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I ordered a combo with an i5-9400F and an ASRock B365 Pro4 ATX mobo from Newegg. (See Hot Deals for thread.)
Anyways, I'm hopeful that performance for this CPU can be improved somewhat. I saw someone in another thread, mention using Intel's XTU overclocking utility, to set the all-core turbo multiplier to 41, since that is the max turbo speed that this CPU can handle.
I was wondering, how would I go about doing that, and can it be done from the BIOS (preferred, since I sometimes boot into Linux on rare occasion)?
One question was, does this "XTU 41 multi tweak" require a Z370 or Z390 mobo? Or can it be done on any mobo?
The other question was, can this be done with branded OEM pre-built rigs? Are the BIOS hooks for XTU present?
I'm hopeful that performance can be boosted for this CPU, but cautious, as this is not meant to be an overclocking mobo, I don't think.
Ideally, the BIOS would implement max MCT as a single feature that can be enabled, or enable it along with XMP, if the RAM can be overclocked.
RAM choice is 2x kits of 32GB (2x 16GB DIMMs), DDR4-2667, 1.2V, CAS19, "OLOy" brand. (Yeah, I know, it's an off-brand, but I had good luck with some that I bought before, in lesser capacities.)
After checking the manual, under CPU Options, there's a "Boot Performance Mode", but it's unclear to me whether this will implement MCT. Will have to test.
http://asrock.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com/Manual/B365 Pro4.pdf
Anyways, I'm hopeful that performance for this CPU can be improved somewhat. I saw someone in another thread, mention using Intel's XTU overclocking utility, to set the all-core turbo multiplier to 41, since that is the max turbo speed that this CPU can handle.
I was wondering, how would I go about doing that, and can it be done from the BIOS (preferred, since I sometimes boot into Linux on rare occasion)?
One question was, does this "XTU 41 multi tweak" require a Z370 or Z390 mobo? Or can it be done on any mobo?
The other question was, can this be done with branded OEM pre-built rigs? Are the BIOS hooks for XTU present?
I'm hopeful that performance can be boosted for this CPU, but cautious, as this is not meant to be an overclocking mobo, I don't think.
Ideally, the BIOS would implement max MCT as a single feature that can be enabled, or enable it along with XMP, if the RAM can be overclocked.
RAM choice is 2x kits of 32GB (2x 16GB DIMMs), DDR4-2667, 1.2V, CAS19, "OLOy" brand. (Yeah, I know, it's an off-brand, but I had good luck with some that I bought before, in lesser capacities.)
After checking the manual, under CPU Options, there's a "Boot Performance Mode", but it's unclear to me whether this will implement MCT. Will have to test.
http://asrock.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com/Manual/B365 Pro4.pdf
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