CPU-z reporting e6750 at 6x multi

McMav · 27 Sep 2007 at 09:42

just installed a Gigabyre p35c ds3r motherboard (bios f4) and a e6750 and cpu-z reports it running at multiplier 6 though I've set it to 8 in the bios anyone else had this??

McMav · 27 Sep 2007 at 09:46

Nope its dropped again this is well weird

McMav · 27 Sep 2007 at 09:55

ahhh it was throttling itself when idle anyone know how to disable that

schumi84 · 27 Sep 2007 at 10:02

Speedstep or C1E in the BIOS.

They are all next to each other so should be easy to find.

McMav · 27 Sep 2007 at 10:03

cheers pal

Though as I aint gonna clock it I dont think it'll be a problem.

schumi84 · 27 Sep 2007 at 10:06

Thats cool, is a pretty useful function if ** not gonna be clocking it, as it will go up to full speed when u need it.

Corasik · 27 Sep 2007 at 15:05

I overclock, and leave speedstep on. Its no problem. It takes 1 clock tick for the CPU to switch from multiplier 6 to full speed. I've never noticed any difference in performance with speedstep on or off.

The main reason for disabling speedstep when overclocking, is it reduces the volts to the cpu when it switches to the x6 multiplier. If you have a highly clocked and overvolted E6300 for example, it could be that when speedstep cuts the volts down, there could be instability due to lack of power.

At stock speeds, speedstep is nice, it saves power, and reduces the cpu's idle temperatures. When overclocked those benifits are still present, which is good, but does introduce a small possibility of instability when the cpu's lightly loaded.

If your overclocking, and getting crashes, then disable speedstep. But if all is working well (or disabling speedstep doesnt resolve crash issues in which case, reduce the overclock etc) then just leave it running.