How to have turbo boost always on, on i5 2500k

[huntsman]

Hey guys I have the gigabyte z68x-ud3h-b3 and I found the intel turbo boost in the bios and I change it to enable but it sill runs at 1.6ghz on idle. Is it possible to have it run 3.6ghz always or is 3.3ghz the most If i want to have it always on ? I dont want it to speedstep. How would I go to turn this off in bios, I thought switching the turbo to enable would do it, maybe I got to set it to disabled but then its going to be at 3.3ghz I believe.

 

[willard]

The difference between different brands of paste is surprisingly small. You'll see companies make all kinds of claims about how advanced their compounds are, but in the end there's little to no benefit (aside from nonconductivity in some pastes). Really low quality pastes can be a problem, but the difference between a tube of Arctic Silver and any other high end paste is around 1 degree.

Far more important than which paste you use is how you apply it. If you use too much, or not enough, your temperatures will be much higher than had you applied it properly.

 

[Motopsychojdn]

I have an i7 2600K and whilst I do love the Speedstep feature, I am also curious as to how much money I will actually save. Is it a significant amount? Has Toms or any other site done a test on this? My dad is always moaning about the electric bill and generally blames it on my PC lol

grab a http://www.reuk.co.uk/Kill-a-Watt.htm
and math link,
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cost.html
then do a little math and tell Dad exactly how many units your Pc uses, he can get the unit price off the latest bill and figure how Evil your Pc isn't
<According to Hwm, my package is 17w at idle and drinks 110w fullbore
Moto

 

[huntsman]

hm well i actually ended up disabling the turbo and all the other stuff as with it my mobo made a tiny whining noise and it was annoying. Now with it disabled its all quiet

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Hmm, I'd investigate the whining....
Psu coil whine?
Capacitors bulging?
Or the graphics card winding up?
I would look to see if you can narrow down whats making the noise if you can, it may just save you tears and money
Moto

 

[nukemaster]

Try with all the normal settings but without C1E.

That was the fix for some X58 gigabyte boards. It was coil whine from he rapid voltage swings that modern cpus request to stay both power efficient and have power as soon as it is needed,

That said, coil buzz does not actually mean a component will fail.

I have seen many video cards with this problem and it has never effected performance or longevity of the card it self.

Some users are lucky and can not even hear coil whine and some coils vibrate at a frequency humans can not hear(all of these coils vibrate, it just a matter of if you hear it). It is almost luck of the draw.

 

[huntsman]

ahh, Il give that a shot and see how it goes.