My Q6600 want change frequency

[3afsa]

HI,
I have a Q6600 + Zalman 9500 + 2 x 1Go Corsair PC5300 installed on Asus P5KC
I'm beginner in overclocking, my CPU, seems to have normally and without overclocking a 2.4 Mhz frequency, nur it only sow me 1.5 MHz, and when I change manually the bios values to 9 x 266, it want change too ?!!
What's wrong ? I don't understand anything.

 

[rubix_1011]

Its speedstep; when your processor is idle it throttles down to conserve energy and create less heat. As soon as you kick on a CPU intensive task, it will ramp up...try it. You can usually disable this in the BIOS if you really don't want to use it, but even if you OC, why not leave it on?

 

[Scotteq]

It's a power saving feature which runs the processor slower when there is little load on it. You can disable EIST/SpeedStep if you want, but if the system is otherwise stable you may as well leave it alone.

 

[Murissokah]

Aww man... Can we "sticky" speestep on the front page of the forums? maybe the THG page.

 

[3afsa]

THanks for the help !!!

 

[rubix_1011]

^^ No joke. But, it will just get ignored by first time users anyway, just like the 'Should I buy a dual or quad core...I'm so confused' threads or the 'What do you think of my system' builds that are just like everyone else except with a different case or memory vendor.

 

[T8RR8R]

LoL, yeah this is more true of newbs but they aren't the only ones that don't do their homework before asking questions.

 

[rubix_1011]

Exactly, I take forums as a place to look for some initial information, not the end all of knowledge that is to be. You never know if someone who has 20 years of experience or a 12 year old is on posting content.

Google is your friend. Reading is good. Knowledge is only power if you obtain it for yourself.

 

[Zorg]

It has been a sticky for a while now. C2D Not Running Full Speed / Wrong or Low Multiplier

I guess no one reads the stickies. :lol:

 

[rodney_ws]

I'm waiting for the OP to come back and ask why Windows is only showing 3.25 GB of RAM.

 

[T8RR8R]

Yup, Rodney that'll probably the next question. Which bring up a good point, I wonder if MS will even bother making a 32-bit version of Windows 7(Vienna). Should just jump to 64 and be done with it for a while.

 

[Zorg]

Didn't Vista SP1 "fix" :lol: that?

 

[shadowthor]

lol, definitely should have a warning before posting to read stickies.

 

[rubix_1011]

I'm waiting for the OP to come back and ask why Windows is only showing 3.25 GB of RAM.

LOL...that or ask why his drive only shows as 127gb instead of 500?

OR

I formatted my 500gb drive, and it only shows 480gb?! WD are a bunch of liars!!

OR

Look at my $2000 build to play Warcraft!

 

[johoz]

you guys are jerks haha

 

[Nickolie]

LOL funniest post I've read in a while - made my day "Look at my $2000 build to play Warcraft!"