Phoenix21 Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Is there a way to boost the frequency and performance of intel i5-4690 processor from normal 3.5 GHz to 3.9GHz? Thank you
TwitchFast Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Are you referring to Turbo Boost? In which case, it will do it automatically if enabled in the BIOS. Turbo Boost will only allow 3 of the cores to boost rather than all 4, this is for stability and voltage reasons. To get all the cores to reach 3.9GHz, you would have to overclock the processor which isn't possible because yours isn't overclockable.
Phoenix21 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 So the only difference between 4690 and 4690K is that 1 core cant be boosted? That means that 0.4 GHz less power but still bosted for 1.2 GHz.
Phoenix21 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 So the only difference between 4690 and 4690K is that 1 core cant be boosted? That means that 0.4 GHz less power but still bosted for 1.2 GHz. So the only difference between 4690 and 4690K is that 1 core cant be boosted? That means that 0.4 GHz less power but still bosted for 1.2 GHz.
TwitchFast Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 So the only difference between 4690 and 4690K is that 1 core cant be boosted? That means that 0.4 GHz less power but still bosted for 1.2 GHz.The 4690k cannot boost all four cores either, it's a stock factory setting. The 4690 can't be overclocked at all, you cannot change the clock speed manually, whereas the 4690k can be overclocked which means you can get extra performance.
Phoenix21 Posted July 23, 2014 Author Posted July 23, 2014 I heard that it can be overclocked but not manually and you are suppsoed to lost varienty or something liek that.
TwitchFast Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 I heard that it can be overclocked but not manually and you are suppsoed to lost varienty or something liek that.To put it simply, it won't overclock because the multiplier is locked. A more complex answer, you could overclock with the BCLK. I wouldn't recommend this because it can cause the graphics cards, the motherboard north/south bridge, your RAM and the processor itself to become unstable. Overclocking the BCLK is just a very bad idea.
