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Alienware Aurora R3 Overclocking
Hey guys!
Just got my R3 and I'm trying to overclock the CPU. When I go into the BIOS and try to pick the overclock settings I save the changes but when I reboot I noticed my CPU is still at 3.4 GHZ instead of 3.9. Any ideas?
Thanks!
stephy32h
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April 13th, 2011 17:00
get cpu-z and prime95, when you run prime95 you will see the speed reported by cpu-z go up. The turbo mode only kicks in if the cpu has something to do. Computer properties will always show the speed from the CPU info, not the current speed.
Kratos5582
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April 13th, 2011 17:00
Anyone have any ideas? I was thinking maybe a BIOS update? Other then that the only thing I can think of is to contact support, which may be the best option I guess. Thanks in advance! :)
srf22204
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April 13th, 2011 20:00
congrats on the new machine. Hope everything was good.
Kratos5582
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April 14th, 2011 06:00
Ah, I didn't realize that turbo mode did that as well. Thanks for the info Stephy! I will try that tonight when I get home. So far everything has been really great running on it. I was thinking later of posting a mini-review to be followed up with a full review once I've had it for a little bit.