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will this way of speeding up my cpu mess up anything

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I noticed this way was done by different people and didnt know if it would mess up my computer.
 
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As far as I can tell this is only there for debugging. At default (unchecked) windows will use all available cores.
 
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From the video he's using windows 7. Windows 7 has been out for 8 years. There's no hidden secrets to boost your cpu's performance. If that did anything then it would be in every windows 7 optimization guide out there.

I wouldn't waste my time with it but if you want never hurts to try. Maybe run some benchmarks before and after as well as track boot times.
 
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Originally Posted by Honeybiscuit View Post

yea i have win 7 . and thanks for advise i think i stay away.
Yeah np. Normally when oddball stuff has an affect on your performance then there's something that isn't working right. I honestly had issues following his video past a point but it made me think of things like cpu core parking which I've never seen a benefit to but some people swear by.
 
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Honeybiscuit:

  • Which CPU do you have?
  • Which video card(s) do you have?
  • How much memory do you have and which memory modules do you have?
  • Do you have a solid state drive?
  • If you are seeing bad gaming performance, then what resolution are you playing at and which games are you seeing bad performance in?

Also, msconfig is a diagnostic utility. It is only for diagnosing problems. It is for making temporary changes while trying to figure out what the problem is. Msconfig otherwise never needs to be used and anyone who advises otherwise is someone who doesn't know as much as they claim. Msconfig is NOT to be used for things like this. If you don't believe me, then read msconfig's help file.

The rest of his video (the one in your original post) is constantly making me say out loud, "This is ridiculous. No one needs to do this!", and that includes you. You don't need to do this. If this were a thing to do, then it would be something commonly taught. This guy is just trying to get more subscriptions and Likes.

You say that your motherboard "has a mind of its own". Why do you say this? Can you explain what you're seeing that has made you say this? We can help explain everything so that you understand what's happening and how to control it.
 
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Ok I know I am still on this issue. Has anyone actually investigated this? I understand the guy said the video is a joke. If it was a joke then why are there about 30 different people saying same crap. I actually done it and boosted my stuff like i had new cpu. I also understand that things shouldn`t run at max either. I ran it about 2 hrs and enjoyed every bit like i had a new damn cpu.

SO without guessing or guessing. Will this eat up my other cores since they are in dormant anyway. I mean dormant while load is required.

I see results from this but do not know long term results. And the results I seen was night and day.
 
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Originally Posted by Honeybiscuit View Post

Ok I know I am still on this issue. Has anyone actually investigated this? I understand the guy said the video is a joke. If it was a joke then why are there about 30 different people saying same crap. I actually done it and boosted my stuff like i had new cpu. I also understand that things shouldn`t run at max either. I ran it about 2 hrs and enjoyed every bit like i had a new damn cpu.

SO without guessing or guessing. Will this eat up my other cores since they are in dormant anyway. I mean dormant while load is required.

I see results from this but do not know long term results. And the results I seen was night and day.
Which video are you referring to that you followed? You posted 3 different videos for us to look at.

I just looked at Thio Joe's video. This guy doesn't have a clue. He claims that his 8-core actually has 16 cores because it has HyperThreading. This is absolutely false. HyperThreading treats each core as 2 separate cores by giving each core the workload of 2 cores.

He also claims that there are redundant cores and what he's doing is enabling the use of those cores. No he's not. I have also never heard of redundant cores in the 8 years that I have been on here. This guy only thinks he knows what he's talking about, but he doesn't.

All you are doing is you're forcing HyperThreading on all 8 cores for everything the CPU processes (yes, everything). That's it. If that gives you a big boost in performance, then I guess I see nothing wrong with it. However, that won't work for people like me who have a CPU that doesn't have HyperThreading.

In the interest of being a good scientist, I will try what Thio Joe is teaching on my 2500K, which is just a quad-core CPU without HyperThreading. I will post my results within 30 minutes.
 
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one that says this video is a joke in coments and 1st and there are alot out there that say same thing I done it for a short time and wrked. dnt know if long term will burn up

i have an old I7 950 3.07 gh

like I said see night and day difference but long term i dnt want to over heat
 
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Originally Posted by Honeybiscuit View Post

one that says this video is a joke in coments and 1st and there are alot out there that say same thing I done it for a short time and wrked. dnt know if long term will burn up

i have an old I7 950 3.07 gh

like I said see night and day difference but long term i dnt want to over heat
Like I said, all you are doing is forcing HyperThreading on all cores for absolutely everything that the CPU processes. It seems no one really understands this, and so these people come to other conclusions such as this ridiculous "redundant cores" things. The i7-950 has 4 actual cores with HyperThreading. This means it can give each core the workload of 2 cores.
 
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As promised, I did what was taught in the video and as expected, I see no difference whatsoever. That's probably because my CPU doesn't have HyperThreading. Like I said, this probably boosts performance for CPUs with HyperThreading because HyperThreading is being forced for absolutely every little thing the CPU does. There's nothing more to it than that. I doubt it's harmful.
 
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yea is crazy. I figured if any knew this webiste would. . Like I said it is like a turbo jolted it. I have a crapy rampage 3 extreme and the ram decidec to wrk when it wants but when i do the extre 4 hypertread is like anothe 4 cores. just afraid to run lotg term. Thanks man. maybe someone will define this question.
 
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Originally Posted by Honeybiscuit View Post

yea is crazy. I figured if any knew this webiste would. . Like I said it is like a turbo jolted it. I have a crapy rampage 3 extreme and the ram decidec to wrk when it wants but when i do the extre 4 hypertread is like anothe 4 cores. just afraid to run lotg term. Thanks man. maybe someone will define this question.
I think it's harmless. You're just forcing the CPU to use HyperThreading for absolutely every little thing.

Perhaps I'll notice slight boosts over time as I use my computer. I can only expect that since now I'm forcing Windows and all programs to use all 4 cores equally no matter what. I doubt I'll see much of an improvement if I see any at all because I trust that my CPU was working properly before. ;)
 
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