How to permanently Turbo Boost an intel CPU?

Ahoo

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I have an intel 4460 and it goes up to 3.4Ghz turbo boost, but it usually is around 3.0 to 3.1. Is there a way to make it so that it can permanently stay at 3.4Ghz?

I have a H81M-E33 motherboard
AMD R9 380
8GB Crucial RAM
600W power supply
 
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Stock speed is 3.2 so it shouldn't be at 3.0 or 3.1. If you are looking at the speed in task manager, there's your problem. That is not reliable. Use cpuz. Turbo speed also depends on how many cores are being used:
3.2 GHz (4 cores)
3.3 GHz (3 cores)
3.4 GHz (1 or 2 cores)

It will not shorten the lifespan and actually all desktops will run turbo all the time if needed since you do not run into power or heat issues on desktops (normally). And no you can't oc. Please don't give wrong info.

joesavy86

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You can overclock it I suppose, but there isn't any benefit.
Turbo mode is meant to engage when the performance is needed.
Running at 3.4 ghz all the time will only shorten the life of the cpu.
 
A motherboard would have to have a specific setting to force turbo across all cores. I believe its also a feature that would be exclusive to 'K' (overclockable) CPUs. In other words, check a motherboard's full user manual, specifically BIOS settings section prior to purchasing. They'll usually note as well which features are exclusive to the 'K' lineup of Intel processors.

 
Stock speed is 3.2 so it shouldn't be at 3.0 or 3.1. If you are looking at the speed in task manager, there's your problem. That is not reliable. Use cpuz. Turbo speed also depends on how many cores are being used:
3.2 GHz (4 cores)
3.3 GHz (3 cores)
3.4 GHz (1 or 2 cores)

It will not shorten the lifespan and actually all desktops will run turbo all the time if needed since you do not run into power or heat issues on desktops (normally). And no you can't oc. Please don't give wrong info.
 
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