Got my i5-4690k up to 4.5 ghz on air (a $10 cooler, idle temps 27c) and I noticed that after I pushed it past about 4ghz, the cpu fan is a lot louder. I can't seem to find a setting (asrock z97 extreme 4) to make the cpu fan speed "match" the temperature. Enabling speedstep didn't seem to do anything. It's on a 4 pin header, and I can adjust it manually in speedfan. Also, should I try going above 4.5 on air? Temps in games are about 60c, prime95 gets up to the high 70's. Oh yeah, I haven't touched any voltages etc, just the multiplier, not having to adjust voltage or overclock the ram is an ideal situation, isn't it?
Also... what's the deal with giving each core its own multiplier? Should they all be the same? I think I have 45, 45, 44, 43 in that order, I'm assuming that it's designed like that since most games only use two cores. With the one multiplier for all cores, I couldn't get cpu id to show the correct cpu speed.
Also... what's the deal with giving each core its own multiplier? Should they all be the same? I think I have 45, 45, 44, 43 in that order, I'm assuming that it's designed like that since most games only use two cores. With the one multiplier for all cores, I couldn't get cpu id to show the correct cpu speed.
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