Multipliers

[bluesouljah]

Hi,

Known about overclocking for years and played around with my AMD 64 and X2. I'm now on a C2D E6600 and my CPU seems to work better with a lower multiplier. I currenlty have 1.4 vcore, 800MHz RAM running 1:1 and 8x400. I saeem to be getting really decent temps, basically idle at 33 on both cores and Load is about 50. When I tried it using the higher multiplier I had much higher temps. Is there anything to do with multiplier and heat? I thought the CPU would be under the same stress and so temps would be the same?

Cheers,

Blue

 

[benktlottie]

Hi,

Known about overclocking for years and played around with my AMD 64 and X2. I'm now on a C2D E6600 and my CPU seems to work better with a lower multiplier. I currenlty have 1.4 vcore, 800MHz RAM running 1:1 and 8x400. I saeem to be getting really decent temps, basically idle at 33 on both cores and Load is about 50. When I tried it using the higher multiplier I had much higher temps. Is there anything to do with multiplier and heat? I thought the CPU would be under the same stress and so temps would be the same?

Cheers,

Blue

Nah. If you turn the mutli up, it raises the core speed up one multiple of the fsb (hence 266mhz in this scenario) so the processor is basically running 266mhz faster. So, further heat will be generated, especially if you have to turn the volts up to remain stable.