ASUS P8P67 Pro/Evo/Deluxe OC discussion thread

[xEnergie]

yikes! i just installed sp1 and with avx enabled i my temps up a bit, and noticeably, 50 more gflops in linx
I tried your offset and with 1.275 vcore it loads to 1.360 - 1.400v. is this normal for it to fluctuate so much during load? my previous settings were pretty much rock solid from idle/load.
but the good thing, like you said, my idle voltage is much lower which is really gratifying

[poke349]

yikes! i just installed sp1 and with avx enabled i my temps up a bit, and noticeably, 50 more gflops in linx
I tried your offset and with 1.275 vcore it loads to 1.360 - 1.400v. is this normal for it to fluctuate so much during load? my previous settings were pretty much rock solid from idle/load.
but the good thing, like you said, my idle voltage is much lower which is really gratifying

Yes, it's normal and it seems to depend on how intensive the load is. This Sandy Bridge line has a built-in stock LLC unlike the original Core i7s. That standard LLC setting would be the "Regular" setting.

Personally, I don't like the LLC is because it will lower your voltage without lowering your frequency.
A lot of people (including me) were finding out that OCs that were stable under prime/LinX would fail instantly when put under a single core load.

That's because the LLC lowers the voltage when the load is light - but the frequency is maintained...

lowered vcore + same OC'ed frequency = BSOD


If you go back a page or two on this thread (as well as the BIOS thread), you'll see a few people complaining about it.