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Why is the CPU on my HP suddenly under clocked and seemingly cannot go higher?
My laptop base speed is 2.19 sometimes my FPS drop to 1.89 GHz but it be stuck on 2.19 GHz and and it use to overheat a lot which made my PC slower so I had to use a cooling pad and now it's stuck on ...
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Does the voltage supplied to a CPU differ per core?
I'm currently trying to find a range of safe voltages for CPU overclocking.
As a start, I looked at the automatic stock voltages: Without any Turbo-functions, the voltages in this case range from 0....
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Does Silicon Lottery apply to individual CPU cores/threads compared to the others?
Can individual CPU cores or threads clock faster than the others due to Silicon Lottery? Is it then reasonable that the rest of the cores are held back by the slower one as they need to match it's ...
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Abnormal voltage range and frequency activity on Intel 8550U
I have recently purchased a secondhand/refurbished HP laptop with i7-8550U CPU and MX 150 GPU. The first thing I noticed is that it runs unreasonably slow on games, much slower than my other i7-8550U +...
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What are the dangers of high CPU voltage?
I have a i7 6700k Skylake and I have her overclocked at 4.7GHz with 1.7V. I've seen people saying that you should be wary of putting the voltage over 1.5V, but they all seem to be related to core ...
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Are CPU voltage and RAM voltage related? What are the mutual constraints?
I was wondering if the maximum value of my CPU voltage range is a constraint on my RAM voltage.
An example:
My VID Voltage Range is 0.60V-1.35V and my memory modules are to operate at 1.5V.
Am I in ...
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Should you worry about high voltage and wattage on a non-overclocked computer?
I've been wondering if I should be worried at all about high wattage or voltage on a non-overclocked computer. I say non-overclocked because when I Google search this question or something similar it ...
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How to overclock CPU using only FSB?
According to my BIOS the CPU temperature and the system temperature are 16°C and 18°C respectively for Idle on stock air cooling. (It used to be 40°C and 48°C when I kept my computer inside a case. ...
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probe processor voltage in linux
I am in a redhat server
I've tried to use lm-sensors to detect my processor's voltage,
just like CPU-Z in windows environment.
But after I using the command "sensor-detect",
only processor's ...
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Overclocking AMD Sempron +2400
Basically, I wanna ask is there a safe way to overclock AMD Sempron 2400+ processor to 2.0GHz (Stock - 1.67GHz, Single core). Now it's running @ 1.8GHz and 1.5something V, as I run it @ 2.0Ghz it ...
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CPUs: more transistors, less voltage?
I have read in an article that newer CPU cores have narrower circuit tracks so more transistors can fit in the core. The author wrote that since there are more transistors, the voltage is reduced.
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Is it better to use an offset or manually set CPU voltage (with respect to CPU longevitity)?
The Background:
I recently built a new computer, and I'm working with the ASUS P8Z68-V Pro motherboard and Intel i7 2600k processor. While this question does not pertain specifically to my hardware, ...
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Windows 7 power management -- vCore goes from 0.9V to ~1.30V
I have a brand new computer (built yesterday) with an AMD Phenom II X4 965 on an ASUS M4A89GTD Pro motherboard. Today I noticed heavy vCore fluctuations: between 0.90V (idle) and ~1.30V (load). CPU-Z ...
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