost when Vcore is set to auto? Can it work on a manually set Vcore? Thanks

Hi Ladies and Gentlemen I hope you are all doing well. I was wondering if you can please assist me. I have upgraded and built my new rig, however I am not happy with the voltages my cpu is running at, considering it is running stock and voltages should be close to 1.2v. My rig is as follows: i7 6700k Corsair H80i GT CPU water cooling Asus Z170 Pro gaming 4x4GB Corsair Vengence LPX DDR 2666Mhz GTX 1070 (not installed as I have not received it) Corsair RM 550X PSU I know most CPUs will vary from chip to chip but it seems my i7 is running a higher than usual vcore considering i have not done any OC and left it stock (nothing changed in bios, I have even left XMP disabled for my RAM at 1st). My concern is that that I may be running at dangerously close to damaging voltages without having done anything, which I have read is close to or at 1.4v. Here are where I am getting my reading from: BIOS : reports my cpu core to be 1.294v. CPUID HWMONITOR : VCORE MAX 1.360v CPUID HWMONITOR: VIP MAX 1.372v My chip runs nice and cool, 17-19 degrees C at idle and nothing more than 45 degrees C under load. I am running onboard gpu as my discreet has not arrived. Dont know if this will make a difference. Ive done nothing to OC my CPU so why should it be running above the 1.2v stipulated as standard? And why would CPUID HWMONITOR and BIOS reporting different VCORE voltages? I can post full HWmonitoring or CPU-Z reports if needed. Thanks in advance for your help!

LOL, It does have LOL its just i have never noticed it cause i have never used it thanks now I am off to activate 3 gb/s!

Thanks just wanted to know if there was any risk couse i downt want to damage anything on my rig, GOD I WOULD DIE IF I DO! Are there aby bios setteings i have 2 change?

What is the difference in the two speeds 3gb vs 1.5 gb? I would also like to ask if there is any risk in activating my 3 gb/s on my hdd? The moddel of my mb is an intel DG31PR, the online manual does say it has sata 3 gb/s and it also says it has onboard gpu (which it does not have) so is there any risk in activating the 3 gb when my mb can only handle 1.5? Thanx!