Using an Asus P5Q and E4300 stock but contemplating moving to a quad core.
I don't mind changing the motherboard if need be - looking at a DDR-3 Socket 775 board.
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It would be great to be undervolted most of the time as I don't need the power working on documents. But its a hassle to restart the computer every time I want to change the clock setting. Is there a software solution that can do this? Or is it motherboard specific? The Asus board has something called AI Suite which looks like a software solution but I haven't played with it yet as I'm new to changing clock speeds. I do notice that sometimes the e4300 is running at 1200mhz instead of its stock 1800mhz when the System Idle Process in Task Manager is about 87% or higher. In Physical Memory it seems I'm using about 1/3.
Suggestions?
I don't mind changing the motherboard if need be - looking at a DDR-3 Socket 775 board.
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It would be great to be undervolted most of the time as I don't need the power working on documents. But its a hassle to restart the computer every time I want to change the clock setting. Is there a software solution that can do this? Or is it motherboard specific? The Asus board has something called AI Suite which looks like a software solution but I haven't played with it yet as I'm new to changing clock speeds. I do notice that sometimes the e4300 is running at 1200mhz instead of its stock 1800mhz when the System Idle Process in Task Manager is about 87% or higher. In Physical Memory it seems I'm using about 1/3.
Suggestions?