Why do we all disable C1E feature?

[96redformula]

Now that everybody is talking about the Q6600 price drop, wouldn't the EIST feature to drop the multiplier be an energy saving feature and keep our processors running cooler when not gaming or benching.

Why do we disable this feature? Does it not know when to kick in the extra multipliers when we need the extra computational power or some other reason?

 

[SDraconis]

C1E isn't about multipliers, EIST is. C1E drops your voltage at idle to save power. The problem is, it doesn't necessarily know the right amount to drop if you're overclocking, resulting in instability.

 

[unclewebb]

CPUz reports a drop in core voltage when using EIST and C1E but it's not always backed up by any drop in watts as measured with a Kill-a-Watt meter when I'm overclocking and the core voltage is set to something other than AUTO in the bios with my motherboard.

Not yet sure what's really happening so time for some more testing.