** Official ** Gigabyte UD3 P45 Series -- EP45-UD3 / EP45-UD3R / EP45-UD3P

[bigwill68]

Do I have to raise the Core voltage to counter the huge vdrop on this board? I am setting to 1.4v and CPU-z is showing 1.34-1.36v. I am having trouble clocking my CPU higher then 4.0Ghz. The same CPU on my Abit would clock as high as 4.5Ghz.

here's the setting on gigabyte boards with or without LLC

BIOS setting 1.4V w/ Load Line Calibration
Idle: 1.376 CPU-Z, 1.404 multi-meter
Load: 1.344, 1.360
without LLC
Idle: 1.360, 1.378
Load: 1.340, 1.312

1.5V w/ Load Line Calibration
Idle: 1.472, 1.496
Load: 1.440, 1.446
without LLC
Idle: 1.456, 1.472
Load: 1.408, 1.423

1.6V w/ Load Line Calibration
Idle: 1.600, 1.611
Load: 1.568, 1.561
without LLC
Idle: 1.600, 1.617
Load: 1.568, 1.563

All gigabyte boards have Vdroop

you can check Vdroop using a multimeter...

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