new build, might be problems?

Ian Jones · 20 Jul 2019 at 20:19

Hi all, I build a new pc today

i9 9900k
aorus master
aorus 16gb 3200

f7 bios

It is all up and running, but in msi afterburner, the cpu clock on all cores is spiking up and down. from around 400 to 4900.

I have xmp turned on and the ram is at 3200.

is this normal?

any help would be good please

thanks
ian

~>Dg<~ · 20 Jul 2019 at 20:23

have you got high performance in windows settings. if it isnt that causing it to go up and down its a bios setting

Ian Jones · 20 Jul 2019 at 20:30

~>Dg<~ said:
have you got high performance in windows settings. if it isnt that causing it to go up and down its a bios setting

just checked and windows is in balanced mode

Ian Jones · 20 Jul 2019 at 20:38

what could it be in the bios please?

~>Dg<~ · 20 Jul 2019 at 21:31

Ian Jones said:
just checked and windows is in balanced mode

change it to high performance.

then check the frequency. with something like coretemp.

Ian Jones · 20 Jul 2019 at 21:31

I have turned xmp off, and it didnt make any difference

~>Dg<~ · 20 Jul 2019 at 21:34

have you changed windows power mode to high performance ?

Ian Jones · 20 Jul 2019 at 21:35

~>Dg<~ said:
change it to high performance.

then check the frequency. with something like coretemp.

just changed it to high performance and the clock speeds are all between 4800 and 4900, but no dropping down.

is this how it should be?

thanks
ian

~>Dg<~ · 20 Jul 2019 at 21:57

yeah.

Ian Jones · 20 Jul 2019 at 23:03

thank you for your help Dg, I was thinking that it was ment to be at 0 or low numbers when nothing is running/tasking

~>Dg<~ · 20 Jul 2019 at 23:36

it will go down and up based on what you doing if you have it on different power settings. high performance means exactly as it says.

Ian Jones · 21 Jul 2019 at 00:22

even with just this page open, it is on 4700 to 4900 is there a way to make it idle lower and smooth when the comp isnt really being used

Ian Jones · 21 Jul 2019 at 11:39

in windows advanced power settings, if i change min and max settings to 0%, then the cpu clock speed is a smooth 800mhz.

is there anything wrong to have it set to 0%

thanks
ian

Deleted member 66701 · 21 Jul 2019 at 11:49

Ian Jones · 21 Jul 2019 at 11:51

amigafan2003 said:
NVM

NVM?

Deleted member 66701 · 21 Jul 2019 at 11:52

Ian Jones said:
NVM?

NeVerMind. I posted something then decided against it - it's a way of retracting comments seeing as we can't delete our own posts.

Ian Jones · 21 Jul 2019 at 11:55

amigafan2003 said:
NeVerMind. I posted something then decided against it - it's a way of retracting comments seeing as we can't delete our own posts.

haha

i did google search it, and its some windows program, a node version manager

~>Dg<~ · 21 Jul 2019 at 11:58

just put the windows setting to what you need. i suggested high performance as i assumed you wanted the max speed all the time. put it to balanced. if you want it to go up and down when idling. you had it on that in the first place

Ian Jones · 21 Jul 2019 at 12:02

I was thinking that it was ment to be a steady low mhz when not doing much. in balanced it goes form 800 to around 4700/4900, and in high performance it stays at 4800/4900.

im still a novice at this, and this is the first pc i have fully build/installed myself. so every day is a school day.

I just didnt want to fry the cpu as it was on max all the time.

thanks again
ian

Ian Jones · 22 Jul 2019 at 12:24

what would i need to do, so that the cpu down clocks at idle please?

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