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superkevin   02-28-2009 at 05:32:45 PM

Built the exact system as in the last System Builder Marathon: $625 Gaming PC and am having trouble overclocking.
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] ,2144.html

Using the same Bus/Multiplier/Voltage's described.
http://www.tomshardware.com/review [...] 144-6.html

The system will only boot with the defaults:
Core Speed: 2500 mhz
Multiplier: x 12.5
Bus Speed: 200 mhz
FSB: 800 mhz
Voltage: 1.184 V

But I've also noticed with CPUZ that it drops the Core Speed to 1200 mhz and multiplier to X 6.0 when the cpu's not being used, maybe some kind of power saving mode...

I'd like to run at least at 3.6ghz. Any thoughts on what to do/whats going wrong?

Thanks.

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theAnimal   02-28-2009 at 08:14:41 PM
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Read the How To sticky.

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superkevin   03-01-2009 at 01:03:14 AM
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Thanks, I found the issue, was doing everything but matching the ratio with the ram's frequency 1:1. Now running at 3.66ghz with no problems.

Although when the cpu's idle it's still dropping back the multiplier (this may be a good thing to help with its cpu's life/power/etc). Can't find any where in the BIOS to disable it. The motherboards a "Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L" and if anyone knows what setting is causing this please let me know.

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dmelchart   03-01-2009 at 08:39:00 PM
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I don't know exactly what setting causes that but yes, it is a power saving mode and I really see no point in disabling it because when you are using your CPU it will up the multiplier/speed if it needs to, otherwise no real point in having it run at full speed when its just sitting there, it would just be a waste of power.

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CPU EIST Function (SpeedStep): Enables or disables Intel's power-saving function; when enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage are throttled down to conserve power dynamically during usage.


http://www.overclock.net/intel-mot [...] hread.html
I know its not the exact same board but this should help, lots of info there.


Message edited by dmelchart on 03-01-2009 at 08:44:24 PM
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bensheriff   03-06-2009 at 05:18:27 PM
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lolz

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MaDMagik   03-06-2009 at 05:37:29 PM
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superkevin wrote :

Can't find any where in the BIOS to disable it. The motherboards a "Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L" and if anyone knows what setting is causing this please let me know.



Look for something like C1E Support

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