why my desktop cpu clock goes up and down?

[Noufas]

i am running coretemp here and my q6600 goes from 3194 down to 2129 every 2-3 secs and up again.cpuz also reports the lower speed (multi on 6x instead of 9x basically)

what can i do?

 

[RJC]

Intel Speedstep, reduces the multiplier when idle and raises when stressed.

If want to disable you will need to disable EIST & C1E in the BIOS.

 

[bledd]

basically it speeds up when it needs to (saving power when it's running slower)

there's no performance hit

 

[NightmareXX]

I assume that with this frequency changing, it has no detrimental affect on the CPU?

 

[RJC]

It want course any problems with frequency changing.

 

[silversurfer]

I assume that with this frequency changing, it has no detrimental affect on the CPU?

The gears can wear out on it so dont stop and start too much

 

[manic111]

Can this be stickied by a mod please? If it stays at the top of the CPU section we may stop getting questions about Speedstep! No offense to the OP of this post or any other post, as there is no obvious answer to this Speedstep "problem", but if we had this thread with a clear title at the top of the forum it could be pretty handy!

 

[arknor]

The gears can wear out on it so dont stop and start too much

the clutch pad will need changing first there only good for the first 1million mhz traveled

 

[helmutcheese]

There should be sticky as this gets asked 100x per week.

 

[konam4]

The gears can wear out on it so dont stop and start too much

Quoted for truth!!

 

[Mattus]

It can't hurt the CPU, or else Intel wouldn't have enabled the feature

There should be sticky as this gets asked 100x per week.

Wouldn't help. Nobody reads stickies.

 

[AtaRo]

Wouldn't help. Nobody reads stickies.

Fully Agree

 

[krisbutler]

hahaha