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asrock p55m pro efficiency OC

silk186

silk186

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this is my first OC and my second build

intel i750 2.66
asrock p55m pro
2x2 g.skill ddr3-1600@1.5v
vendette 2 cooler

At first i tried the CPU EZ OC setting in the bios but it wanted to go 3.6 or higher, i dropped the blck to 170 and left the rest of the default settings the board set for OC c-state and speedstep (disabled)

I'm not really familiar with c-state, speedstep and turbo. It seems that some people turn them on and others dissable them but I'm not sure which is better for me.

I can get 3.2 with them on and 3.4 with them off.

My goal is to reach the most efficient OC at stock voltage so i want to know if i should set it to 3.2 w/ or 3.4 w/o. I want to leave my computer on 24/7. I want it fast but i don't want it to consume too much juice when i leave it downloading torrents for a few days when i go on trips.

I've been unable to find any specific guides for overclocking my board, just benchmarks.
 
I want it fast but i don't want it to consume too much juice when i leave it downloading torrents for a few days when i go on trips.
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c-state, speedstep

Those are power saving options that help reduce CPU speed when the machine is not busy. The seldom affect your max OC, people turn them off to prevent the machine from slowing down and thus giving confusing readings while testing. Once you have found your stable OC it does not hurt a bit to turn those options on to reduce stress on the machine when it is not busy and it will come up to full speed in microseconds if the work demands it.

So if you mean what you say, you want to leave those options on to save electricity.

Go through the bios settings section of your manual and everything you do not understand , google it and read until you do. This will make you smarter about computers than 99.3% of people that own a computer
 
should i be doing anything with the ram? I hear about 10:2 ratio of and this kind of thing. Should I be worrying about this or is it only for higher OC?
 
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