topic Intel 13th gen Question in Mobile and Desktop Processors

Intel 13th gen Question

ShyKlown — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 15:59:59 GMT

Hello, I was wondering if it was worth buying a 12th gen cpu and temporary downgrade, and then resell it when the 13th gen problem has a fix(several months) or do you think the fix will come in the next month or so? I also updated my bios last night and before I updated it my bios said my CPU voltage is 1.1v and after my bios said still said 1.1v, when watching people update bios to help with this problem their bios said 1.4v for the cpu and after they updated it went down to 1.3v, which is better, my 1.1v or their 1.3v?
I have a I7-13700K (bought Jan 3rd)
A 4080 super
MSI z790 tomahawk ddr4
Corsair HX1000i
64gb ram
I was planning on upgrading my motherboard and ram to ddr5 next month which is when I would be able to buy the 12th gen to temporarily downgrade, that’s why I was so specific with the time line

Re: Intel 13th gen Question

CoolBook — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 16:44:31 GMT

Hi @ShyKlown

No, that was not worth it.

Just make sure that the CPU is not configured to allow for voltages over 1.4V.

I think that is basically what the microcode will do anyway.

Re: Intel 13th gen Question

ShyKlown — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:10:13 GMT

From what I seen in my bios everything seems to be on the stock auto or disabled settings

Re: Intel 13th gen Question

CoolBook — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 17:11:27 GMT

Stock is what kills the CPU, obviously.

Tune it down to be safe.