I3 2130 Turbo boost question,.

Bombie1138

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Hey Gang,
I've been building a middle grade desktop,.here's the specs:
Asus H61-M LE CSM 2.0
Intel I3 2130
2 4gb G Skill X 1866/14900
Radeon R7 400 2gb DDR3
480W Antec25,..
Windows 64
I have about 250.00 into it,..all new components,.except PU
I put it in a mint case from 2005,.A Acer AM 6540 without a scatch and rarely used,..look at it you would never know whats inside.

My question is the MB came with AI Suite II,.and I have been reading
conflicting answers if this CPU has Turbo Boost,.The info I have read say no,..but I keep coming across reviews that says that it does,..
I have no experience or formal education about OC'ing so my confusions lies with the Intel HT vs TB 2.0,.
I really would like to get the best "Bang for the Buck" performance out of this set-up without doing any "Intense" OC'ing,.
Does anyone have any suggestions about how I should set this up in the ASUS bio's?
Thanks for your time !!
 
First off, you can't overclock that processor it is a locked processor. Turboboost is Intel's technology used to conserve power and reduce heat. Rather than the processor always running at its maximum frequency, if there is a low load of work to do, the frequency will be decreased. If there is high load, it'll jump up for more power.

Intel hyperthreading is splitting a physical CPU core into two "virtual cores". It can improve performance by about 30% in programs that use hyperthreading. I have never heard of any issues, as long as your motherboard is compatible with the CPU all should work well.

And out of curiosity, why did you go with a processor from 2 generations ago?
 
I tend to stay a couple of years behind the tech due to my financial constraints,.
I am a Intel head and a new I5 2400 would have cost me twice as much,.I won't buy a used CPU and the MB is limited
to Sandy Bridges,.which I have been very happy with so far,.
trying to keep the cost down I guess,..besides USB 3.0 hopefully it will run really nicely,.
It's a really cool desktop case and I couldn't just throw it away,..
 


That makes sense :) so did I clarify anything?
 
I need to do some more research about the TB 2.0,.need to backtrack and find the articles I have read,.
When first released it didn't have it,..and Intel says it's still not intergrated,.
I'm just going to install the i3-2130 and see what happens,..I've been testing the system with a G630,.
I'm not planning on replacing my gaming rig with it,..just wanted to build a crazy hybrid that's performs well,.
I'm in my fifty's and this is just a hobby for me,.like replacing a timing chain on a Chevy V8,..
to answer your question,..yes you did help,.The "K" means OC but my I5 2400 does have TB 2.0 and the I3 2130
is just a step behind it,.the most powerful duel-core of the family,equal GHz's (3.4) to a boosted 2400,.
If you walk up the Sandy Bridge ladder the next CPU that runs at normal rate 3.4 is the 2550K,..then the
2600k,..theres something there that I am missing in the architecture,.why such a big jump?
 


Bug jump in what? You seem to be throwing around a lot of CPU names and are even confusing me! You should look at some charts outlining comparisons of all I3 processors and decide what one you want.

Check out http://ark.intel.com/products/codename/29900/Sandy-Bridge#@All
 

^^ You mean, except for the PSU (Power Supply Unit)?! IMO, it's (definitely) worth investing in a *good* PSU - because it can mean a world of difference.. From keeping your components alive, with power spikes; to, performance / speed == as, with: encoding, rendering.. DVD decoding and such.


Err., just use teh BIOS settings 4 the auto-overclock?!?? (Werx hear..:))

Edit:

Whoa!.. What's that link, "(Formerly Sandy Bridge)"?! You RLY shouldn't think of getting anything LESS than Ivy Bridge, btw.