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    myUndervolt v1.0 - Adjust the voltage offset value & automatically under-volt your CPU at startup

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by marticztn, Dec 31, 2017.

  1. marticztn

    marticztn Newbie

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    Under-volting your CPU will drop its temperature massively while gaming like never before, but please do it PROPERLY!!!

    For i7-7820HK + GTX 1080, 150 is the sweet spot for me, it might not work for you, so I would recommend you to test it out via CPU stress test, thanks to @MogRules for pointing out. A value of 150 is equal to the actual offset value of -0.150 V. The temperature dropped 25 degrees Celsius for me during the CPU stress test(approx).

    XTU's auto-applying feature is really unstable and it just doesn't work for me most of the time, so I thought it would be great to just write a little program based on the XTU's command line tool.

    I'll continue to improve the program in the future with new features and fixes. But for now, I just hope it helps

    If you found any bugs or errors, or if you have any suggestions about the program, please let me know in the comment below, I appreciate it!

    I just found a bug (prob related to process handling) which could cause the application to crash.

    UPDATE: Fixed, new link:
    https://drive.google.com/open?id=1DrFnzspmSJLNycC1kzqARyFaFU3JrXLx
     
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  2. MogRules

    MogRules Notebook Deity

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    Not everyone will have success at 0.150 , some will not be able to get that far as their chips won't handle it. Mine will lock up and restart if I try to drop it to those levels. Every laptop will be slightly different and they will have to find the sweet spot for their chips.
     
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    Yeah, -0.150 V should work for 7820HK, if it doesn't work on your device then I guess the reason why is because of the slight difference between silicons, that make sense
    I'll probably add a CPU stress test into the program, that should be a handy feature when it comes to testing between different state of CPUs from different PCs
     
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    Yes, I saw that post as well, I was actually inspired by that post
    Of course, it's always nice to have a more advanced app there like ThrottleStop, I wouldn't compare my program with ThrottleStop though because myUndervolt is a very simple, small program and it's completely based on command line. The steps which you need to do are actually not that much (ik I wrote a bunch of texts there) and it's very easy to understand imo cuz there's just 1 feature available for right now.
     
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    Fair point. Still a pretty neat solution overall.
     
  7. marticztn

    marticztn Newbie

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    Thank you so much!
     
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    Thanks ;)
     
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    W00d_m3 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can you reupload somewhere else like mega.nz for example?
     
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    Hi, OP reupload please?
     
  11. marticztn

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    Uploaded
     
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    Uploaded
     
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    cannot find link to download :confused:
     
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    Papusan Jokebook's Sucks! Dont waste your $$$ on Filthy

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    Re-read OP
    upload_2018-2-3_18-40-44.png
     
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