Info about heatsink and overclock with asus p8p67's TPU

[alex9]

Hi. I have just purchased an asus p8p67 mobo and I have a question about it's TPU technology. It should automatically slightly overclock the cpu when it's necessary, isn't it? My question is: according to the well known bad reputation of intel's heatsink, should I buy on my own a new heatsink before activating TPU? or, for such a little overclock, it's enough the intel's one?

Thank you very much for the attention

 

[rolli59]

The bundled heatsink should be fine with turbo mode but if you are planning a further overclock with a K chip then an aftermarket cooler is recommended.

 

[alex9]

Thank you. I have a core i5-2400 so I'm not going to manually overclock it... but I'm not sure you really understood my question: I didn't refer to the "normal" turbo mode proper of every core i5/i7, but I was wondering about the "turboV processor unit" (id est TPU) wich is an exclusive feature of new asus p8p67 motherboard series.

Hi and thank you

 

[lothdk]

According to xbitlabs you should be ok with stock cooling.

The TPU function IS normal overclocking, as it raises the multiplier and also BCLK very slightly.

 

[alex9]

Thank you. Now I have just to wait to put my hands on my new pc...