Questions tagged [cool-n-quiet]
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Does AMD Cool n Quiet Slow Down Your System?
I discovered today that having AMD Cool n Quiet enabled in my BIOS appears to be slowing down my Windows XP SP2 system by about 29% on memory & CPU intensive workloads.
I was wondering if (a) anyone else had encountered this, (b) anyone can offer an…
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How do I enable CPU throttling on an Athlon X2 4200+ under Windows 7?
My desktop computer is constantly running at 2200MHz even at idle load, and the fan is always at full speed.
Cool'n'Quiet is enabled in the BIOS, but the options to set the Maximum and Minimum CPU states are missing from the power options on Windows…
lzm
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How to undervolt a Core i3 laptop?
Using k10stat, I significantly undervolted all 3 p-states of my Athlon II P320 laptop, yielding a 10-20% longer battery run time. Are there similar tools for Intel's Clarkdale/Arrandale processors? And what about Core 2?
For those not familiar with…
netvope
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Advanced power options - processor power managment
My cpu has p states at 2.3 ghz, 2.1 ghz, 1.1 ghz, and 800 mhz. In the advanced power options-processor power management. Windows allows you to change the percentage. Does this percentage get "rounded" to the nearest supported pstate?
Edit: When I…
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Thermal risks to other components when watercooling CPU
I recently ordered all the components for a new desktop system to replace my old, dying computer. I wanted to have a really quiet desktop, so I got a case rated for being quiet and opted to try a closed-system CPU water cooling kit (Antec Kuhler H2O…
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Tune Fan Speeds On Old Motherboards?
I just found out that you can easily tune your fan speed by using (an up-to-date) motherboard utility like Asus AI Suite 3 to make your pc quieter. Unfortunately, I can't install it probably because my motherboard is too old to be supported:
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