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Underclocked E7200

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mikeczyz

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Hi guys,

I just finished building my computer. I launched CPUZ and here is what I found:



Here is my mobo:


What gives? I already uninstalled the power saving program that came with my mobo. I should add that the mhz rating is constantly flipping between 1600 and 2400.

:confused:
 
speedstep baby

it lowers the multi to save power. once you start needing that extra CPU muscle it will go back to normal.

you can disable it in bios if you want.

edit: also, these e7200's are fantastic overclockers. let that baby rip

e7200qn8.jpg


My current overclock :D
 
Thanks.

I plan on oc'ing this thing. Probably best to turn Speedstep off, eh?
 
I leave speedstep on even when overclocking, unless I want to play with lower multipliers. I've had no problems running my E7200 a 3.8ghz by upping the FSB and a little extra vcore and leaving speedstep on. With manually setting vcore, speedstep doesn't reduce the voltage, but at least it throttles the speed to 2.4ghz which helps with temps and power consumption. At 333 FSB, I can leave vcore to auto so speedstep reduces the clock to 2.0ghz and also drops the voltage down, so things stay nice and cool when I don't need the extra speed.
 
Speedstep seems to confuse alot of people at first.
 
The best reason to disable speedstep is because your processor should never be idle as folding for the [H]orde is much, much more important - so if disabling speedstep raises your maximum OC, then put that power to good use!
 
vsboxerboy said:
The best reason to disable speedstep is because your processor should never be idle as folding for the [H]orde is much, much more important - so if disabling speedstep raises your maximum OC, then put that power to good use!
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SpeedStep won't do anything while you're folding, so you may as well leave it on :).
 
Zero82z said:
SpeedStep won't do anything while you're folding, so you may as well leave it on :).
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You're right, it won' t actually be doing anything, but I've heard that simply having it enabled MIGHT cause instabilities in some peoples systems. I don't know how true that is, but when I overclock I leave it off first then turn it back on and see if the system remains stable. My logic is why enable it if there is the possibility it will hurt your OC if you will never use the feature.
 
If you are running on the ragged edge, I can see having the system flipping back and forth with the Mult possibly causing some problems.

If you are going for your maximum clock, I can see an argument for turning it off. But for everyday use, I leave it on in my system. Q6600 running at 3.2 GHZ.

Don
 
mikeczyz said:



So I'm running Prime and it still says 2.4 ghz. WTF?
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Well, your earlier picture showed it at 1.6 ghz. You are making progress.

Your multiplier is where it should be. That's what Speedstep changes. Your FSB is at 266.7. That is where you will need to make your changes to increase your speed from here. You need to go into your bios and start upping the FSB.;)

Oh wait, Haadij404 is getting X9.5 for his multiplier. Go back and double check your bios settings to make sure you are not manually setting your multiplier to X9 instead of AUTO. You can manually bring your multiplier down to 6 of you have alot of FSB headroom on your setup. Most people don't though. I didn't.

Don
 
But I thought this thing was supposed to ship at 2.53 ghz? Out of the box, I mean.
 
mikeczyz said:
But I thought this thing was supposed to ship at 2.53 ghz? Out of the box, I mean.
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They are supposed to ship at 2.53mhz, but your fsb or multiplier is to low. The fsb should be 280mhz if your board doesn't support a 9.5xmultiplier but it should be at 266mhz if your board supports a 9.5x multiplier. So basically.

No 9.5x support = 280mhz
9.5x support = 266mhz
 
My CPU seems to need a lot of juice. I'm running at 2.7 ghz right now and it's using 1.248V.

Compare that to the guy upthread who has his at 4 ghz at 1.088V.

Maybe I just got a processor that doesn't like to overclock?
 
mikeczyz said:
My CPU seems to need a lot of juice. I'm running at 2.7 ghz right now and it's using 1.248V.

Compare that to the guy upthread who has his at 4 ghz at 1.088V.

Maybe I just got a processor that doesn't like to overclock?
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I'm that "guy" :p

take CPUZ voltage readings with a grain of salt. at 4ghz I've set the voltage to 1.36v in the bios. You have a lot of headroom. As long as your temps stay cool, shoot for the moon.
 
I don't want to keep upping the voltage...I read on the intel page that the max is 1.3625
 
You can realistically go up to about 1.4v without damaging the chip. I wouldn't recommend exceeding that number though.
 
mikeczyz said:
My CPU seems to need a lot of juice. I'm running at 2.7 ghz right now and it's using 1.248V.

Compare that to the guy upthread who has his at 4 ghz at 1.088V.

Maybe I just got a processor that doesn't like to overclock?
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That was his VID, not his actual vcore. ;)
 
haadij404 said:
speedstep baby

it lowers the multi to save power. once you start needing that extra CPU muscle it will go back to normal.

you can disable it in bios if you want.

edit: also, these e7200's are fantastic overclockers. let that baby rip

e7200qn8.jpg


My current overclock :D
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is that even stable o_O 1.08 at 4.0+ 24h prime or i call shins

gwai lo said:
That was his VID, not his actual vcore. ;)
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CPUz reports vcore as the VID soo yea it IS at 1.08
 
That shouldn't be correct, they're two different things.

I can't even figure out how to get CPU-Z to say "VID" instead of voltage. o_0
 
Elios said:
is that even stable o_O 1.08 at 4.0+ 24h prime or i call shins
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hell yeah its stable. i didnt have the patience to orthos for 24h but i did run it for 4hrs and it was rock solid. been running it for one month without a single crash.

also, i set the voltage to 1.36 in bios but i doubt vdroop is that bad for it go down to 1.08v.
 
That why I figured, in addition to CPU-Z stating it was VID, that the number was VID. You got 1.36 listed in your BIOS, which would be a lot closer to where everyone else's E7200's are wrt to frequency and vcore.

hmm...
 
gwai lo said:
That shouldn't be correct, they're two different things.

I can't even figure out how to get CPU-Z to say "VID" instead of voltage. o_0
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Same here. CPU-Z has always reported VCore as Core Voltage as far as I can remember.
 
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