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question for sabertooth 990fx and FX 8150 cpu

Unlimitedblackx
Level 7
built this system about 2 weeks ago everything is working great !! one thing i noticed is that there is always one core of the 8 core that is always running at 70 to 90 % when my pc is at idle !! Now if i look in task manager and go to processes, there is one that is called system idle process, image name i guess its called and the description of it is this (percentage of time the processor is idle) !! there is a number beside that and its between 80 and 90 all the time !! its really anoying, do i need to learn to live with it or can i stop it ?? it wont let me end the process either !! does anyone know what i'm talking about at least !!
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
AMD FX-8150
GSkill Sniper series 8g Ram
Corsair H80 cooler
Asus GeForce GTX 560 OC graphic card
OCZ ZT 750w power supply
Corsair Force GT 90G SSD
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chrsplmr
Level 18
this is normal... if you dont ctrl,alt,del...........it wont annoy you... problem solved...

no really...this is not an issue... sounds like ur rig is ROG'n in the sweet spot........
i had the same questions back a bit.... Raja
straiten'd me out..and i quit fix'n stuff that wasn't broke
.............and just enjoyed the ROG of it.... c.

Unlimitedblackx
Level 7
lol....the reason i say it's anoying is because i have a widget or gadget that show's CPU core activity......and one is always at 80 or 90 %, i guess i could remove that gadget.....that would solve it !! thanx for the info !!
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
AMD FX-8150
GSkill Sniper series 8g Ram
Corsair H80 cooler
Asus GeForce GTX 560 OC graphic card
OCZ ZT 750w power supply
Corsair Force GT 90G SSD

X-ROG
Level 15
System idle process is telling you it's in an idle state - not doing anything. 90% means its 90% asleep. If one other process is continually active though then something is always working in the background.

What widget do you use to show CPU core activity?

Unlimitedblackx
Level 7
Ok so its not system idle process that is making one core of my CPU working at 80 90 % of the time then !!i use (All CPU Meter v 3.7) ill try to figure out what's running in the background, there have to be something !!
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
AMD FX-8150
GSkill Sniper series 8g Ram
Corsair H80 cooler
Asus GeForce GTX 560 OC graphic card
OCZ ZT 750w power supply
Corsair Force GT 90G SSD

hi to all at rog.asus.com i thought i had sent this newyears eve but it didnt send so i have sent it again happy new year to every one
- matty g

Unlimitedblackx
Level 7
I found what it was, i have a meter for my CPU.... added one for my GPU and what the heck i even had one for my SSD drive. the SSD drive meter was the one the was making the CPU work a lot for nothing !! who would of thought !! thanx again for the help !!
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
AMD FX-8150
GSkill Sniper series 8g Ram
Corsair H80 cooler
Asus GeForce GTX 560 OC graphic card
OCZ ZT 750w power supply
Corsair Force GT 90G SSD

mattgenton
Level 7
hi to all at rog.asus.com i thought i had sent this newyears eve but it didnt send so i have sent it again happy new year to all of you
- matty g

X-ROG
Level 15
Have you checked All CPU Meter is actually compatible with the AMD FX series? It maybe reading the CPU wrongly due to its different design.

Unlimitedblackx
Level 7
no i didn't check but since i uninstalled the drive widget everything is normal now, The cpu barely works 1 or 2 % now !! Maybe the drive meter is not compatible with my SSD....all i know is something wasn't right with the drive meter, i didn't really need it anyways so !!
Asus Sabertooth 990FX
AMD FX-8150
GSkill Sniper series 8g Ram
Corsair H80 cooler
Asus GeForce GTX 560 OC graphic card
OCZ ZT 750w power supply
Corsair Force GT 90G SSD