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Core 2 checklist?

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ShuttleLuv

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Just got a core 2...anyone have a check list of what needs to be done driver wise, setting wise, and bios wise for optimal performance? I'd like some input to compare my own tweaking to.

Any help appreciated. Also, is it normal for cpu-z to recognize my cpu as 1200 mhz? Does this mean when im in windows it's only 1200 mhz? It's a E2160 cpu rated at 1800 mhz. I know the speedstep drops the multi and then speeds up, but does this mean in general apps and stuff the cpu is only 1200?
 
ShuttleLuv said:
Just got a core 2...anyone have a check list of what needs to be done driver wise, setting wise, and bios wise for optimal performance? I'd like some input to compare my own tweaking to.

Any help appreciated. Also, is it normal for cpu-z to recognize my cpu as 1200 mhz? Does this mean when im in windows it's only 1200 mhz? It's a E2160 cpu rated at 1800 mhz. I know the speedstep drops the multi and then speeds up, but does this mean in general apps and stuff the cpu is only 1200?
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not sure about a checklist...but i'm pretty sure that speedstep drops the cpu speed so that it remains at that level until a program that requires more juice is started up (such as crysis, or some other game). so yes, in general apps the cpu is at 1200mhz. you can always turn off speedstep.
 
I see no option in the bios for this...

Biostar T series P35 here...
 
There isn't any reason to turn off EIST/C1E for performance reasons, it's just saving power and heat - it will ramp straight back up to full speed once there's load on the processor. The only reason you might have to turn it off would be if you had problems with it when overclocking, although I think most boards won't change the voltage if you set a fixed one in the BIOS, so this shouldn't generally be an issue.

The E2160 is a "Pentium Dual Core", but it's a C2D architecture wise. I don't think there are any Core Duos on the desktop.
 
Mithent said:
There isn't any reason to turn off EIST/C1E for performance reasons, it's just saving power and heat - it will ramp straight back up to full speed once there's load on the processor. The only reason you might have to turn it off would be if you had problems with it when overclocking, although I think most boards won't change the voltage if you set a fixed one in the BIOS, so this shouldn't generally be an issue.

The E2160 is a "Pentium Dual Core", but it's a C2D architecture wise. I don't think there are any Core Duos on the desktop.
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Agreed. Unless it's making your system unstable, there's no reason to turn off power saving options. So what if it's running slower when you're not using it? You're not using it.

As for drivers and whatnot, there's nothing specific to your chip that you wouldn't do with any system. Just make sure they're all up to date. The only thing that you would want to mess with the BIOS for is to do some OCing.
 
So far I have the intel inf....anything else? Anything for storage? Or does this do the storage trick? Sorry....been outta the loop for a bit. :)
 
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