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If you lower the CPU core voltage will that cause damage or degradation of the CPU?

ssote
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If you lower the CPU core voltage of a will that cause damage or degradation of the CPU, Also want to know if lowering the core voltage will increase the AMPs?

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Hello wingman99:

 

 

In regard to your inquiry, actually we always recommend to use the processor at stock configurations, increasing or decreasing the voltage might caused damage to it, and lowering the voltage will increase the AMPs but again, we do not recommend to do that.

 

 

Altering PC clock or memory frequency and/or voltage may (i) reduce system stability and use life of the system, memory and processor; (ii) cause the processor and other system components to fail; (iii) cause reductions in system performance; (iv) cause additional heat or other damage; and (v) affect system data integrity.

 

 

Additionally, if the processor gets defective, because of altering the voltage, that will not be cover by the warranty, unless you purchase a tuning protection plan:

 

 

https://click.intel.com/tuningplan/ https://click.intel.com/tuningplan/

 

 

Any questions, please let me know.

 

 

Alberto

 

ssote
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Thank you for the information.

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idata
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Hello wingman99:

 

 

You are welcome.

 

 

Any other inquiry, do not hesitate in contact us again.

 

 

Regards

 

 

Alberto

 

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ssote
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Intel Corporation wrote:

Hello wingman99:

 

 

In regard to your inquiry, actually we always recommend to use the processor at stock configurations, increasing or decreasing the voltage might caused damage to it, and lowering the voltage will increase the AMPs but again, we do not recommend to do that.

 

 

Altering PC clock or memory frequency and/or voltage may reduce system stability and use life of the system, memory and processor; (ii) cause the processor and other system components to fail; (iii) cause reductions in system performance; (iv) cause additional heat or other damage; and (v) affect system data integrity.

 

 

Additionally, if the processor gets defective, because of altering the voltage, that will not be cover by the warranty, unless you purchase a tuning protection plan:

 

 

https://click.intel.com/tuningplan/ https://click.intel.com/tuningplan/

 

 

Any questions, please let me know.

 

 

Alberto

I was doing some math with ohm's law and the AMPs went down with lowered down voltage. What am I doing incorrectly with trying to figure out what the AMPs are with fixed processor clock speed and load, only thing varying is the voltage?

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idata
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Hello wingman99:

 

 

In regard to your question, the support and information we provide in regard to Intel® processors, is when the processor works under stock configurations.

 

 

So, if you change the voltage or any other setting, different problems might be expected, the processor was tested by Intel under stock configurations, so, the way that the processor will behave if you do some customizations on it is actually unknown.

 

 

Maybe some other peers viewing this thread, that tried different customizations on the processor, might be able to provide further details on this matter to let you know if the processor is actually working properly under that scenario.

 

 

Any questions, please let me know.

 

 

Alberto

 

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