Intel 13th gen CPU voltage and stability questions

[jainamss]

I've got an i7-13700KF that I haven't used much because I've been travelling. If I assume there has been no degradation, is it recommended to update to the newest BIOS (0x12B) and what voltages should I aim to keep the CPU under during stress testing with cinebench to avoid instability and possible degradation?
Also what is the best way to achieve this?

 

[way2aware]

What motherboard/ chipset do you have your cpu in? What type of cooler? But generally, yes, latest bios is likely the safest. My cpu is slightly different from yours (13700K), I've had it maybe 22 months, installed in a Maximus hero z690. ddr5 6000 gskill 32 gb ram. cooler is an AIO, a Vetroo 360mm lurker that I am very impressed with. PSU is a Corsair HX1200, somewhat overkill, maybe, but I originally had a Powercolor RX6900XT red devil ultimate (the one with 3 12 connectors) that would get weird hi current spikes when benchmarking that would restart the computer with every PSU I had in it up to 1000 watts, 1200 took care of it. Surprisingly fast GPU, too bad it stopped outputing to my display at some point and is now an $1100 paperweight- I've had much better luck, and stability from the Founders edition 3090ti.
I suggest making sure you don't exceed 1.5v core when benchmarking.

 

[jainamss]

What motherboard/ chipset do you have your cpu in? What type of cooler? But generally, yes, latest bios is likely the safest. My cpu is slightly different from yours (13700K), I've had it maybe 22 months, installed in a Maximus hero z690. ddr5 6000 gskill 32 gb ram. cooler is an AIO, a Vetroo 360mm lurker that I am very impressed with. PSU is a Corsair HX1200, somewhat overkill, maybe, but I originally had a Powercolor RX6900XT red devil ultimate (the one with 3 12 connectors) that would get weird hi current spikes when benchmarking that would restart the computer with every PSU I had in it up to 1000 watts, 1200 took care of it. Surprisingly fast GPU, too bad it stopped outputing to my display at some point and is now an $1100 paperweight- I've had much better luck, and stability from the Founders edition 3090ti.
I suggest making sure you don't exceed 1.5v core when benchmarking.

i have a b670 with an aircooler, i know this limits what i can tweak in the bios, but im still going to update and then go from there and hopefully i can get some decent numbers on high load

 

[ShrimpBrime]

I've got an i7-13700KF that I haven't used much because I've been travelling. If I assume there has been no degradation, is it recommended to update to the newest BIOS (0x12B) and what voltages should I aim to keep the CPU under during stress testing with cinebench to avoid instability and possible degradation?
Also what is the best way to achieve this?

You avoid 100c loads as much as possible.

You don't aim for voltages. That's what the update is for. CPU handles it's own VID requests. Manage load current through LLC. The v-core/VID won't be a concern after the BIOS update.

The other poster had mentioned 1.5v. Well you won't be cooling that on air. This is 6ghz+ P-core club. But I think he may had meant idle and single core boost VID. Which on some older bios/ME versions would hit that high actually.

Anyhow, stock configuration, all cores load v-core should be under 1.30v and manageable.

GL!

 

[jainamss]

You avoid 100c loads as much as possible.

You don't aim for voltages. That's what the update is for. CPU handles it's own VID requests. Manage load current through LLC. The v-core/VID won't be a concern after the BIOS update.

The other poster had mentioned 1.5v. Well you won't be cooling that on air. This is 6ghz+ P-core club. But I think he may had meant idle and single core boost VID. Which on some older bios/ME versions would hit that high actually.

Anyhow, stock configuration, all cores load v-core should be under 1.30v and manageable.

GL!

thanks, ill check it out

 

[way2aware]

But I think he may had meant idle and single core boost VID

Right you are, sir- I meant exactly that. I've found that I kinda like the 'AI overclocking' feature of the z690 hero boards... felt like I was giving up when I first tried it (after enabling XMPII). But after awhile I was benchmarking higher pretty much everywhere compared to my own efforts with all core and manually setting my voltages and timings, etc, so I just kinda left it alone, and have to accept that Asus AI is smarter than me

 

[ShrimpBrime]

Right you are, sir- I meant exactly that. I've found that I kinda like the 'AI overclocking' feature of the z690 hero boards... felt like I was giving up when I first tried it (after enabling XMPII). But after awhile I was benchmarking higher pretty much everywhere compared to my own efforts with all core and manually setting my voltages and timings, etc, so I just kinda left it alone, and have to accept that Asus AI is smarter than me

Nah. you're smart because you found an easy way to obtain performance increase without pulling your own hair out!!