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Those numbers look fine for that chip. You could also try multiplier of 14 and bus of 200 (or see if the 232 bus will work with x14).
The speed will fluctuate a bit up/down which is normal.
Side bar: looks like you are in the Mountain time zone - what state/province?
Regards,
GEWB
Okay, now I gotta take a guess. The multiplier must be a variable that I can select in the bios. Furthermore, since I am not a power user, maybe I don't really need some of the capabilities of this machine and therefore may now even need Cool'and'Quiet to be enabled.
Please warn me if I am wrong. Especially if I am wrong.
As for my location - Tucson, AZ.
Your guess is correct - it's called overclocking. Your chip can overclock a bit but not much. Not being a power user, you can leave the settings as-is.
However, I don't know what speed RAM you have. If it is DDR2-800 (PC2 6400), setting the multiplier to x14 and bus to 200 will optimize the RAM timing. This is done in the BIOS.
Cool and Quiet is used to throttle down the processor during light load thus reducing electrical demand and lowering temps. On demand the speed ramps up to max.
Regards,
GEWB
Last edited by GEWB; 30 Aug 2011 at 15:14.
Which are also the default values for the FX-62,You could also try multiplier of 14 and bus of 200
techPowerUp! :: CPU Database : AMD Athlon 64 FX-62
Wouldn't happen to have any of the auto overclocking features in the bios (of which there are a few) enabled would you? Also what bios version are you running on the board? The Mainboard tab in CPUz should show it. Reason for asking is Asus has a beta bios listed for that board that has a fix for Cool and Quiet,
M2N32-SLI Deluxe BIOS 2209
Fix the CPU multiplier cannot be changed when Cool&Quiet is enabled.
File Size 762,33 (KBytes) 2009.09.21 update
OK, that's the last BIOS update. Check in your BIOS to be sure C-n-C is enabled.
Regards,
GEWB