Is this normal...or...

[Troy210]

Hey all, i installed a new CPU in my mobo 2 days ago, i checked CPU-Z and i found that the core speed keeps jumping from a multiplier of 6x and momentarily to 8x. The speed of the processor is 2.13ghz, and when it goes up to the 8x multiplier, it is at the 2.13ghz.

Is this normal?

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1305/tpuqt4.png
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/9136/tpu2gh2.png [these are pics of the jumping]

Here is an Everest snapshot of my mobo and it's info.

http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/7120/tpumobotu3.png


Also, when i installed it, CPU-Z said i only had 1 core, and 1 thread, and now it of course says 2 cores, 2 threads..so my mobo is whacky right?

 

[ShadowFold]

Its speedstep. Completely normal. It slows down the CPU when your not doing anything intensive to save energy and produce less heat under low loads.

 

[Troy210]

Sweet..im a noob builder, and this had me puzzled..thanks for the info!

 

[ShadowFold]

Yup, if you want to turn it off its either Speedstep, EIST or C1(I think) in the bios

 

[JC316]

Shadow is all over it. Disable speed step, or C1E in the Bios and it will shut it off and make it run full power all the time. It's just a power saving feature.

 

[Troy210]

Thanks for the info guys

 

[Conti027]

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