[Fallen Angel -X]

Hey

I have my CPU at 3.7GHz 1.475v stable 24/7
But i wanted somethign to reduce heat / votlage during idle
I came across this program called PhenomMsrTweaker , So i went ahead and used it to downclock my processer during idle

So it is at 2000MHz 1.02v

However

I noticed when i like watch a youtube vid or something the clocks will jump to 3.7/1.45v then drop back down to 2000MHz/1.02v

Is this healthy for the chip with clocks/voltage going up and down when they are needed under load?

Ty

 

[Angmaar]

That should be fine. It's the same thing that regularly happens.

 

[FearSC549]

Isn't there something that saves power/reduce heat in the BIOS option for AMD?(I forgot what's it called for AMD, but Intel's called SpeedStep)

So I'm pretty sure it's safe.

 

[hermitmaster]

That app does the same thing as Cool N Quiet, the only difference is you control it. CnQ throttles my CPU down to 1Ghz @ 1.07v at idle.

 

[Megaman_90]

Isnt this sorta what AMD Cool n' Quiet, and Intel Speedstep does? Should be perfectly safe, in fact its probably good for your CPU.

 

[roguetrip]

Been using this program since shortly after the 940BE became available. I love it, I let mine run 2.2GHz and testing 1.1v at the moment.

If you look in the service button, you can play with the "Overall CPU load threshold (%):"

I personally set mine to 45 since that is just about 2 cores cores fully active. Usually works fine that way since most encoding programs I use usually show activity around 54% so it's just enough to kick in to full speed.

 

[Xeqn]

mine downclocks all the way down to 480mhz
but its a athlon II
the only thing thats unsafe is that your using a cheap psu as that might stop working with constant voltage changes