8700k idle speed @800mhz

[hienvn94]

just built my son a computer with the 8700k and paired it with a Gigabyte Z370 Aorus gaming 5 board,,,installed windows 10 and noticed using CPU-Z that idle speed was 800mhz...i know other CPU's will run full speed after adjusting a setting in the BIOS..so i emailed Gigabyte and this is the response: More: liền kề starlake

Dear customer,

Unfortunately this was the Intel processor designed to protect processor have longer life. There has no option to force processor runs at full speed all the time. You may try use over clock settings but it also runs in idle if no application is running in OS. More: biệt thự athena tây nam Kim Giang
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Best regards,

GIGABYTE technical support team.

is this true???

 

[mdd1963]

If your WIndows power plan is set to Balanced, you get the best of both worlds, which is reduced heat and power consumption when merely browsing Tom's Hardware Forum on CHrome, etc., but with the CPU ramping up to at or near it's max clock speed nearly instantly in times of heavy load, such as gaming, video editing/content creation....

It is not really useful (IMO) to run a processor at 4.3-4.7 GHz full time just to watch Youtube, surf CNN, etc.,.....but certainly you have the option to set clock speeds/multipliers manually for 24/7 operation in your mainboard's BIOS if you so choose, as it is a Z370 board that supports it....