- Jul 17, 2014
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While running my PC (Windows 7 64-bit), sometimes I hear my CPU fan spinning up really loudly for a second or two before going quiet again... After downloading CPU-Z, I saw that my CPU frequency usually idles at 800 MHz before going to my max of 4.4 GHz for my overclocked i5-4690k.
I suspected that it was because I was on Balanced Power Option which caused the fan to start spinning loudly if I suddenly had a lot of load onto the PC (though I'm not sure why it sometimes happen when I just try to open a folder). I had changed the Power Option to High Performance, where it locks the minimum frequency to my max of 4.4 GHz.
So far in the 2 days I've left it like this, I haven't faced the issue of the fan suddenly being loud. The fan, while constantly running at 4.4 GHz, is less loud than what it used to do on Balanced.
So my question is if leaving my CPU at its max frequency all the time is a bad idea by using the High Performance option. This is as if I am on manual voltage all the time for OC, which people usually recommend to turn off after finishing stress tests. However I am only at ~1.2 V, so will my CPU be damaged?
Thanks!
I suspected that it was because I was on Balanced Power Option which caused the fan to start spinning loudly if I suddenly had a lot of load onto the PC (though I'm not sure why it sometimes happen when I just try to open a folder). I had changed the Power Option to High Performance, where it locks the minimum frequency to my max of 4.4 GHz.
So far in the 2 days I've left it like this, I haven't faced the issue of the fan suddenly being loud. The fan, while constantly running at 4.4 GHz, is less loud than what it used to do on Balanced.
So my question is if leaving my CPU at its max frequency all the time is a bad idea by using the High Performance option. This is as if I am on manual voltage all the time for OC, which people usually recommend to turn off after finishing stress tests. However I am only at ~1.2 V, so will my CPU be damaged?
Thanks!
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