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Overclocking and AMD Cool n Quiet

7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/overclocking-and-amd-cool-n-quiet.138617/

ajai5777
ajai5777 Original post #1
Mar 29, 2011 at 2:09 PM
I have sucessfully overclocked my Athlon II X4 630 to 3.5GHz.The core voltage is at 1.44 and the power draw of my entire PC shown in APC powerchute is 140W in idle.My PC is on 24X7 and I dont need 3.5GHz (250 x 14) all the time.I have heard that AMD Cool n Quiet works fine even in the overclocked condition.I wanted to try that and it reduces my core speed to 1000Mhz (250 x 4) when not in load, in that condition Vcore reduces to 1.17 and power draw reduces to 100W.A 40W reduction is worth for me as my PC is on 24X7.

Are there any disadvantages for using AMD Cool n Quiet in OCed condition ?
Any problems for continuously jumping from 1Ghz to 3.5Ghz and vice versa ? also in the case of voltage ?
rohitshakti2
rohitshakti2 #2
Apr 20, 2011 at 12:07 PM
I did my X4 635 3.4 ghz with using the stock cooler and it is running at 54'C with full load stable but I hv reduced my CPU voltage to 1.35 volts and my fsb is at 235. I hv also reduced my ram speed to 6.6x.

My AMD Cool n Quiet is enabled.
damngoodman999
damngoodman999 #3
Apr 20, 2011 at 12:47 PM
Please do not enable Cool & quiet when u r Overclocking , u wont see big difference with overclocked performance . [ANOTHER OPTION]Set it to high performance in Control panel -> power option then AMD cool & quiet will be disabled Auto .
coderunknown
coderunknown #4
Apr 20, 2011 at 5:42 PM
simply switch to high performance under power options during gaming & keeping cool&Quite on. that way processor will be cool & game will also run fast.
rohitshakti2
rohitshakti2 #5
Apr 21, 2011 at 12:55 PM
damngoodman999 said:
Please do not enable Cool & quiet when u r Overclocking , u wont see big difference with overclocked performance . [ANOTHER OPTION]Set it to high performance in Control panel -> power option then AMD cool & quiet will be disabled Auto .
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Cool & quiet should be enabled as we are not always playing games or HD stuff which consumes lot of energy. Enabling it will save u some money and it does'nt hamper yr speed.
desiibond
desiibond #6
Apr 21, 2011 at 1:07 PM
Instead, try AMD Fusion tool.