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WOF: Do you know what your CPU's clocked at?

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On July 22, 2011, 11:42 PM

Considering TechSpot's audience mix of techies, hardware enthusiasts, IT pros and gamers, the question above sounds overly simplistic, if not insulting, but is it? Over the last decade, the MHz measurement in your PC's processor has lost much of its meaning, in part because it's no longer an absolute reflection of performance, but that may not the end of it.

For example, I know I'm running a Core i7 870 processor in my workstation, but I have no clue what exact frequency the CPU is running at. I don't think that would have been the case 5 or 10 years ago when I ran my overclocked Celeron 300a or Athlon dual-core processor. Back then I cared about clock and bus speeds, RAM timings, and other details that today I barely pay attention to before upgrading to a new platform.

With devices like smartphones and tablets invading the consumer space in sheer numbers, bringing potential irrelevancy to component specifications, do you think this is a trend that will inevitably hit computers sooner or later?

How about yourself, off the top of your head (DON'T LOOK IT UP), do you know what's your PC's CPU clock speed? Discuss.

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  1. Just got it yesterday. Phenom II X6 1100T, comes stock at 3.3GHz with 3.7GHz turbo (looked it up before I bought it). After a brief overclocking session last night bumped it to 4.1GHz and it appears there's more in the tank. Oh yeah, ram divider sitting at 3:10 at the moment.

  2. Core 2 Duo : E6320

    1.86 GHz

    Multiplier - 7x

    Base Clock - 266 MHz

    FSB 1066 MHz

  3. intel i7 at 3.82Ghz, came OCed from the shop.

  4. i7 920 @ 3.2 Ghz for normal use, 3.8 Ghz for gaming

  5. laptop 1: intel core i5 460M @2.53ghz (2.8ghz turbo)

    laptop 2: intel core 2 duo T5200 @1.6 ghz

    desktop 1: intel P4 northwood @2.8ghz

    desktop 2: intel P4 HT prescott @3ghz

  6. Pentium D 3.4GHz :p

  7. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ @ 2.2GHz

  8. i5 2500k @ 4.5ghz

  9. Core i7 930 @ 4.0Ghz, FRIO Cooler.

  10. Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.0A @ 2.0GHz.

  11. AMD Athlon II 240e @3.15GHz and AMD Phenom II X4 910e @ 3.200 GHz

  12. Intel Core i5 750 clocked @ 3.54Ghz, I think 99% of readers on techspot would know this qs.......wudnt they?

  13. Q8200 at 3.85Ghz

  14. pc#1 AMD Athlon fx is 2.8ghz pc#2 Intel Pentium D at 2.3ghz

  15. 2500k @ 4.8 Ghz

  16. Core i5 2500k @ 4.0GHz

  17. I've got 3 desktop PCs - Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 @ 2.93 Ghz running XP SP3, AMD Phenom II X4 955BE @ 3.2 Ghz running Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and my oldest PC from 2001 has an Intel Celeron 667 Mhz running Windows Millenium.

  18. 2.8 Ghz Core2Duo 6850 with 2GB of DDR-1333 running at 1067.

  19. E3200 Duel --- 2.4 Ghz....Nothing special but does the biz.

  20. Core i5-750 @ Asus Maximus III Gene

    stock 2.67GHz @ 1.25V

    under 2.4GHz @ 1.05V <- present setup

    over 4.0GHz @ 1.39V

    turbo off... doesn't work so well in the first "i" gen.

    @cowboy bradley + guest + geust

    You have just shown that u have no idea of CPUs at all ^^

  21. 955 BE @ 3676 MHz (229/16)

  22. core 2 quad at 2.33(but i dont OC, that is the stock clock.)

  23. 2x E5345 Clovertown (B3) @ 2333,3 Mhz (7x 333.3)

    8x 2048 Corsair PC5300F FB-DIMMs

    laying on Tyan Tempest i5400XT (S5396)

    the build is 3,5 years old :P

  24. gars said:

    2x E5345 Clovertown (B3) @ 2333,3 Mhz (7x 333.3)

    8x 2048 Corsair PC5300F FB-DIMMs

    laying on Tyan Tempest i5400XT (S5396)

    the build is 3,5 years old :P

    lol - ofc, i looked

    before i looked ive thinking about Xeon Quad Exxxx running around 2,5

  25. i3 540 at 3.22 GHz

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