Athlon II X4 640

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Hello,

I ordered a budget PC for a friend around 400 euro and today i will be assembling it since all the parts arrived. I ordered an Athlon II X4 640 on a MSI 760GM-E51, 4GB Corsair value select series 1333 CL9, 1TB Sata2 disk and a 5670.

I have never assembled an AMD before so i would like some tips or any Bios template for this CPU. I do not want to OC but also i do not want to leave everything on AUTO. The plan is to have C1E and Cool'n'Quiet enabled kinda working like an i5 rig that adjusts the volts and the frequencies. Is that possible with this CPU by leaving everything on AUTO in the bios or should i try and dial in some values manually? Basically i need the basic changes that all AMD users do in their bios since i never seen it before.

Thanks.
 

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Hi, i completed the assembly yesterday and it idles at 800mhz with 1.092 vcore and it pushes it up to 3000mhz with 1.384 vcore. It idles at 20C and loads at 45C during prime95 so i think it is ok. Thanks.

EDIT : I would like to know how to set the CPU FAN to work like in a Smart mode, because when i opened HW monitor it ran at 100% all the time. I saw a CPU Fan setting on the Bios but it had Disabled, 40,50,60 etc. values which i think sets the fan in a fixed speed. I want it to go up or lower depending on the stress.
 

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I left Cool'n'Quiet AUTO on bios and CPU-Z showed from 800mhz to 3.0ghz i guess it means it enabled it right?
 

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Board is MSI 760GM-E51. In bios under H/W monitor it has the CPU Smart Fan Target with the following options : Disabled, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60. What do i select there to have it enabled? I don't see anything. Can i do it using software or maybe update the bios?
 

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I don't remember but i read after you select Target temperature you can select minimum fan RPM. So i am guessing you select 50C and minimum 30% fan lets say.
I am hoping that means that the fan will work 30% until 50C and then speed up.
You think that too?

Any MSI user out there?
 

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You are correct sir. Also, I have no experience with AMD but I would definitely try lowing the voltages like saint19 said. That will make it super cool and super quiet.
 

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If i manually lower the VCORE, would C'n'Q still work? I mean if set the volts manually how would the CPU downvolt and throttle when the cpu is stressed? If i set lets say 1.25v wouldn't it stay all the time at 1.25v?