I5 2400

[rdx07]

hey there! please forgive me for asking...i'm just new in building computers and this is just my first build. so i'm a bit worried or such on my first ever build. is it normal that my i5 2400 runs @ 3.3ghz while playing dota or assassin's creed? thanks

 

[bartholomew]

Yes its normal.
The i5 2400 which runs @ 3.1GHz can boost up to 3.4GHz if only one core is in use.

 

[rdx07]

thanks...i'm just wondering why such game would run my ghz @ 3.3. well now i know it's normal then

 

[nekulturny]

Because the games in question don't use all 4 cores of the quad, as bart pointed out the CPU has a feature called TurboBoost, by default the i5-2400 is running at 3.1GHZ, when it senses the workload is not favoring the use of all 4 cores, it will shut down the others in favor of putting more power into the cores being used.

 

[rdx07]

i know about the turbo boost thing, but that explains it then.thanks for the knowledge

 

[rdx07]

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