I was tempted to get the 14600k for 610/- recently. I knew about the cons (high temps no upgrade path etc) but still went ahead as I already had the Mobo.(Asus H610 paired with 12100) and with simple bios update I was able to run the dream i5.
The problem is it runs super fast but super hot, more than I expected. I paired it with thermalright assassin king (5 pipes cooler) and it still was reaching 90-95C. (Gaming 80-85C). So replaced cooler with dual tower peerless assasin. Temps are better. In stress tests it stays in 80-85s. In gaming 60-70s. (Although my GPU seems to have taken a hit possible due to rear fan getting almost blocked by ooler.
Now I'm able to run everything fine, it boosts 5.29ghz and stays. Xmp is on and no crashes even once. So I'm surprised how this budget h610 held up.
But then I noticed the voltages. 1.5v. for even simple desktop browsing. It constantly shuffles between 1.4 to 1.528v. obviously that's the reason for the temp spikes.
And this is where the problem lies. I'm not able to undervolt it whatsoever due to H chip limitations. I tried Intel XTU and it's disabled.
In bios there are tons of options but BLCK was missing but volts offset was there and I reduced it but it looks like it doesn't accept as it continues to spoke at 1.5v.
I need help in undervolting it.
14600k
Asus h610m-k-d4
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The voltage is pretty questionable but this is new reality. You can still try to make as high negative voltage offset as possible and if this doesn’t affect the situation, there unfortunately not much else you can do considering your chipset. Temps are somewhat alright for 14600k tho. Not great but this is very much acceptable for new reality.
VID≠Core Voltage.
VID is the voltage request. Core voltage your actual voltage.
You can yeah, but you would need to buy a new board for that
Besides, running 14600k on that e waste was pretty stupid idea