E8400 Multiplier

[Juked07]

I thought the multiplier was only supposed to go up to 9, but in my BIOS I have an option to add an extra 0.5... What is that from, and should I use it? Free MHz??

My build is in sig.

 

[DSF]

It's there because some processors have half multipliers, like the E8500 which is 9.5. I don't think it'll actually do anything on your chip, as the multipliers on non-extreme chips are locked.

 

[Adam8281]

concur

 

[Juked07]

Will it hurt anything if I try it just to see what happens?

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: Juked07
Will it hurt anything if I try it just to see what happens?

i dont think you can go 9.5

 

[DSF]

Originally posted by: Juked07
Will it hurt anything if I try it just to see what happens?

It shouldn't hurt anything, but like I said I'll bet dollars to donuts it doesn't work.

 

[ksonnad]

It doesn't. Saw that same option on my own mobi, tried it, and it doesn't change anything.