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WEIR_SJ · ‎12-27-2013

Hi guys can someone tell me if it normal for my cpu to stay at full turbo clock even when system is just at idle?

Case Corsair 600T || PSU CX Series™ Modular CX750M
Motherboard Maximus VI Hero || CPU Intel i5-4670K
Cooler Corsair H100 || Ram 16gb Corsair Vengence 1600 (4x4gb)
SSD 2 x Samsung 840 Evo (250gb) [RAID 0] (OS) || HHD WD 500gb Black
GPU EVGA 780ti SC ACX || OS Windows 8.1

Praz · ‎12-27-2013

It is if you have the Windows power plan set to high performance instead of balanced.

WEIR_SJ · ‎12-28-2013

oh i never thought of that..... D'oh!!

thanks Praz

Case Corsair 600T || PSU CX Series™ Modular CX750M
Motherboard Maximus VI Hero || CPU Intel i5-4670K
Cooler Corsair H100 || Ram 16gb Corsair Vengence 1600 (4x4gb)
SSD 2 x Samsung 840 Evo (250gb) [RAID 0] (OS) || HHD WD 500gb Black
GPU EVGA 780ti SC ACX || OS Windows 8.1

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