20mmrain Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Hey Guys... 1st off let me say I can't wait to get to know some of you guys since I just joined yesterday. So this is my very first post! So with that said I am glade to be a new member! Now on to my question.... I just received my new Motherboard in the mail today a (MSI Z58A-GD80 Gen 3). Of course my first thing I want to do is overclock it. But MSI has bad voltage monitoring software and I can't find the answer to my question out myself. The question is.... should I leave the VCCSA or the (CPU System Agent) voltage on Auto or should I manually set it? I came from a Asus Maximus Extreme IV that I did not have to manually set it because it would stay fine on Auto. But on this board it is impossible for me to tell what my voltage reading is on the VCCSA in windows. It doesn't even list it in BIOS. So while I assume Auto is set for the correct tolerances there is no way for me to know for sure. Is anyone else overclocking with a Z68a MSI motherboard right now who might have the answer to this question. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Welcome to OCC! You can set VCCSA to Auto. You don't even need to worry about it in Windows. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedway Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 I was just about to say the same thing (leave it on Auto) as Capi! Everything I have read says not to touch it whether you are on P67 or Z68. Seems like it has no use to improve stability on an OC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
20mmrain Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 (edited) Welcome to OCC! You can set VCCSA to Auto. You don't even need to worry about it in Windows. Thanks for the reply.... well what I meant with knowing what it was in windows was more along the line of just checking to make sure that leaving it on Auto the motherboard wouldn't be over compensating for the overclock and setting it to some extreme voltage like 1.8 volts or some crap like that (like some boards do with VID voltage).... which would of course kill my CPU. So it sounds like if left on auto then it does NOT over compensate that voltage huh??? Awesome!!! Leaving it on Auto is the way to go obviously.... I know there is no need to change it... as a matter of fact I know it will most likely kill it. But on some other boards in the past I owned..... You had to manually set every voltage because if you didn't it would try to adjust for the overclock which was way overboard. I will tell you one thing I am not pleased though about this board is the lack of voltage monitoring on it. In the BIOS it will give you a reading for Vcore, VCCIO/IOH, DRAM but anything else it doesn't report what it is. It just gives you the option to change it. BTW thanks for the welcome.... I have been a long time member of Tech Power Up.... but one of your members steered me in this direction. Said you guys have a great community.... can't wait! Edited October 15, 2011 by 20mmrain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 If you go into the UEFI in the BIOS, you'll see what the Auto Voltage is set to right below it. Good luck on your MSI board, when I got mine, it was pretty bad, I had to return it. Hopefully they fixed whatever issues they had with it with better BIOS updates. I do like MSI, but am staying away from their motherboards for a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
20mmrain Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 If you go into the UEFI in the BIOS, you'll see what the Auto Voltage is set to right below it. Good luck on your MSI board, when I got mine, it was pretty bad, I had to return it. Hopefully they fixed whatever issues they had with it with better BIOS updates. I do like MSI, but am staying away from their motherboards for a while. Actually so far so good this is my only complaint.... and yeah usually the voltages would be listed right below their settings in the BIOS.... but for this board no it isn't. CPU Vcore, VCCIO/IOH, DRAM voltage are all listed like that yes. But the rest of the voltage like SA/VCCSA, CPUPLL, and others are not listed that way. Oh well small complaint but it still would have been nice. Maybe it will come that way in a BIOS update. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Yeah, that's really odd that they can't be seen, it would drive me a little nuts, too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
20mmrain Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Yeah, that's really odd that they can't be seen, it would drive me a little nuts, too. Well thanks for your help again guys! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted October 15, 2011 Posted October 15, 2011 Welcome to OCC! You can set VCCSA to Auto. You don't even need to worry about it in Windows. Exactly. It can be tweaked a little for the upper end but for most overclocks its not needed. My 2600K runs its max overclock on the board with no issues. I have beat on this chip hard and have yet to kill it in a variety of boards including the B3 and G3 revisions of the Z68A-GD80 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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