I'm trying to decide if I need to undervolt my 13600K CPU given the recent updates to the BIOS. My motherboard is from MSI, and I'm not very experienced with tweaking settings. If undervolting is still advisable, are there any good tutorials I should look at? Any advice would really help!
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You shouldn't have to worry too much about undervolting the i5 CPUs like the 13600K. Most reports about issues seem to be more common with the higher-end chips like the i7 and i9.
If you’re overclocking to 5.2GHz on the P-cores, running at 1.25V is fine. You can go a bit lower if you turn off hyper-threading, but I wouldn't recommend it. For more aggressive overclocking, 1.3V might be necessary for 5.4GHz.
Undervolting hasn't really been necessary. The concerns stemmed from early CPU issues that Intel downplayed; updates have made things better, but the problem isn't fully fixed. If your 13600K is over a year old, it’s likely safe. Undervolting helps with cooling and usually doesn’t hurt performance, though!
Ahh ok, I understand. I appreciate it.
Intel supposedly resolved the issues with the latest BIOS updates, so make sure your motherboard's firmware is current before stressing about undervolting.
Got it all updated now!
Thanks for the info!