does overclocking a turbo chip effect the turbo performance?

ExoMale · 4 Apr 2018 at 01:58

ie does the turbo increase or does the overclocking take over that feature? not new to overclocking obviously, but never tried on a chip that has turbo.

i had the idea to overclock my i3, but was thinking about getting an i5 650 or one of the other i5's that is higher clocked than my i3 with or without turbo active and maybe overclock that, i know ive been suggested a xenon as an alternative to the 860 i returned, but im not seeing them for this £20 people say and an i5 650 is half the cost, just half the cores.

i havent run a game since installing my 1050ti, but i feel now i have that gpu i should maybe actually go ahead with faster processing power.

Rroff · 4 Apr 2018 at 02:30

Basically when overclocking them you either individually change the core turbo settings so cores are dynamically boosting to a higher max frequency or increase the all core clock so they are all boosting to (the same) higher level.

mistersprinkles · 4 Apr 2018 at 06:44

In short, it's up to you. In long... I'm too tired for in long. Google dat shiz.

edscdk · 4 Apr 2018 at 07:26

That i5 is only dual core, better off to pick up a i7? Having said that your ipc is rather low on something that old, I'd look at selling and picking up something newer, 3rd gen i5s are dirt cheap just slap it in any cheapo mobo.. I'm sure you could get the pair for less than £50 and sell your old junk for something

Admetos · 4 Apr 2018 at 07:44

Look for an i5 750, you can get these around £20-25 and there a proper quad core. They also overclock not bad with a good cooler, it's old tech now but an overclocked i5 750 is worth it for that little money. Another option is an i5 760 but there about £10 more. There is an i7 860 these go for around £50-60 and your looking at around 25% more raw performance over a stock i5 750.

Raw performance wise a stock i5 750 has about 1/3 the power of an i7 8700, so an i5 750 is not fast by modern standards, that said if you can pick one up for around £20 and overclock a little then why not.

ExoMale · 4 Apr 2018 at 10:50

Thanks for replies.

I did google before I made the post, but was a lot of mix reviews from over the years about overclocking potential and not something specific to what I’ve asked here.

Yeah I know the i5 are dual cores under the 750 models, it was more about the boost of the turbo they have and whether they would overclock better and if the turbo would still be active to improve it further, I’m not after big performance, I’m after a bit of fun to see how good it be, I still haven’t ruled off another i7 or even a 750, I just wanted to know about the turbo effectiveness.

To be honest, I went from 1150 to 1155 to 775 - 1156 over the last couple years as far as intel based goes and with how cheap the older stuff are then I am currently happy with what I’ve got and having seen a 1155 bundle of an itx board, 8gb ram, i5 3*** for £110 that’s now sold I feel if I come to have that much to spend I’d rather put it in to 1151 or am4 build when I find it worth while.

Bugbait · 4 Apr 2018 at 12:44

I think you're mixing terms here. Overclocking in general means running the component above the default specification.

For a CPU this is commonly achieved by either:

Increasing the dynamic limit of the Turbo. Requires all power management functions to remain on.
OR Setting all the cores to the same speed and manually setting the multiplier limit higher.

Both are "overclocking". In scenario (1) you save power by keeping dynamic clock speeds and utilize a higher "Turbo" setting if supported. For option (2) you replace the Turbo function by setting a static clock speed. If you're pushing the limit of the overclock then it's much more stable use option (2).

ExoMale · 4 Apr 2018 at 13:48

Bugbait said:
I think you're mixing terms here. Overclocking in general means running the component above the default specification.

For a CPU this is commonly achieved by either:

Increasing the dynamic limit of the Turbo. Requires all power management functions to remain on.

OR Setting all the cores to the same speed and manually setting the multiplier limit higher.

Both are "overclocking". In scenario (1) you save power by keeping dynamic clock speeds and utilize a higher "Turbo" setting if supported. For option (2) you replace the Turbo function by setting a static clock speed. If you're pushing the limit of the overclock then it's much more stable use option (2).

Oh I’m aware of the overclocking meaning as I have done some over the years, just my only turbo featured processor I’ve ever had was an i5 dual core in a laptop which was in a multimedia/gaming sort of laptop, but not a proper gaming machine so no option to overclock which is why I’m unfamiliar with how turbo features are effected from consumer overclocking rather than the auto overclock.