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ade1b

ade1b

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Hi guys i have just recieved my new pc from O/C Sorry if i'm a noobie but on my i7 970 3.2 the clock speed is low. I understand it uses a turbo to boost performance. Should i leave as is or set the bios up ?. On idle core speed is 2084 then it hits 4.0 under load
 
Hi and welcome to the forums.:)

What your seeing is due to intel speedstep, this lowers the speed at idle, basically a power saving feature. It's fine to leave it as it is.
 
I used the self build option.
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
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- Asus Xonar DG 5.1 PCI Sound Card with built in Headphone Amp - OEM
- Samsung SH-B123L/BSBP 12x BluRay ROM DVDRW DL & RAM Lightscribe SATAII Optical Drive - Black (OEM
- Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 32MB Cache WD10EALX - OEM
- OcUK GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
- Corsair Vengeance 12GB (3x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit (CMZ12GX3M3A1600C9)
- Asus X58 Sabertooth TUF Intel X58 (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard
- Corsair Hydro H70 High-Performance CPU WaterCooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3)
- Stage 2: Overclock of CPU - 15% Overclock (Proceesor speed x1.15)
- Intel Core i7 970 3.20GHz (Gulftown) (Socket LGA1366) - Retail
 
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