Vorticity Posted January 11, 2020 Share Posted January 11, 2020 iCUE makes my CPU think their is a heavy load on the CPU and causes it to boost higher than necessary. This results in high idle voltages, increased power draw, and increased heat output. If I close iCUE the CPU idles as expected at 2.2 ghz, 0.8v, etc, but if I enter iCUE then I boost to 4.3 ghz, 1.45v, etc. I can work around this by enabling Windows Power Saver Power Plan, but this doesn't really solve the issue and I need to switch power plans when I am gaming, updating, etc. I have tried multiple power plans, Windows Balanced, Ryzen Balanced, Custom, etc. and this does not fix the issue. I am at a loss as to why this is happening and this issue was not around in July of 2019 as far as I can remember. I have the latest version of everything, Windows, BIOS, Drivers, iCUE, etc. If anyone else is experiencing this issue or knows of a fix please let me know. i assume this might be a bug in iCUE, but I am not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow aok Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 It's a know bug i think, with my Ryzen 7 3700X, iCUE show the CPU temp at 10°C higher than AMD Ryzen master. For now, exit iCue after each logon and your CPU should retrieve it's normal behaviour regarding the voltage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees Corsair Calico Jack Posted January 14, 2020 Corsair Employees Share Posted January 14, 2020 It's not exactly specific to iCUE. This is an issue AMD's been dealing with: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow aok Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 Oh, okay. And regarding the cpu temperature readings between icue and ryzen master ? Who's right beetween the two of them ? If icue obtains it from the motherboard, the issue may come from there ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorticity Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Well its only iCUE that causes the issue, but its probably part of the same issue AMD has had since July which makes sense because thats when my issue appeared... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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