I’m seeing CPU VID = 1.418v at max stock frequencies on my i7-14700K - is that too bad? Should I return it and wait for another opportunity to get another piece? I hoped I’d find more info in this thread but so far I only found one person with a 14700K there and their max VID=1.379
You linked something and misinterpreted it completely. Saying that VID is not affected by BIOS or motherboard in your first post, and then linking the data sheet that says VID can be altered and is considered out of specification operation should have clued you in that VID can be altered.
If you want to see what the factory VID values are, you need to look at your V/F curve editor in BIOS. While you’re at it, screw around with DC_LL and you’ll be convinced that you did misinterpret the Intel datasheet, as when you load into Windows you’ll see that your VID is in fact very much affected by BIOS settings.
can you please specify more exactly what did you mean by that? Which sentence in the intel specs says that?