harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
he has not mentioned about turbo boost
Turbo boost is the only thing in a locked i5 which I can remotely compare with overclocking.
Is a quality 500W PSU sufficient? (gaming PC)
Turbo boost is the only thing in a locked i5 which I can remotely compare with overclocking.
rijinpk1
Aspiring Novelist
ASHISH65
Technomancer
rijinpk1
Aspiring Novelist
bssunilreddy
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Is Turbo Boost applied dynamically or it stays that way permanently? I mean AMD has Zero Core right but they have higher TDP?
harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology?On-Demand Processor Performance and Intel Turbo Boost - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
bssunilreddy
Chosen of the Omnissiah
So Turbo Boost will work only on 2 or more cores but not all cores right? What is the significant performance boost when 1 or 2 cores does not work but gives a speed boost.I think its better to go with stock speed of i5 4XXX or go for FX 6300. In Intel even the TDP increases when Turbo Boost is activated(I thought it stays the same).
FX 6300 is slower per core but have 2 additional cores but i5 4XXX/3XXX are having faster cores but limited to only 4 cores. Which CPU is best suited keeping in view the advantages of MANTLE of AMD in games?
If AMD discontinues FX series but shows developments in APU then its good.Kaveri APU benchmarks are also to be taken into account.
ashis_lakra
Gaming Unlimited
A very Happy new year to you all. Seasonic s12 620w should be more than sufficient for long time gaming on quite an highly overclocked setup , of course with single GPU only. This is my personal experience where i pushed my i5 to 4.5GHZ and GPU to 1060 Mhz Boost to 1184 Mhz and still my system drawing less than 350W from wall which is easily manageable by aforementioned PSU. A PSU delivers maximum efficiency within 40-60% load only, so get a PSU which will deliver at least 40-50% of its rated power to your system setup with max efficiency.
harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
^ do you have a kill-a-Watt meter?
bssunilreddy
Chosen of the Omnissiah
I don't have and I suppose to be future proof I don't need to use that meter.
ASHISH65
Technomancer
Turbo boost actives automatically.Basically,when your cpu isn't using all of it's cores,it increases clockspeed of one that are running to improve performance and also works by shutting the cores-For eg - If your core 1 and 2 are maxout and remaining 3rd and 4th are not being used at all then pc will shut the 3rd and 4th core and push the all power to both 1st and 2nd cores.
yep tdp increases by slight margin,though you won't need a aftermarket cooler for it
For more info go here - *www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-029908.htm?wapkw=
I don't know about mantle much.
Buddy see the post,harshil is asking to ashis-lakra
harshilsharma63
DIY FTW!
bssunilreddy
Chosen of the Omnissiah
Ok.If a certain game requires all 4 cores then what happens if we want to use Turbo Boost?
ASHISH65
Technomancer
You cannot use turbo boost manually,it works automatically when boost is needed
For Eg take a i5 @ 3.4ghz >> 3.8ghz turbo boost,so TB will be :-
When One core is used > 3.8ghz
When two cores are used > 3.7ghz
When three cores are used > 3.6ghz
When all four cores are used > 3.5ghz
lets leave this topic here only.......
rijinpk1
Aspiring Novelist
ASHISH65
Technomancer
bssunilreddy
Chosen of the Omnissiah
When did you buy it? Can you provide a link? Is it fully modular or partially modular?
ASHISH65
Technomancer
Ya only if we use assemble pc,there are many OEM pc where TB is enabled by default and even disabled(in acer)
*www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=225
It is not modular. Just vanilla PSU
But it runs very quiet and cool.Link: XFX - United States - Pro Series 550W PSU
P.S. Bought it on 2011.