Hi,
So I recently started taking a look into OC'ing my i7 870 with the selectable OC settings my Motherboard (Asrock P55 Extreme 4) and am using the 3.6GHz OC right now.
But I have noticed strange numbers in the CPUID Hardware Monitor, without OC I had about 8W min and ~107W max in desktop use*, now with the CPU @3.6GHz the Hardware Monitor shows me ~12W/72W² what would be less power .. is that a normal behaviour or just an error within the software? I've looked into the board search function but didn't exactly find, what I was looking for.. :-\
*and yes, depending on load it drops down to 1.2 GHz and ~17W
²the Wattage changes with a constant clock speed, though.
I'll attach two screenshots of CPU-Z and HWMonitor and excuse and typos, I'm not a native English speaker.
Overview of my system specs is in the signature.
greetings
xmodder
.:edit:.
oups, just noticed it might have landed in the wrong overclocking-forum .. if so could a mod move it? thanks in advice
So I recently started taking a look into OC'ing my i7 870 with the selectable OC settings my Motherboard (Asrock P55 Extreme 4) and am using the 3.6GHz OC right now.
But I have noticed strange numbers in the CPUID Hardware Monitor, without OC I had about 8W min and ~107W max in desktop use*, now with the CPU @3.6GHz the Hardware Monitor shows me ~12W/72W² what would be less power .. is that a normal behaviour or just an error within the software? I've looked into the board search function but didn't exactly find, what I was looking for.. :-\
*and yes, depending on load it drops down to 1.2 GHz and ~17W
²the Wattage changes with a constant clock speed, though.
I'll attach two screenshots of CPU-Z and HWMonitor and excuse and typos, I'm not a native English speaker.
Overview of my system specs is in the signature.
greetings
xmodder
.:edit:.
oups, just noticed it might have landed in the wrong overclocking-forum .. if so could a mod move it? thanks in advice

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