5 hours ago, Arez said:The 13th and 14th gen chips are known to be defective (it was big news causing Intel's stock to plummet) and without the latest Intel microcode your CPU's voltage will go too high and eventually cause irreversible damage resulting in, at least, crashes in games and other applications.
I heard of this, but assumed it was fixed. It is true that my temps are insane in the climate I live in. It was 101 degrees yesterday in my living room. I lowered the PL1 and PL2 from 255 (or I guess unlimited If I can imaging that) to 210 and I have set my Vcore to 1.300v and my offset is at 0.125v. So my voltage rarely goes over 1.300v while using Cinebench for a 10 minute multicore run. I have also set my Tjmax to 95 and I rarely get into the 90s during testing even when I am sitting in a living room that is 101 degrees.
I watched a boatload of undervolting videos on YouTube before I purchased the Mobo and CPU. So luckily I was prepared for this early on. It was the first thing I did when I got Windows installed.
It does kind of suck that Intel has forced people to under-volt and effectively under-clock their CPUs. But I am still an Intel Fanboy so I deal with it.