Brothers pc build

Leeroy123 · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:08

Ok guys ive now built now brothers pc. Which are the same parts as mine are which i have got here ready to build. So ive just overclocked this 2600k from 3.4 to 4.8. Quick question though, why doesnt the overclock show up in OS or whilst loading. Ive turned speedstep off but that hasnt helped. I want to be able to see system say 4.8

The motherboard is asus p8z68 v pro

Moothead2 · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:11

Leeroy123 said:
Ok guys ive now built now brothers pc. Which are the same parts as mine are which i have got here ready to build. So ive just overclocked this 2600k from 3.4 to 4.8. Quick question though, why doesnt the overclock show up in OS or whilst loading. Ive turned speedstep off but that hasnt helped. I want to be able to see system say 4.8

The motherboard is asus p8z68 v pro

Run Prime95 and check the frequency with CPU-Z.

Leeroy123 · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:12

Ill run prime later mate, just want to get this bit sorted first

DJ_Martin · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:19

I think he is talking about getting your CPU up to full load then you can see if it is overclocked by the frequency in CPU-Z

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:20

Leeroy123 said:
Ill run prime later mate, just want to get this bit sorted first

The point is if you run Prime95 with CPU-Z open you should see the processor at 4.8GHz.

Windows only shows the stock speed of the processor.

My processor is currently overclocked to 4.6GHz and this is what Windows shows:

Leeroy123 · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:37

Yeah the CPU view Upto 4.8, but there's a way to have Windows show the speed all the time

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:51

Leeroy123 said:
Yeah the CPU view Upto 4.8, but there's a way to have Windows show the speed all the time

Why do you need to see it all the time?

CyberCrow · 3 Jul 2011 at 15:59

Wouldn't 4.8 Oc constant do some damage to the cpu or would it be ok to run constant, my Q6600 was clocked to 3.4 but wasn't constant until cpu was under load.

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 16:02

IT'S UNCLE BOB said:
Wouldn't 4.8 Oc constant do some damage to the cpu or would it be ok to run constant, my Q6600 was clocked to 3.4 but wasn't constant until cpu was under load.

That's SpeedStep at work.

My 2600K idles at 1.6GHz and goes up to 4.6GHz when required.

Saves electricity and increases the life of your CPU.

For some reason the OP has switched this off and needs to have the CPU running at 4.8GHz constantly :confused:

Leeroy123 · 3 Jul 2011 at 16:23

Speedstep is disabled, what else can cause it not to show. My last I7 showed all the time but that. Wasnt sandybridge

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 16:26

Leeroy123 said:
Speedstep is disabled, what else can cause it not to show. My last I7 showed all the time but that. Wasnt sandybridge

I really don't know what you're trying to do.

There's no reason to disable SpeedStep. It saves electricity and prolongs the life of the CPU.

The CPU will clock up to 4.8GHz as soon as you do something which needs it.

Leeroy123 · 3 Jul 2011 at 16:35

I don't care about saving electricity. I've had 6 Intel cpus before this and disabling speedstep has always showed the actual overclock. There must be a way to have it show all the time.

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 16:40

On your head be it.

You will have to disable speedstep (EIST) and C1E.

Turn off Turbo Boost as well if you've overclocked by increasing the multiplier.

Leeroy123 · 3 Jul 2011 at 16:42

Both speedstep and c1e are already off mate.

Surveyor · 3 Jul 2011 at 16:55

Turn off Turbo Boost and the other C states then and see where that gets you.

There's not a lot of information on this as you're doing what 99.99% of users would never do as it's unnecessary.

Leeroy123 · 3 Jul 2011 at 19:37

Right ok mate cheers, ill try again later. Building the same spec for myself this week so will be good to know what to do. Thanks

Ok ive turned off turbo boost and all the c states and still it doesnt post the actual chosen overclock. this is really annoying me