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[H]How to lower clock speed when computer is idle?

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suphomies
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore15 Posts
November 26 2012 12:39 GMT
#1
How do i lower the clock speed when the computer is idle?

Specs that may help.
MSI P67A-GD65 (B3)
Intel i5-2500K. Overclocking soon. Kinda screwed up my overclock settings.

I have EIST on but i dont see my clock rates lowering.

Any help is appreciated.
theSAiNT
Profile Joined July 2009
United States726 Posts
November 26 2012 12:41 GMT
#2
How are you checking your clock rates? Are you using CPU-Z?
suphomies
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore15 Posts
November 26 2012 12:45 GMT
#3
Sorry. I forgot to put that in. I checked via CPU-Z.[image loading]
Rollin
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia1552 Posts
November 26 2012 12:49 GMT
#4
Are you certain you cpu usage is sub 5%?
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suphomies
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore15 Posts
November 26 2012 12:53 GMT
#5
Well, the 2 programs aren't consistent.
[image loading]
Rollin
Profile Joined March 2011
Australia1552 Posts
November 26 2012 13:06 GMT
#6
4% is still ~18-22% of a single core, which could prevent the power saving features from activating.

But yeah, I've ran into issues with cpu-z not updating frequencies properly too.
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suphomies
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore15 Posts
November 26 2012 13:10 GMT
#7
Is there a way around this? It would be extremely weird if i overclock it to 4+ghz and run at that frequency even when I'm idling.
MisTryo
Profile Joined November 2010
11 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-26 14:15:36
November 26 2012 14:15 GMT
#8
Did you set Windows on high performance mode ? Because if so, EIST is disabled. You have to be on normal power mode.
suphomies
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore15 Posts
November 28 2012 09:09 GMT
#9
On November 26 2012 23:15 MisTryo wrote:
Did you set Windows on high performance mode ? Because if so, EIST is disabled. You have to be on normal power mode.


Hi, mine's on balanced. not high performance. doesnt seem to work >.>
digmouse
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
China6330 Posts
November 28 2012 09:26 GMT
#10
Check the Windows 8 task manager in advanced mode, it's more reliable and consistent, most modern CPU and mainboard will handle idle clocks correctly without any additional config.
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suphomies
Profile Joined December 2010
Singapore15 Posts
November 30 2012 02:16 GMT
#11
Im sorry, how do i do that?
GoldenH
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
1115 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 02:52:07
November 30 2012 02:51 GMT
#12
I found the best way to save power is to disable all cores but 1 using msconfig>boot>advanced options, then set that core to maximum of 5% usage in power settings. You may be able to disable some cores and cpu speed in bios too, but not all bios has those options. It makes my computer run ice cold with no fans running when i do this, and I use a AMD :p
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