why disable speedstep?

skanky · 12 Jun 2011 at 10:11

most of the guides and advice i read say that i need to disable speedstep when overclocking my 2500k but however i don't see the point of having the processor run at full speed when not in use.

it seems a little counter productive, yes i have a processor running at this or that speed, but if i'm sitting in windows, i have no need to run it at full speed all the time surely?

Tealc · 12 Jun 2011 at 10:18

Having speedstep enabled can introduce instability apparently. I have it enabled on my i7 920 overclock and it only changes the multiplier, the voltage and base clock are unaffected by it. If the base clock changes, and I tried doing this with Easytune my system got crashy, but did shave another 10w off idle power draw.

cjgardens · 12 Jun 2011 at 10:21

You dont need to on that chip its for older tech.

Even the i7 920 it helps with clocking. Leave it on.

skanky · 12 Jun 2011 at 14:14

cheers, i've left it on and see no real reason to turn it off, it still hits full speed when i need it to and thats good enough for me.

cjgardens · 12 Jun 2011 at 14:19

Was more for old cpu.s like lga775 when you used the power the volts were not there quick enough so caused a crash