All those BIOS options that promise better performance? Enabling them might kill your processor
Owners of Intel's 13th and 14th Gen Core processors may need to stick to the chip giant's official power limits in order to safely use their CPUs.
While that's only a few tens of millivolts beyond the 1.55 volt limit, it can be the difference between safe and dangerous voltage levels that crash or damage the processor. Intel sets official power specifications for its CPUs, termed"Intel Default Settings," but motherboard vendors can also offer their own power settings, which often boost power and performance higher. Enabling these performance-boosting power limits has been desirable for Intel users for years, and on many motherboards are actually the default, rather than Intel's official settings.
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