Questions tagged [intel-core-i7]
Intel Core i7 is an Intel brand name for a series of high-end mobile and desktop microprocessors based on the x86-64 architecture.
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No throttling of any kind but processor freq sticks at 0.8 Ghz and Power ~ 8W
I have Dell XPS 9650, i7-7700Hq, GTX 1050, 512GB SSD, 16GB DD4, 4K.
I find no throttling as in Thermal, Power limit, Current limit, MB VR (from Intel XTU), No Limit reasons from ThrottleStop, No "Yes"...
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Can I found an MSI Mothercard to instal my i7-2720QM (BGA1224)?
Good evening, everything is in this question "Can I found an MSI Mothercard to instal my i7-2720QM (BGA1224) ?"
My laptop is HS (DELL XPS 17 L702X) I would like to know if I can find a motherboard ...
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i7 7700 CPU power supply Watts [closed]
Can you tell me the power supply Watts for above configured PC? At this moment I have 350 W. Is that fine or?
Note: This is a software development PC and I'll not use this as gaming or any graphic ...
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what is correct architecture of my pc AMD or INTEL?
i was trying to get the info about my system processor architecture and saw two different answers
from windows explorer
from cmd prompt using "SET Processor" command
and i got intel i7 and amd64 ...
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Intel core i7 4th gen dont use turbo boost
I have a laptop ASUS ROG G751JL.
When I bought it, there is Windows 10 installed.
Since I formatted it and installed Windows 7.
The processor is Intel Core i7 4th generation.
It should have the turbo ...
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Do I need to do a BIOS update?
As I am very interested in computer hardware but do not want to waste some valuable hardware, I decided to upgrade an old PC with an ECS H61H2-M12 motherboard. One of the changes I want to make is to ...
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Upgrading soldered in laptop CPU's
I have had a Lenovo u530t for a long time, which has a i7 4500u in it, and I have an i7 6500u in a different laptop. The 2 cpus look to be the same size, my question is, can I take the 6500 and ...
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Huawei Matebook X wifi not working
I have been using the Huawei matebook X laptop for some months now since I bought it from Amazon.
The wifi has suddenly stopped working.
Intel wireless 9560 cannot work on my machine anymore. I ...
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Has CPU inter-core communication become slower?
I'd be pretty amazed if it had but maybe somebody can help me understand.
I ran SiSoft Sandra Lite 2014's 'Processor Multi-Core Efficiency' test (which returns an 'Inter-Core Bandwidth' value) on my ...
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CPU Usage Static at 42% - Intel core i7 (Quad Core)
I have a HP dv5t 2100 CTO laptop with Intel core i7 (quad core) / 8GB RAM.
Recently I've noticed that the maximum CPU usage it attains is fixed at 42% - I mean it does not go beyond that come what ...
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Can I overclock i7 2670qm?
I have an i7 2670qm CPU and I'm wondering if I could overclock it. What is the risk and what could happen to the CPU or other hardware devices?
Is there anyone who has overclocked this specific CPU ...
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Intel XTU Undervolt settings not working between reboots
If I undervolt my CPU/iGPU via the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) on windows 10, it asks me to reboot to save the settings, I hit ok, the system reboots, and voila, I have an undervolted CPU.
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Is it normal for my CPU to run at 1GHz higher than base clock speed? [duplicate]
I have the Intel Core i7-8700 CPU(non K version) and it's constantly running at much hicher clock speeds than it's base speed and I was wondering if that's normal?
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How the speculative load and store happen in modern Intel processor?
I think the store queue is used in modern Intel processors for storing both memory address and store data. They do not go to L1 cache till the commit stage. But I am not 100% sure if it is correct or ...
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Is the Ryzen 2 7 PRO 3700U less power efficient than 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8565U? [closed]
Lenovo x395 (Ryzen variant) says
Up to 14.5 hours 48Wh (Based on testing with MobileMark 2014. Battery life varies significantly with settings, usage, and other factors.)
Lenovo x390 (Intel ...
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Two MSI Z270 SLI PLUS have different graphic output quality (BIOS mod?)
I have two MSI Z270 SLI PLUS motherboards with intent to install matching hardware /software configuration. Unfortunately, they are not identical: one has BIOS E7A59IMS.140 from 12/15/2016, the ...
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replace old Intel cpu (with pins) with the new generation
I have HP Elitebook Workstation 8560w with Intel core I7 2860QM.
I want to upgrade it to the new I7 generation (at least 6th or the 5th), but I found some information online say that the old I7 ...
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Install Intel motherboard drivers or just leave those from Windows Update?
Do you install Intel motherboard drivers?
Or just skip it and leave those from Windows Update?
Are there any benefits?
F.i. here's a ss of drivers WU installed on my new-ish laptop (6th gen i7)
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CPU works louder when I am plugging my laptop in
I noticed that my CPU works louder when I am plugging my laptop in.
I am using an HWMonitor Version 1.40.0 Driver version 148 to check my status of CPU.
I am worried that my laptop can be damaged ...
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Why is my PROCHOT value at 85 C?
I am using ThrottleStop on my laptop (ASUS GL553ve - i7-7700HQ, nvidia gtx 1050ti). The thing is, it throttles my CPU at temperature of 85C, while the max safe operating temperature is like 100C. It ...
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Dell G5 5587 Intel Core i7 8750H throttling
I have a problem with my laptop Dell G5 5587 and its CPU Intel Core i7 8750H.
I have bought this laptop in December last year and since then I've encountered a power throttling on CPU (more ...
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CPU Fan Error on Start of Desktop
Over the last couple of days, my PC when starting up from cold displays CPU Fan Error - Please F1 to go to Setup.
Now, I will make it perfectly clear that my Desktop has not had a new Fan fitted ...
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Core i7 performs very badly? [closed]
I would like to know why a core i7 HQ 6700 2.6GHz performs very badly compared to a core i5-4570 3.2GHz. This is the scenario, I'm running a very expensive method to populate a MSSQL DB, the i7 taks (...
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Intel Core i7-8550U, Turbo Boost not working?
I have new HP Elitebook 850 G5 laptop with Intel Core i7-8550U which has TurboBoost up to 4.00GHz and base frequency 1.80GHz.
However when i put the CPU under stress test firstly the frequency jump ...
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How do I find the process that is killing my CPU?
My grandfather was recently throwing out an old laptop that he didn't use anymore because it was broken. It was a pretty good laptop too; an EliteBook with 8 GBs of RAM, and an i7 core, and Windows 10 ...
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Macro running slower in a faster computer
I have a new desktop and an old laptop. I run a Visio macro in both. It takes 30 seconds to run in the laptop, but 3 minutes and 3 seconds to run in the desktop. The desktop has 12 GB in RAM, and the ...
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My game is running via the Intel integrated GPU instead of my Nvidia GTX 1050
Important notes:
I have a Dell XPS 15 9560
Processor is Intel core i7-7700 HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
I have 32.0 GB of RAM
My Windows 10 is updated.
I have a GTX 1050
I have Nvidia geforce
My Nvidia driver (...
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how to set DELL Precision 5530 running Windows 10 to run I7 processor at max speed (4.3GHZ) continually?
Need to run our Intel I7 6core processor at max speed of 4.3GHZ on our Dell Prec 5530 laptop, so that our computation app (compiled by Julia lang) runs continually at max speed 4.3GHZ.
I tried going ...
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how to stop motherboard coil whine when moving mouse on z370 or z390 chipset?
Hi does anyone know how to stop motherboard coil whine while scrolling & generally using the mouse. Have tried z390 Asus Prime a, Aorus Pro, msi carbon pro z390 motherboards + evga z370 classified ...
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Intel® Driver & Support Assistant always says there's a newer version available
As of the last few months, something has changed on Intel's site and downloading the latest drivers requires the Intel® Driver & Support Assistant.
Problem is, after installing the latest version ...
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Comparing CPU benchmark
I have a laptop with the Intel Core I7-6700HQ.
In the next days my workstation will be ready, with a Ryzen 7 2700x.
As you can see in this benchmark
the overall difference is ONLY 64%.
This sounds ...
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How to choose optimized Linux-ck kernel?
I have a question that are all 14nm intel cpu use the same micro architecture?
E.g (sky lake, kaby lake, coffee lake, whisky lake).
PS: Linux-ck repo only have sky lake version
, which is the first ...
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Memory controller arbiters and memory accesses
Does anyone know what the Arbiter would look like on a DDR memory controller? I was thinking that in order to perform memory access operation reordering for optimisation it may contain a ROB / ...
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How is the micro-op cache tagged?
According to Real World Technologies’ article on “Intel’s Sandy Bridge Microarchitecture”:
“Sandy Bridge’s uop cache is organized into 32 sets and 8 ways, with 6 uops per line, for a total of 1.5K ...
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Is i7-940XM compatible with rPGA989 socket?
Is the Intel i7-940XM compatible with a rPGA989 socket?
My laptop is a ASUS K52JT with a Pentium P6200 processor.
Can I replace it with i7-940XM?
If I can, at which frequencies can I run it?
The ...
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How CPU speed is managed vs CPU utilization?
I often see, in the performance monitor, CPU speed varying according to CPU utilization: When utilization increases speed increases:
However sometimes this relationship is inverted: Speed ...
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What is Intel's Extreme Edition CPU?
I have tried to google exactly this question, but couldn't find a simple explanation of that.
What are major differences(i.e. percentage)/pros of Extreme Edition compared to non-extreme edditions?
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PSU required wattage
I am planning on buying, when it's released, an i7-9700k with an Asus Z390 Maximus Hero XI and a 1070ti. I currently own a Corsair H100i V2, 2x 8gb Kingston ddr4, 3x thermaltake riing 120mm fans.
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Lenovo T480 with i7-8650U drops down to 399 MHz and stays there
Sometimes, my laptop will suddenly start performing very poorly. I thought it might be overheating, so I checked HWMonitor and saw that the temperatures were fine. What I did see however is that the ...
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Parallels does not trigger Turbo Boost on a Mac Book Pro
I've asked this question on PD forum but I think there are more audiences here... Here the question comes :)
I tried a simple google search and comes out nothing so I guess few have noticed about ...
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When did Intel start supporting "high density RAM / memory" & will the Core i7-3770 support it? [duplicate]
I have multiple HP Compaq Elite 8300 CMT (with Core i7-3770 processors) workstations that accept DDR3-1600 (PC3-12800) memory. I was about to order some memory of this specification: "(4x8GB) DDR3-...
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Cannot see CPU temperature on Intel Extreme Tuning Utility
I recently bought a laptop for gaming with Windows. After have seen some video tutorial I started dealing with Intel Extreme Tuning Utility to decrease CPU performance while not playing in order to ...
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i7-8700k non-OC turbo boost frequency / single core performance
My 8700k has lower then average single core performance related to other non-oc 8700k bench results, while multicore is OK. I've noticed frequency never rises above 4.3 ghz, I never see promised turbo ...
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Long Boot (2 min 47 ) after OS reinstall
Okey so here's the thing. I got my new Helios 300.
After i replaced the endless os against Win8.1, later Win10, it seems that i lose more and more Speed and have a longer boot time.
I already did ...
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New Notebook is extrem slow after clean Win10 install
Okey so my problem is, i bought the Acer Predator Helios 300.
It came with the endless os. And after installing Win 8.1 ( which said i couldnt use Win 8.1 bc it wouldnt support my CPU -> I7 7th Gen) ...
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Computer Specs High Terrible Performance
I wasn’t sure if this was the right place to ask but I’m just going to throw it out there. I’ve got a laptop I bought a while ago which has supposedly wild specifications for a laptop. It’s an ASUS ...
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Is there any issue running Windows 7 on an 7th Gen. Intel CPU (Kaby Lake)?
Is there any issue running Windows 7 on an 7th Gen. Intel CPU (Kaby Lake) aside from:
Windows Update may not work properly (I know it can be patched, e.g. using
wufuc)
as always, one has to check ...
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Can I use both Integrated and Discrete graphics for increased FPS?
I upgraded to Windows 10 Fall Creators Update recently, and when I went to Task Manager, I found that they now have the option to monitor GPU usage (Thumbs up to Microsoft, that feature is going to be ...
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LGA 2011 socket (i7-3930K) pin DDR2_CS_N[5] SSTL broken. Socket is toast?
EDIT: It seems that my 4am self, even with a quadruple check, managed to have an off-by-one error :) The pin is actually P18 which is listed as 'P18 DDR2_CS_N[5] SSTL O' I'm guessing this means it's ...
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How to set a permanent Affinity Mask
How can I set affinity mask for all of my cores on an i7 6700k on a certain program, I know you can do it through Task Manager but that is only temporary and resets after the program is shut down.
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