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What is volt modding?
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What is volt modding?
I'd like to know!
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Putting more volts through the core (or memory), higher overclocks need more voltage to keep them stable, so voltmodding makes it reach higher overclocks. But it also makes them generate a lot more heat
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the BIOS may limit how high the voltage can go.. vmods can allow you to go higher.
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Volt modding normally entails altering the physical aspects on a PCB rather than simply changeing a few BIOS options. When raiseing voltages in the BIOS you aren't actually doing any volt modding at all, you're simply useing the default configuration options available for the board.
Volt modding typically involves altering the thermal resistance of components on the PCB by either soldering or useing the graphite fom a typical pencil (pencil modding). It can also involve soldering on additional capacitors or resistors to bypass motherboard straps to attain higher voltages. In a nut shell there are many types of volt modding depending on the piece of PCB you're modding and its not just the raised thermal output that can be a concern, its the actual modding in the first place. Putting the wrong thermal resistance onto a component can kill your hardware outright if you don't double check with a multi meter. Ontop of that, it can be quite difficult to make clean solderings or to even access the component you're looking to alter in the first place.
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To be completely safe, you need a multimeter even to pencil mod, although not a whole lot of folks fry their video cards with pencil mods. On the other hand, VDIMM mods have become much more frequent with the 965 p boards ( see Biostar ), and that can have serious consequences if you make the wrong move ( like not turning the pot all the way up before modding).
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