Quote Originally Posted by Ace-a-Rue View Post
many boards have Vdroop...i have it on my gigabyte X48 (DDR3) board...it is not a lot but it is there...my IP35 Pro has about 0.04v vdroop...don't get wrapped around the axle with what the bios vcore is set to...or...what Uguru says is set...your main concern; what is actual idle vcore and then what is the droop when you load the cores to 100%...that is the "true" Vdroop.
So if we want to protect the processor from too much voltage, do we look at CPU-Z or the settings in bios/uGuru?