Lower down the idle frequency on Core2Quad CPU for energy efficiency

nextfreak

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May 22, 2016
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Hi,!

I have an old but still great Core2Quad Q8400, overclocked to 3.2GHz. As the title says, I was wondering if I could lower down the idle frequency of the CPU, for energy saving purposes. The lowest point that it can reach is 2.4GHz. Can this be pushed further down, eg 2GHz or even lower?

Thanks in advance!
 
Solution
There is a minimum multiplier for your CPU, so by overclocking with FSB, you raise the lowest speedstep state too.