Need Help, Core CPUs - Turbo Boost

[yodagamer27]

what is turbo boost .. i bought a new Core i5 3470 CPU, how do i turn on the "turbo boost" to make it 3.2ghz to 3.6ghz?

here's my specs.

Core i5 3470 3.2ghz
MSI B75MA-P45
8GB Gskills Ripjaw DDR1600
500GB WD Blue HDD

 

[prateik.aj]

turbo boost is a technology that enables the processor to run above its base operation frequency
like your 3470 has a 3.2ghz, when you need highest performace its increase to 3.6ghz
you can't manually active it, it's auto on itself when you needed a boost
http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-029908.htm


as far as I know its also known as "dynamic overclocking"

 

[Puppies04]

You shouldn't have to do anything, turbo will happen automatically however be aware that windows will not show the turbo speed and will always report it as a 3.2ghz chip. Also the chip will only hit its max turbo frequency when running on 1 or 2 cores and will hit 3.5ghz on 3 cores and 3.4ghz with all 4 cores active.

Read this article for more info.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5871/intel-core-i5-3470-review-hd-2500-graphics-tested

 

[wpcoe]

I'm not familiar with MSI BIOS/UEFI, but there's probably an option to enable/disable TurboBoost in there. I would think that by default TurboBoost should be enabled, but might be worth the time to double-check the setting.