Help with Xeon on a ASUS H87M-E Performance BIOS Setting

[KalebJohns]

I've got a build with a Xeon E3-1230 V3 on an ASUS H87M-E, and so far, I'm really impressed. The other day, I was messing with the BIOS a bit and found the ASUS Performance settings in the EZ-BIOS, where there is the "Power Saving," "Normal," and "ASUS Optimal" settings.

I've messed with these settings before, on my FX-8320/M5A97 R2.0 combo, which brought the clock from 3.5 to 3.8 on the "Optimal" setting. Even though I have a Xeon, which, from what I've heard, can't/shouldn't be overclocked, I want to know what happens if I were to turn on this feature? I don't want to try it before I ask, as I don't want to damage any components.

Thanks for any insight! Also, I apologize if I posted this in the wrong thread. Thanks again.

 

[chris987]

you arent compromizing anything, go ahead and try these features, power saving speaks for itself, optimal will have turbo mode, on cores always anabled and cpu always on highest speed and ram at max rated settings, if xmp isnt already chosen. i guess normal mode would be something between these states. at your mobo o/c features are disabled both on cpu and mobo so voltage tweaking isnt going to occure.

 

[KalebJohns]

you arent compromizing anything, go ahead and try these features, power saving speaks for itself, optimal will have turbo mode, on cores always anabled and cpu always on highest speed and ram at max rated settings, if xmp isnt already chosen. i guess normal mode would be something between these states. at your mobo o/c features are disabled both on cpu and mobo so voltage tweaking isnt going to occure.

Just got done trying it out. Nothing happened, no overclock or anything. Oh well. But thanks for your answer; I figured I'd ask before I risk blowing up my machine. 😀

 

[chris987]

no worries... you are welcome!