Basic Throttlestop and Undervolting Guide

[@jedi22300]

If your FIVR voltage cannot be changed, your CPU voltage control may be locked by your laptop's manufacturer. You can check your PC's model online and see if anyone has come up with solutions to enable voltage controls on your laptop's model, such as through BIOS settings or flashing a different version BIOS. Some laptops though, you won't be able to get past the voltage control lock. In that case, you won't be able to undervolt, but you should still be able to play around with the other settings mentioned in the video (such as adjusting Power Limits (PL))

[@Neonagi]

crazy how this is still one of the best tutorial videos despite the UI being changed in the newer version.

[@akirahabane4904]

Some people dig straightforward videos that lasts up to 3 minutes at most, while some desires for detailed tutorials that lasts up to 20 minutes on average. This however, stands between the two and the one I liked the most. Every significant feature is explained briefly and steps ain't gonna mess with an amateur's brain. No convulsive intros, no plugs, no bullshit - just your rare detailed tutorial that wouldn't eat too much of your precious time. Undervolting may seem overwhelming and intimidating, but with the right videos like this, you'd be giving your laptop's CPU one hell of a favor. I've nothing to do so I decided to write a short review as send-off to my consistently 93°C CPU temp while gaming.

[@actuallyasriel]

My God, I should've done this *months* ago! Went from resting temp of 70 down to 50, and load temp of 100 down to 75-80, with practically no performance loss. Hopefully, my long trials of random, seemingly incurable framerate drops are over. It's worth noting though that TS has updated its UI since this video, and things seem to have been moved, changed or renamed. An updated video *might* be warranted, but I got along just fine myself. :) Thanks so much!

[@russiachan2]

Any updates on those framerate drops?

[@AllfatherBlack]

@@russiachan2 all i had to do was follow this video up to the TPL stuff, which I couldnt do, and it almost completely cured my hard stutters. not completely, but some games (of DRG) have zero issues, some do, but used to be all. now it's uncommon (daily, but i play a lot)

[@yukityyak]

Went from 3hrs to 5hrs of battery life on my locked cpu laptop. Wish I could under-volt but the further steps described here are exactly what I needed!

[@mayank1522]

how did ur battery improved that much

[@grimlrd1467]

Really appreciate the dum down version of explaining throttle stop. Kudos man

[@frewtjuice]

only watched one vid about undervolting but so far this one's perfect

[@libradan2854]

This video put my thermals down significantly to 50s. Thanks for this quick tutorial.

[@khusoooo]

i pray that if i need another tutorial for anything, you're the one to give it. thank you for the help :>

[@kevinSr1593]

The battery on my MS Surface Pro of about 7 years died last year and just recently the CPU slowed such that programming on it was a nightmare. With ThrottleStop it appears that I am now able to resume using my laptop as normal - or until it burns up ; ) Thanks for making ThrottleStop available.

[@psravan]

This is probably the best explained video on throttlestop I've seen

[@Emmanuel_DH]

i went from 93° to 79° !! Thank you so much !

[@mayank1522]

bro do we need to .make it as scheduled task when laptop starts or does throttle stop values stays where it should be

[@flutterdrive4286]

can you do an updated version of this guide? it seems there are differences in the settings and layouts that are confusing

[@StonerGamingParadise]

9.5 is out and would love an updated guide

[@DrakenFX]

@@StonerGamingParadise totally agree, specially with the new CPU's (P & E cores)

[@KitzoonBlox]

best throttle stop video guide no doubt

[@Geryco]

Thanks a lot for this guide!, Just by adjusting the speedshift to 16 I reduced my temp from 70 to 35-40 and stopped my i9 from throttling from top speed to 800 every minute!! didn't even need to lower the voltage

[@kasparas147]

Hi, could you make a video with the latest version of Throttlestop? some options don't appear in the current version and I'm not really sure if I did everything correctly :D Overall, really good video and explanation

[@Jimka22x]

Thanks a loooooot!!!!!! Best guide i ever seen. Short but informative!

[@alex-p5]

This guide is fucking awesome. Makes everything in an otherwise confusing program clear as day. Thank you so much!

[@AllfatherBlack]

fr this app literally presumes a computer engineering degree lol

[@BVLVI]

explain every setting. I want to learn everything and you have the best video on YT about throttle stop so please make a video explaining each option and setting.

[@rocket2739]

For undervolting, I've seen forums mention that Intel GPU and iGPU unslice should have the same undervolt. Same goes for CPU core, CPU cache, and system agent (although I'm not sure about the last one, since I can't find anything about it on the internet)

[@sus_news_ph]

Top 10 rappers eminem is afraid to diss

[@raghavendras8866]

U deserve more views and likes mate!❤️

[@suhudude]

amazing video, really helped me understand my way around throttlestop, thank you for making this

[@pootispencer9765]

What's up with EDP other blinking red in the ring column? When you mention upping the pp0 limit, is there a dangerous upper limit to be avoided?

[@partogimarbisukpane]

How do you make the vertical tabs auto hide on Vivaldi?

[@infini_ryu9461]

This guide was awesome. I was able to get my temp below the 90's. I think I just need some new thermal paste and some cleaning but it's helped a bit. I did get a blue screen trying to go -170 or -180. So I think -160 is the sweet spot. Still says it's thermal throttling, though. lol

[@1mWilli]

Can you make a updated version btw very good video rlly helped me :) But throttlestop changed a bit 0:

[@manuelwiedmaier23]

Great Video that helped me get better gaming performance. But I'm a bit confused about the TS Bench. I have a i7-8565U and can undervolt my CPU Cache to ~-90mV till i start getting Errors. But when i started to undervolt my Core more i was able to get -250mV with no Errors, but was afraid to test further. So my Question is: Can you test with TSBench if you are stable if you only increase the undervolting for the core but not the cache? Since -90mV and -250mV seem like an insane difference. I haven't started changing TPL (because of the new UI) and i get the red "Power" Limit indicator during tests. If you need any info just ask. Help would be greatly appreciated

[@minty_x]

I have the same thing happening, have a thinkpad with i7 8650u and the core is at -260 ish however the cache can only go to -90 UPDATE: pushed core to -400. cache is still -90 and everything else is -50 Update 2: -500 holy shit

[@AllfatherBlack]

@@minty_x thats geniunely insane its not crashed half a volt under? wow

[@minty_x]

@@AllfatherBlack I managed to get to -1000mv. Idk what's up but it has not crashed even when playing age of empires 2

[@Pedrao5115]

@@minty_x did your heat decrease alot using -1000?

[@minty_x]

@@Pedrao5115 surprisingly no. Only a couple degrees

[@builtbyrhondy1111]

Great video! Best video I’ve ever seen in regards to explaining the settings and what they do. I have a question If I’m getting the PL2 notification, do I need to increase or decrease the value that is set? I’m currently using a i9750H

[@jedi22300]

PL2 means that you are hitting the limit of how much power you allow the cpu to take. If you have the thermal headroom, you can increase the power limit. Increasing the PL will increase the wattage consumed, so it will increase heat output but you will also get better performance because the cpu is getting more power. So the answer to your question is it depends on what you want to do. Hitting power limit is completely normal as all you're doing is limiting the amount of power the cpu is allowed to take. If you let the CPU take as much power as it wants, you're gonna thermal throttle due to too much heat output. If you want cooler temps at the cost of lowered performance, you can decrease the PL

[@jedi22300]

@Eternity thanks for letting me know, I'll look into it. Did you make sure your settings are correct first?

[@ZoranAUS]

thank you for this great guide, my CPU is locked so could adjust volts but still a great guide non the less for me, any hope of doing a updated guide given the UI change?

[@slavavr]

Could you explain more the PL1 and PL2 values? How do they affect performance/temperature and how do we calculate PL2 (PL1 is just your total voltage during GPU + CPU tests if I understood you correctly)?

[@jedi22300]

So you'll first want to understand the differences between voltage, amps, and wattage. If this was a water pipe, volt is the water pressure, amps is how wide the pipe is, and wattage is the total water flow. A wider pipe would of course allow more water to flow, and higher water pressure would also allow more water to flow. Therefore, wattage is calculated as volt * amps = watts. Watts can be thought of as how much electricity is being used. Power Limit: how many watts the component is allowed to use. For example, a CPU with a 45w power limit will be limited to 45w of power max. For intel, these are separated into PL1 and PL2. PL2 is the short term power limit, where a processor can use more power for a short amount of time before PL1 kicks in, which is the long term power limit. For example, a CPU with a PL1 of 45w may boost to 60w with PL2 for 30 seconds before dropping down to 45w. As the name implies, this is how much power your cpu is allowed to have, which means more power = more performance. However, all that electricity is energy, and that energy gets converted to heat in the processor. So the more electricity you use, the more heat you produce. More wattage = more performance = more heat

[@slavavr]

@@jedi22300 So if a CPU has a PL2 = 45w and it consumes 45w under a stress test, enabling Power Limit Control and making PL2 = 60w (for example) won't change anything, the CPU isn't gonna consume more than 45w in a long test anyway? You just can just reduce the PL to decrease performance/heat, that's it?

[@jedi22300]

@@slavavr Increasing the PL2 to 60w will only increase the short term power limit to 60w. So it'll allow it to pull 60w for a little bit but that's it. If you want more performance over long term, you'd want to increase both PL2 and PL1 to 60w so that it can pull 60w

[@slavavr]

@@jedi22300 I wrote PL2 instead of PL1, sorry. So if a CPU pulls 45w under a stress test and you increase PL1 to 60w it won't change anything, the CPU won't consume more wattage anyway?

[@slavavr]

I have got an 8750H I am trying to undervolt rn, and with power limit disabled my CPU is getting 60w under a stress test in AIDA. I tried to enable power limit and set PL1 to 70w for example (and kept PL2 = 90w), and it changed nothing, the wattage stayed the same, around 60w. I watched a couple throttlestop videos where the guys set their PL1 to the wattage their CPUs consumed in a stress test, but is that no different from not enabling power limits at all?

[@amirislive6969]

Bro is you close this app instead of minimize then it will work?

[@ludvigtheowopaladin]

Will there be any difference if i dont do undervolting? Mines locked so i cant configure it

[@FlamezPlayz321]

the fivr section for cpu core and cpu cash says locked, is there a way to fix this?

[@decorholic-rp3gw]

Hello, did you find a solution to this? i have the same problem

[@Kazam_dono]

hzy i have a problem can't adjust my cpu voltage like i cannot press 'unlock' any tips ?

[@mihirgannavarapu1379]

What if the FIVR control area is grayed out and I can't select anything

[@samduamr4917]

Hi bro, i stuck because cannot tick "Unlock Adjustable Voltage" so i cannot adjust them. How can i fix it?

[@gameskhel]

edp current also

[@spk794]

I have an 11th gen (113567) and the fivr settings are all grayed out. Any fix or is it due to plundervolt and not fixable?

[@pablo-pi6qz]

Very VERY and I can't stress this enough VERY FUCKING HELPFUL VIDEO went from 88c down to 71-73c while gaming! Easy to understand and so fucking glad to find this video

[@unstepintime]

Undervolted before but never used this app so thank you. But for me I have CPU P cache & CPU E cache. Undervolt one, both, neither? Thanks.

[@wheeler6768]

Amazing tutorial!

[@Dynamitepie1]

when talking about the power limits numbers do you mean the numbers next to clamp or in miscellaneous? My misc numbers are Min 1 and max 35 while the clamp numbers are exact as yours.

[@stevensilitonga]

could you please make a video explaining the tpl part? my laptop is thermal throttling when I did the test you put in the desc, and I don't know what to do 😅

[@ibrahimgintoki7725]

You sir just gained a subscriber thank you so much

[@abbc5156]

Nice BG love that animu

[@Wecoxxx]

When download it and open it says cpu not supported

[@jedi22300]

What CPU do you have?

[@Wecoxxx]

@@jedi22300 Cpu: AMD Ryzen 3 3200 With Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.60Ghz

[@jedi22300]

@@Wecoxxx Unfortunately, Throttlestop only works for intel CPUs. However, you might be able to tweak some settings on ryzen with ryzen master. I'm not entirely sure though.

[@Wecoxxx]

@@jedi22300 oh:(

[@nyta911]

For Lenovo Legions, will Performance settings (High Performance/Balanced) override Lenovo Vantage Thermal Settings (Performance/Balance/Quite)? And will Throttlestop Performace sttings be applied at all if the first box under Performance stays unticked?

[@shlev13]

for example my laptop I7-8550U cpu could go down to -500vm on core, but does that mean that the lower the voltage the greater the performance?

[@Tech-Dino]

Does this tool change only values in windows? Or does it modify the bios/uefi?

[@cubansquare251]

I don't have the box that says "Disable and lock turbo power limits". Is this located somewhere else in 2024? The process as shown still works for me, just wondering if it's something to dig more for or not.

[@Kitarraman]

Thank you jedi! I have one question on running TS at startup: I have set everything as shown in the forum thread linked in the description, but I never find TS in the tray area and have to start it manually. Is it possible that, on Windows 11, there's a different procedure for running it at startup?

[@jedi22300]

I'm not aware of Win 11 changing the functions of task scheduler. Have you checked if TS was maybe running in the background in task manager, but not showing up in the tray area? If TS is shown as running in the task manager, you may have unchecked the "notification area icon" option in the TS options menu.

[@Kitarraman]

I don't remember what I did exactly, but now I have ThrottleStop running at Windows startup and it shows in the tray area. Anyway, thank you for your time!

[@KiLLaCaM607]

I need some help. On my Legion Y540-15IRH with an i7-9750H, I’m having thermal throttling even with -150mV for an undervolt on both the core and cache. I even tried just setting the all core to 4.0 so that none of the cores would boost higher than that, and whej I run Aida64 and Heaven benchmark (stable and doesnt crash with undervolt) I get serious throttling dropping clocks down to 3.0-3.5. CPU consistently reaches 94-100 degrees. I’m using Throttlestop 9.5 newest, which is mostly the same except for a few things. What else can I change to get better temps?? Should I make the all core lower like 3.7GHz? Didnt mess with the TPL values, believe long PL1 is 70 and short PL2 is 107 by default

[@Xantylon74]

8:22 I only have thermal problems if the CPU is in Turbo mode, so can i just change this section and press apply?

[@jedi22300]

If your CPU is overheating, then yeah I would lower the amount of power the CPU is allowed to have so it doesn't get as hot

[@fromerito]

Just the video needed to see. Although, I think something is wrong with my CPU. Doesn't matter if I change anything on TPL, it keeps showing in "Limit Reasons" the PL2 in yellow and Thermal at the Core column after every test bench, also the the EDP Other is always showing on RING. I'm doing something wrong?

[@jacoblimber4040]

hey dude, i know its 2 years later, but i just want to ask should i touch any other profile you didnt mention like game for example, or just performance and battery profiles are good enough?

[@jedi22300]

You can use the other profiles too if you want. I just tend to use the 2 I showed.

[@jacoblimber4040]

@@jedi22300 is it going to be the same setting as you mentioned or I can change my self?

[@dotfree7652]

Thank you a lot. As i have Acer and did have big problem with Temp did have like 88 'C was very hot now thanks to you is 70 'C it is of course a lot but better. Was curios can i lower temperature even more ? I have two more questions, first, when I made an offset voltage on Core and Cache and restarted the laptop, only these settings seemed to return to 0 and not to -70, do you know why? and when is set to Performance Mode but i don't want the speed at 3.4Ghz all the time, but let's say as a Balance little bit lower than little bit higher can i do that and how?

[@reaalls736]

Amazing Video!

[@KOX599v2]

what is intel power balance explain to me what it is about

[@bratko7941]

hey, i dont have the "enable speed shift when throttlestop starts." option in tpl i can enable the speed shift, but nothing else

[@el0375]

Even after so much time and DELL disabling VOLT control through subsequent BIOS updates, managed to get it all to work in my dell xps. made me go from a thermally incompetent machine to one that never throttles and is better performing + stable.

[@butterfingers4749]

in the FIVR above the CPU core and the CPU cache instead of saying FIVR control it says not available and i cant change any of the values for the CPU core or cache, is there a way to solve this

[@susannahlui7362]

Is it ok to skip TPL and not worry about the turbo boost if I got my temps down with the earlier steps, or will this screw things up?

[@jedi22300]

You don't have to change the settings if yo'ure happy with the way things are!

[@gilvu1179]

hi, my Unlock adjustable voltage is locked. how can I unlock it? I have a Gigabyte G5 KC laptop edit: i fixed it with insyde tool. thanks for the video

[@Kamakun]

hey i have problem, i cannot check the unlock adjustable voltage box. so i cannot adjust anything at all. how can i fix this? and whats the problem in the first place?

[@jedi22300]

It could be that your laptop model or CPU has a locked voltage control, which means undervolting has been blocked by either your laptop's manufacturer or by intel. It's possible you may be able to unlock it somehow depending on the laptop though. You can try to google your laptop's model and how to undervolt it and see if anyone else online has figured out a solution.

[@4givenEx]

Hey man I've watched this vid a few times and from my understanding you say to not mess with Turbo Ratio limits because it can cause massive performance lost and you recommend instead lowering turbo time limits? I notice my temps get really low with turbo ratio limits tweaks but my fps suffers so much from it. TLDR : How can I lower temps using power limit controls and turbo power limits. Instead of messing with Turbo Ratio limits causing FPS loss

[@fanatic632]

I would also want to know why he said that. My understanding is that there is no clear answer. He might not be Throttlestop expert but just sharing what works best for him.

[@4givenEx]

@@fanatic632 a updated video would be amazing since this video is 2 years old

[@fanatic632]

@@4givenEx Yup.

[@deadlydangaming]

what is the starting point for the offset for U series 10th gen processor?

[@Fajah69]

I need this. My laptop is like a jet plane and it is making me nuts

[@chantretoi31]

Finally understood throttlestop at last but still I got a problem on my laptop ..... I have a MSI GF65 Thin RTX 3060 i5 10500h and I did some undervolting with some videos I found from KZbin but my games keep crashing when I play them probably within 10-15 minutes during gameplay.... Can you suggest some particular reason that it happens as said?

[@jedi22300]

Does it only crash if you have the undervolt applied? You can test by removing the undervolt and seeing if crashes continue. If it only crashes with the undervolt applied, it probably means you undervolted too much

[@notnot-c4b]

But it's still increase perfomance right?

[@KoopatoadYT]

Recently (well, literally a year and a few months ago) I factory reset my laptop, after doing so undervolting has done absolutely nothing to my performance, before I was getting maybe even 3x the fps I usually get, but now there is pretty much no difference, I've seen nobody else have this problem. Update: I have fixed the problem, I had to disable any "windows features" to do with virtuality and disable intel virtuality features in the BIOS. Update 2: Performance has improved a lot but I get some HUGE throttling and my laptop heats up more than usual, any help?

[@navaneeth16]

Any updates

[@warmike]

on update 2: try disabling Turbo Boost

[@samuelayala2296]

How do u disable windows features and intel virtuality features?

[@4i04]

Aorus 15p xc have problems with overheating and blackscreen in many games, on low/medium/high settings. Cant undervolt, cant turn on it in that program, why ?

[@tanishq4264]

Using this for GF66-11UE 11th gen CPU still Speedshift isn't available, is it because of a newer version of throttlestop. How should I proceed?

[@00bones00]

cant check unlock adjustable voltage for some reason , could use some help

[@МаксимСкворцов-э8ш]

Thanks dude, everyone understood (almost) but the autoload method with Windows does not work. I would be glad if you help me solve it. And the video is great! Спасибо чувак, все понял ( почти) но способ автозагрузки вместе с виндовс- не работает. Буду рад, если поможешь её решить. А так видео- супер !

[@jedi22300]

Hey, are you talking about using task scheduler? If the guide was hard to follow, you can look up something similar to "how to launch a program using task scheduler." Task scheduler can launch any program in windows. In this case we are launching throttlestop. Hopefully that helps.

[@djordjesrdic1934]

all options in fivr locked in throttlestop, help

[@tomasoto1]

Please is it possible to undervolt Intel i5 13500H on my Lenovo LOQ laptop? I cannot click anything in FIVR, all options are grayed out. I heard that intel disabled undervolting for CPUs of 12th and 13th generation. Any idea?

[@EverythingAwesomeTech]

It doesn't let me unlock adjustable voltage, so can someone explain how to make it let me enable it?

[@Mr_BlackDia]

i have a Problem with my Gigabyte G5 Mf, my GPU (RTX 4050) isnt fully utilized and i dont know what i should do. i also have a I5 12500h btw

[@broskiii142]

how come I can set both cpu core and cpu P cache to -1000mV without any errors as a I5 12600k. Is it bugged for me or not activating the undervolt for me?

[@mars-jr5uu]

heyoo

[@jjmaia]

This video is great, but on TS 9.5 things are completely different and I get confused...

[@jedi22300]

Definitely noted but it's a little difficult to find time to make an updated video atm 😞

[@jjmaia]

@@jedi22300 totally understand, and thank you so much for having this one

[@susen-pai7428]

bro help when i disable turbo its on good temp btw when i rnable turbo it goes 95 C

[@singulargeneral2003]

i went to the fivr controls and i couldn't edit anything including the adjustable voltage box. did i do something wrong? I've followed the guide up to this point so idk

[@jedi22300]

Depending on your CPU/laptop model, the settings may be locked. You can try to look up your laptop's model and undervolting on the internet to see if anyone else is experiencing similar things

[@niconico6882]

can i set a maximum cpu clock speed and then set the voltage? if yes, how can i do it? I have an i7 10750 and I would like to maximize the clock speed to 3.5 GHz so as to minimize its use and keep temperatures low and stay with high performance

[@pangetbri]

After doing the undervolt,, do we need to always open the app when we use the computer? Or after doing this , undervolt is applied until you change the settings again ?

[@jedi22300]

You'll need to launch TS every time in order for the undervolt to apply. You can make that process automatic which I show at the end of the video. If you delete Throttlestop, it'll remove your undervolt the next time you boot up

[@ebaystars]

it's great for my use Dell 3050 stuck at a low speed (known silly Dell condition) , now i made it run @startup folder and for my problem Dell works, in fact I got real improvement from 2.7Ghz to 3.1GHz and not fixed for ever at .79Ghz!, ok question??? how do I reopen the GUI interface as TS is already running from startup, it says "cannot open as TS already running" Is there a work around as I'd now like to see the chip temps / play with it about from auto-boot !! ? Hope this makes sense ! Thanks for this amazing program I didnt know that you could get at the CPU/clocks in that way !!!!

[@jedi22300]

TS should be in your taskbar (you might have to click the little up arrow to show more open apps). If it's not there, then your TS setting might be set to not show icon in taskbar. To change that, you can close TS from task manager, reopen it, then go to options and change that setting.

[@ebaystars]

@@jedi22300 ok great, thanks, was tired missed that flag due to 35C heat all day and defunct Honda car ... nice software with surprising results. I am buying more of these for the lab (radio) so I dont have to put up with old large noisy boxes, I'll see how I do or if this was just a one off 🙂

[@ebaystars]

@@jedi22300 ok ill try that ive just upped all my PCs to windoze 10 (for free) so many things have changed as per usual, as I used legacy taskbars/start stuff before, thanks 🙂

[@thespacetime]

What to do with the system agent, Intel GPU, iGPU unslice? Other videos tell to do the same with cpu core and cache? is it safe? what does it do.

[@jedi22300]

From my understanding, undervolting these makes almost no difference so I figured it was unnecessary to include

[@decorholic-rp3gw]

what can i do if my cpu core is lock? I can change the voltage on my surface pro 4.

[@ryderpew1719]

Hey i got a question, what are the values for undervolting core i5 8300h? I'm using a Dell G7. Specs are gtx 1050 4gb vram, 16gb ram

[@jeisonhernandez7166]

Gracias me sirvió para limitar el turbo y bajar la temperatura en un Intel i5 10300h

[@En3rg3t1c]

I have a core i7 11700kf processor, I have appeared in the limits EDP OTHER? what does it mean ? and what should I do to remove it, oh yes, it is yellow not red

[@heerasingh6609]

In my laptop the unlock adjustable voltage option is not enabling please helpp

[@jedi22300]

Your laptop might have a locked voltage due to the Intel plundervolt vulnerability. You can try look up your laptops model and see if anyone else had any luck with undervolting it

[@heerasingh6609]

@@jedi22300 i have a DELL G15 5520 is there any way to unlock the voltage ?

[@jonnyk2717]

Cant lower voltage. Have a gigabyte auros 5 se4, is it because the bios is locked?

[@MINOR_SLIP]

Hey, first time user here. How do I access undervolting? it's kinda locked and I can't change any variables in voltage..?

[@zahiri4938]

Its locked by manufacturers search a guide to unlock

[@skiderman1103]

Thank you so much! My cpu used to be at 100 and now it’s at 50

[@furconizm]

how do we know that our CPU is under "undervoltage"? is there some kind of log we can access? thx

[@jedi22300]

I'm not sure if I'm following you correctly, but I use hwinfo's sensors to check if my undervolt is properly applied. If you mean that you undervolted too much, that would be the "stability" section of my video. Lmk if I got your question wrong

[@paopaopaopaotatooo5106]

what if in limits i see alot of yellow bars and then EDR, PL2 and TVB blink in red then yellow ?

[@parsatww7115]

Great video! You explained the program better than anyone else. I have a question, I have a core i7-9700k CPU, by default my PL1 is 95 and PL2 is 210. Are my numbers ridiculously high? I think my CPU overheating problem is because of my high PL’s. What do you think?

[@jedi22300]

Is this for a laptop? and what model is it? And when you say overheating, can you elaborate on that?

[@parsatww7115]

@@jedi22300 I have a PC. By overheating I mean, when gaming my CPU temps easily reach 70-80c,sometimes past 90c and in very cpu intensive games even 100c! I have been using throttlestop for a couple of months and undervolting the CPU core and cache won’t do much for my temp’s, the most impacting for me is reducing the turbo ratio limits by 2,3 numbers. With this change my temp’s never go higher than 80c under max load But the downside is of course it decreases the performance a bit, so I am curious that maybe my PL1 and PL2 are the culprit?

[@jedi22300]

@@parsatww7115 100c is definitely hot! Actually if it's a desktop PC, I wanna ask if you've looked at the hardware first to cool it? Desktop PCs generally have pretty good cooling. Things to consider are dusty heatsinks and fans, fans that aren't running fast enough, old/bad thermal paste, inadequate airflow (could opening the side panel improve thermals?) If it's a really cheap heatsink or whatnot, then yeah I'd say your power limit is the culprit. If your computer is overheating at 95 watts of load, then you can lower that. However again though I will say that desktops can *usually* handle more than 95w without overheating so I'd definitely look into some of the things I mentioned earlier

[@parsatww7115]

@@jedi22300 You have made some good suggestions, I will definitely check the fans and thermal paste,Thanks. The weird thing is, my GPU temps are excellent, I have never seen my GPU even reach 70c when overclocked and under heavy load. The only problem is the CPU, in my opinion the PC case has decent airflow because I can feel the air flowing when I look closely inside my pc lol.

[@PHOENlX1734]

You did the tweaks for both performance and battery, is it necessary to do for both or just performance as I mostly play games??

[@jedi22300]

Nah no need to touch the battery setting if you're just gonna stay plugged in

[@samuelawolola8833]

there is no option to enable speed shift for my dell xps 1520, what do i do?

[@jedi22300]

That cpu is too old to support speedshift. I believe it may use speed step instead, which is the older technology. I don't think you can adjust any settings for it though