Paranoia Check

[mangobreeder]

Just installed the latest CPU-Z

when in windows i sometimes get this pic

then sometimes this

Ive overclocked it to 3.2hmz,

are the two pic above normal? or should i expect to see 3.2 all the time?

am i worrying about nothing?

Many Thanks in advance

 

[benjo]

It's normal. You've got speedstep enabled, so it lowers your Multi to 6x when theres no CPU usage. You can disable it, it's reccomended

 

[mangobreeder]

cheers

 

[Corasik]

You can disable it, it's reccomended

Recommended by about 2% of people. The rest recommend leaving it enabled as it's effect on performance is almost non existant (its a lot better than Cool&Quiet), and generally doesnt limit overclocking either.

Main reason to disable it when overclocking is if the voltage drop during idle leads to instablility on a very high overclock. If your system is stable leave it enabled, and help save the planet, 1 gram of CO2 at a time . Even with a 4ghz clock, its still only going to be hitting 2.66Ghz on the x6 multi, and most chips will probably be stable at that speed with speedstep enabled.

 

[Witor]

+ above post. Leave it on.

 

[EvilOne]

Turn it off, and plant a tree instead

The CO2 saving from the tree will last far longer

Or if your really green do both

 

[gurusan]

ah, the daily speedstep post