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Question on Z390 Dark Core Voltage Offset?

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2019/02/05 11:46:19 (permalink)
Ok so I see in the bios there is a setting for a vcore voltage offset.
It states it adds to the voltage set in the bios, so if one has say 1.20 and adds +200mv offset, it would yield a vcore of 1.40.
 
My dumb question is, why would one choose to add an offset rather than just setting the vcore to what they want anyway?

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    Re: Question on Z390 Dark Core Voltage Offset? 2019/02/05 11:54:26 (permalink)
    Using an offset makes it so your CPU can have lower core and temps when no/low load.
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    Re: Question on Z390 Dark Core Voltage Offset? 2019/02/05 11:57:59 (permalink)
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    Using an offset makes it so your CPU can have lower core and temps when no/low load.


    Ok thanks but is that different than just having vcore set to adaptive?
     

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    Re: Question on Z390 Dark Core Voltage Offset? 2019/02/05 12:05:20 (permalink)
    The offset works in conjunction with adaptive mode.
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    Re: Question on Z390 Dark Core Voltage Offset? 2019/02/05 12:14:00 (permalink)
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    The offset works in conjunction with adaptive mode.


    Ok thanks, pretty happy with where mine is currently but may look into it a little later on.

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