Varying Clock Speed

[dmw16]

I am starting to overclock my CPU (E6550) and I seem to have it stable at 3.0Ghz (7x429), but I noticed in Core Temp that the multiplier will switch between 6x and 7x. Is this supposed to happen? It only seems to happen under no load.

 

[error8]

It's the first sticky on this forum that explains your situation.

 

[dmw16]

Sorry.

 

[DSF]

You can turn that feature off if you want, but as long as your overclock is stable there's no real reason to. I leave it on.