Processor Problem

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Champ

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So basically when opening CPU-z or Everest my core speed keeps changing from 3.4 to 2.4 and vice-versa at random times (more at 3.4 (this is a 3.4 prescott p4)). My FSB (originally 800MHZ) changes randomly to 800.1 or 800.2 or 799.9. Which leads to my voltage issue, it would go to 1.184v (original) then 1.328v to 1.312 and so on...

I was thinking it was my power supply because it is aging. I've had the Thermaltake 430w for little more than a year.

Any suggestions or ideas?
 
The CPU speed is likely changing because you have Speedstep enabled in the BIOS. This is a power savings feature which lowers the multiplier (and thus the clock speed of the CPU) when it's not being used heavily. When overclocking, it's best to disable this feature.

The small fluctuations in FSB, on the other hand, are completely normal. Don't worry about that.
 
Yah... what Mark said.

What are the other specs of your system? You may still want to replace that Thermaltake PSU, lol, since its not the greatest... depending on your other components.
 
running a gig of ram and 7900gs but i will try what you just said
 
It was enabled but now the core clock is stuck on 2.4 instead of 3.4
 
thanks! it worked

anyways

I'm about to sell this, this is why I wanted to know

Anyways a e4500 better than a X2 5000+ am I right? I will try to oc it (the 4500) to 3.0 on stock voltages since I hear you can
 
Champ said:
thanks! it worked

anyways

I'm about to sell this, this is why I wanted to know
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It's best to leave speedstep and such on if you're not overclocking. It saves power and generates less heat without affecting performance.

Anyways a e4500 better than a X2 5000+ am I right? I will try to oc it (the 4500) to 3.0 on stock voltages since I hear you can
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At stock speeds there wouldn't be much difference. If you had an AM2 board laying around an X2 5000 Black Edition would be a good buy. If you're building from scratch its best to go Intel right now. There's no guarantee that it will overclock well, but 2.6-3.0 GHz is fairly common.
 
DeathFromBelow said:
It's best to leave speedstep and such on if you're not overclocking. It saves power and generates less heat without affecting performance.
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I'd argue that there's no real reason not to use it with an overclocked machine either, unless it specifically causes problems. Turning it off while working out your overclock wouldn't be a bad idea, of course, to reduce variables.
 
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