i believe this has been asked before

[1stezekiel]

ok, built my first intel machine.... i got an e8400, by luck i got the E0 revision..... anywho... please tell me again why the multiplier changes by itself to 6 when i dont use anything taxing on the cpu ? thanx.

 

[aigomorla]

Speedstep EIST and C1E.

lower power draw, and less heat.

 

[1stezekiel]

normal i take it? good to leave it that way ?

 

[HOOfan 1]

yeah it is normal, I would leave it alone...unless you find your motherboard doesn't allow overclocking with it on.

 

[1stezekiel]

ok... great.

 

[taltamir]

it is a feature that saves you money by reducing the power consumption when the CPU is not in use... when it gets heavier use it automatically switches to full power and goes back to 9... it is available in ALL intel and AMD cpus made in the last few years...

it does, however, have a tiny efficiency loss... I think i once read an article that pegged it at 2% lower performance compared to disabling it. (you can disable it in the bios)...

You can always check for yourself by disabling it in the bios, running some benchmarks, and then enabling it and running them again, and check for difference. (run the test a few times though to see what the normal fluctuation is first).

 

[bryanW1995]

I always disable both of them b/c I run DC 24/7. However, some heavy overclockers have mentioned that they can get a higher long term oc by using them.

 

[betasub]

Forum sticky

 

[1stezekiel]

Lol... Somehow I didn't figure it would be that easy. Thanx man.