The original post: /r/overclocking by /u/Empathaddict on 2024-12-27 07:34:39.

I have a prebuilt machine from MSI (big mistake especially since I can build one but have been working 60-70 hours per week and have a new kid.) I was having some issues when I open steam my mouse cursor and the system will skip for a slight second if I have 2 monitors, if I have 3 monitors connected it will skip for 1.5 seconds, with just 1 monitor no skip.

I am on the latest bios fresh install of windows fully updated. I was getting help from msi customer support chat and I was told to flash a bios from back in march, way before intel released microcode for VRM / voltage issues causing everybodies CPU to degrade. The reason he wanted me to flash that bios was because it was on the prebuilt’s page and was more catered to my specific setup but I recently flashed an update from October (7D98vBE 2024-10-18) which included a voltage cap which I immediately set to 1.3. My question is, because I have a locked 14900F cpu am I safe to flash that bios?

I want to resolve these issues and have optimal bios settings but I still don’t fully understand vdroop and voltage offsets, load line calibration, etc. I mean I get the just of it but I don’t feel safe tinkering with it and the thought of flashing a bios with all the correct settings is very appealing to me. I ran Latency mon and came across some issues running intel default, I changed the setting to MSI Performance (PL1 253 pl2 253 280A with lite load I think at 9 I can’t remember. It mentioned turning off power limiting features that were causing some performance issues so I switched from Intel default (pl1 65 pl2 253) to MSI performance with intel default liteload (AC_LL 1.1 DC_LL 1.1) and ran latency mon and it gave me no errors.

I need some help and would gladly appreciate it should I not listen to MSI customer service and deal with this stutter for a second a few times a day? I haven’t ever had a blue screen or a crash, my temps are under 72C in cinabench r23 so I can live with it as long as I know my system is safe.

in summary the MSI agent sent me to the prebuilt page which had a different bios than the motherboard page but the prebuilt bios page was from march, the motherboard page (the one I flashed and am currently on) is from october, with the microcode being from september. 7D98vBE 2024-10-18 CPU Microcode 0x12B - ME Firmware ver: ME_16.1.32.2473

Thanks for reading and if you reply thank you!