Windows 7: Cpu speed

Urbwolf · 27 Sep 2009

Clock speed on my cpu seems to be wrong. I have not overclocked the cpu yet. but its showing it at 1600.0 mhz and supposed to be at 2400 mhz. Or am I wrong?

logicearth · 27 Sep 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Urbwolf

Clock speed on my cpu seems to be wrong. I have not overclocked the cpu yet. but its showing it at 1600.0 mhz and supposed to be at 2400 mhz. Or am I wrong?

You processor is probably lowering its speed while its not under extensive use. This saves power and reduces heat while the system is not requiring full power.

Urbwolf · 27 Sep 2009

Yea i retested after i started a game running on other monitor and it jumped up to 2400 mhz. Anyone know what is a safe reliable clock speed for this cpu?

ken9122 · 27 Sep 2009

I'm running mine at 2.6 but it will depend on your MOB and cooling. All systems seem to have their sweet point and you just need to experiment. But if you want reliability increase the cooling and leave the CPU alone. IMO

Ken

Criminal Fetus · 27 Sep 2009

You prolly no this already but when you OC be sure to up the voltages accordingly too

Just a friendly reminder

A320 · 27 Sep 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Urbwolf

Yea i retested after i started a game running on other monitor and it jumped up to 2400 mhz. Anyone know what is a safe reliable clock speed for this cpu?

You probably have your power option set to 'balanced' or 'power saver' either of these modes will underclock your CPU when it is not in use for energy saving and immediately jump to full clock when the juice is required.

Uber Philf · 27 Sep 2009

nope, but dont max it out straight away, cuz more then likely it wont boot, or will sizzle into a nice pile of melted plastic X)

Urbwolf · 28 Sep 2009

For some reason i cant even overclock to 2.8 i get the bsod right away. tried 2.7 same thing..

Criminal Fetus · 28 Sep 2009

Quote: Originally Posted by Urbwolf

For some reason i cant even overclock to 2.8 i get the bsod right away. tried 2.7 same thing..

Are you doing the voltages too? ram? if you aren't sure hot to properly OC then i highly suggest not to play with it unless you wanna be without a PC

here's something to look at

Also http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/...0001_11_0.html

pparks1 · 28 Sep 2009

Not all chips will overclock well. Each and every single chip is just a little bit different with what it will allow. In addition, your RAM is also important when it comes to stable overclocking.

Windows 7: Cpu speed

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