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WOF: Do you know what your CPU's clocked at?
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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2500k at 4 GHz with 1.15 volts
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marinkvasina said:
i5-2400k with MSI top quality mainboard + clock
4.5ghz
Where did you get a 2400K?
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phenom II x2 550 BE unlocked to x3 @ 3.81 ghz (triple monitor gaming rig) , And a P4 @ 3.14 Ghz (BIG fileserver / interweb box).
- Wolf-001
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AMD E-350 @ 1.6 GHz
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0192837465 said:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz
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ebriatic said:
Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz (OC at 3.18GHz 24/7)
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Holy moly! What a beast of a rig you have there. If only we could go back to the 90s and do it all over again.
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Didn't have to look them up (all these figures on these postings are high to me--upgrade time?):
Pentium Dual Core 2.5 Ghz
Celeron 1.7 Ghz
11 year old Pentium III 1.0 Ghz--forget .net on this one
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AMD Athlon II x2 240 OC'd to about 3.1 GHz
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Intel i7 950 @ 4.2ghz.
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Athlon II X2 240 with 5 P states:
P0:2.8Ghz@1.0875V
P1:2.0Ghz@0.9875V
P2:1.6Ghz@0.9V
P3:0.8Ghz@0.8875V
P4:Same settings as P3.
That's enough?
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TrekExpert said:
i7-720QM 1.6GHz with 2.8GHz turbo
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lol this is a bit insulting
AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.8ghz, CPU-NB @ 2600mhz
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Typical "guest", all snot and no reverence for history.Core 2 Duo E6300 1.86GHz (OC at 3.18GHz 24/7)Holy moly! What a beast of a rig you have there. If only we could go back to the 90s and do it all over again.
Thanks Julio, this is the best WOF ever....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Intel Core i7 2600K @ 3,4Ghz
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Q6600 2.4 oc to 3.6
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Core i7 2600K@4.2, stock cooling
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Phenom II x4 @3.7 Ghz
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After working a few hours to get it running stable I would find it hard to forget that my i7-2600k is running at 4.8ghz.
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It is almost impossible for an overclocker (90%+ of people commenting on this) to forget what their CPU clock is. The percentage of techspot's audience that do overclock is by no means small, i think, but i doubt it represents the knowledge of the site's total average visitors/regulars.
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AMD Phenom II X6 560 @3.30Ghz
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It is almost impossible for an overclocker (90%+ of people commenting on this) to forget what their CPU clock is. The percentage of techspot's audience that do overclock is by no means small, i think, but i doubt it represents the knowledge of the site's total average visitors/regulars.
So what ?
I don't see TS making the thread some kind of definitive statement regarding member overclocking acuity. It's a thread that invites any and all to take part just for the sheer hell of it -no specialized knowledge required- until the new week rolls around and we can get back to the usual fare of news, press releases, rumour, fud and off-target, ill-formed Guest comments....thanks for the sneak preview of the coming week.
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I7 2600k @ 4.6ghz
I7 2500k @ (what's the stock speed of this cip again?)
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Intel Core i5 540M 2.53Ghz(3.06Ghz)
Regretted not buying the Core i7 620M at that time.
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From one Guest to another.
Stock speed of the Sandy K chips so far.
i5 2500k = 3.3 ghz / 3.7 ghz turbo
i5 2600K = 3.4 ghz / 3.8 ghz turbo
Both chips easy do 4.8 ghz even with a shitty batch.
Though personally i wouldnt go over 1.4v :/
Actually went from 4.8 ghz oc 24/7 1.39v to 3.3 ghz stock at 1.05v
I dont notice any diffrence in any games, and i never go above 40c during load. (NH-D14)
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