I Underclocked My 5820K to 1.2GHz. This is What Happened:

[@OzTalksHW]

Despite the inconsistent frame times, it actually did better than I expected.

[@GregSalazar]

Agreed. Especially in BF1.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

On what speed is your Q6600 running? I have mine not at hand by my X5460 (basically a Q9770) goes with around 45 in CB R15 and slightly above 8k in Geekbench. Haven't tested any of the games here yet but it results close to 60-80% of an i5-4460.

[@darthpotato1987]

OzTalksHW hey dude

[@hillbillysamurai]

OzTalksHW Why don't you have a checkmark by your name? Fuck youtube.

[@Doomx12345]

hey maan:p I like both your guys' channels... keep up the awesome work!

[@NotRezzOnYT]

when an underclocked i7 outperforms your cpu

[@dvgog]

Rezkha Zeany ikr my athlon 2 x2 270 @4.2 gets 208 cb soooo and mine isn't overclocked ;-;

[@jfoldger1184]

whats your CPU tho?

[@NotRezzOnYT]

Fruit salad athlon 880k

[@jfoldger1184]

hold on, im becoming a christian so i can pray for you

[@danielmcrae1706]

Rezkha Zeany in the same boat, but Zen is right around the corner ;)

[@domojim]

"Don't try this at home. Go to a friend's house and try it on his/her computer." lol

[@maxinator317]

Jimmy M that actually sounds like a really funny prank. Go into the bios of your none techy friend while hes not looking and underclock the cpu

[@AffaanMustafa]

true

[@evanmedi6144]

what are the odds of a none-techy friend to have a "Z" MB

[@maxinator317]

Evan Medi very high

[@niter43]

Evan Medi you don't need a Z motherboard to underclock? I'm pretty sure that my H110 mb does have option to set multiplier lower than stock.

[@TPixelAdventures]

I want Greg to peel the plastic off my motherboards.

[@ConcretorumAzoth]

Please peel me Greg.

[@creep4415]

Trieste08 this video is for when you are #outofideas so lame.

[@CaveyMoth]

This sounds so apPEELing!

[@hypnotised-clover]

Trieste08 prick

[@TPixelAdventures]

pinned post! WE'RE GOING UP IN THE WORLD, PEOPLE! :P

[@rednafi]

so you turned your pc into a macbook?

[@TheKtech49]

Still better than a MacBook with those 1.2 Ghz framerates

[@asuasuasu]

SAVAGE (if at least it wasn't true...)

[@DiceAir]

macbook can be 20GHz over 9000 cores but still can't play BF1 when mac os is installed

[@TheKtech49]

DiceAir If Mac OS is installed games run at 3 Fps. It's common knowledge

[@kearygallagher]

not gonna be salty its true my macbook air's clock speed is like 1.3 ghz lmaoooo

[@selectionn]

"Don't try this at home. Go to a friend's house and try it on his/her computer." nice description

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

How I'm no longer a friend.

[@tacokoneko]

step 1: underclock step 2: remove fan step 3: ??? step 4: 0db achieve

[@brianchapman8757]

Step 3 is unplug

[@Dibiot]

South Park?

[@ujiltromm7358]

Yes. PROFIT !

[@KorieHulsey]

๖ۣۜ♥๖̶tacokitten๖̶ step 3 clear thermal paste

[@orangeapples]

1.2GHz looks like console mode.

[@ventur9025]

orangeapples shots fired

[@CMDRunematti]

yeah but same performance as this underclock

[@KyanbuXM]

Yeah that's about around the clock speed for the base model PS4/X1/ and if the rumors are true, the Switch as well. So I suppose it's no surprise these did a lot better then some of us expected performance wise. Ivan, PS4's is actually around 1.2 GHz as well. It's the GDDR5 ram and the slightly better GPU that edge it out above the X1.

[@cadetsparklez3300]

i thought its 1.8 and pro is 2.3

[@MischieviousJirachi]

CadetSparklez Ummm, I actually bought it for thanksgiving.

[@Centbair]

Underclock = kitty Overclock = Lion

[@RedlineRob]

Also confirmed your computer underclocked to 1.25ghz is still faster than a console.

[@noobjitsu1743]

jordocondi consoles have trouble with 30fps so in most cases it will outproform the old new consoles xbone and ps4

[@RedlineRob]

jordocondi 😂

[@jackmcb3211]

there are very few games that the ps4 can run at 60fps, and yes, they do struggle

[@jackmcb3211]

jordocondi the majority of 60fps ps4 games are indie games hahah, i use console and pc but be fuckin real, resident evil 2 =not stable at 60fps, outlast = not stable, dead or alive 5 = even cinematics are locked at 30fps,dmc definitive edition=not stable, the next console that will be able to compete with PC is xbox Scorpio and maybe Sony's next PlayStation

[@YellowKoro]

*cough* last guardian

[@kevinsan2kml]

NINTENDO RUMORED CLOCK

[@ZackSNetwork]

Kevinsan ps What does Nintendo have to do with this?

[@countbaker5595]

Kevinsan ps You are dreaming if you think it's that high

[@ZackSNetwork]

AriAir Oni Not even the PS4 Pro is that high 2.2 Ghz Jaguar CPU.

[@SeraphCrimson777]

Have a source on that?

[@noobulon4334]

guys, you're talking about gpu clock speeds. for reference the titan xp runs at ~1.5ghz. your average phone gpu runs at 3-400mhz iirc and neither of those numbers mean anything because gpu performance comes from having lots of cores and shader units, not having strong cores.

[@goggster8940]

you have 177k subs now. exactly 177,000

[@GregSalazar]

I am honored!

[@UaE0BoSS1]

illuminati confirmed !

[@logangabree535]

Salazar Studio I might be building my first PC soon

[@joshuamoran903]

wo doohd

[@tlita93]

lol what a strange coincidence :) imgur.com/a/2qNqI

[@juansantiago164]

Next time disable cores and underclock it

[@CMSonYT]

This shows that even at 1.2 Ghz, Haswell is faster than the PS4.

[@Folopolis]

Consoles use Jaguar cores at that, which are far worse per clock than Bulldozer/Piledriver. However, they're actually better than Intel's competition - Silvermont.

[@xXYannuschXx]

They pretty much live from having 8 cores and using the same memory for CPU + GPU. It's hard to tell how much this helps with the bad performance per clock per core, but looking at the graphics capability of the PS4 and PS4 Pro it doesn't seem too much of a problem.

[@HoveringAboveMyself]

@Folopolis "Better" is a bit subjective when they require 3 times the power consumption for a

[@techbuildspcs]

Mindaugas7100 lmao

[@WhiteoutTech]

i would like to see 3cores+HT@4.6ghz vs 6cores+HT@2.3ghz

[@Lawlsworth1337]

3 core cpu's don't exist lol the design of the inside of cpu's doesn't allow an odd number of cores

[@MrSlehofer]

shadow336k uhm, phenom x3 cpus

[@zxc30738]

You do realize you can disable cores and hyperthreading in the bios right?

[@Lawlsworth1337]

gdfschimpi007 yes I knew that sherlock

[@MrSlehofer]

shadow336k point is, you said they don't exist

[@icanhaspizza616]

Some of your experiments are just goofy. And that's why I love them!

[@UsingInvisibleInk]

Damn it I was studying for a chem test tomorrow but I got a notification of a new upload :(

[@GregSalazar]

School comes first!

[@thereviewguru5329]

+Salazar Studio *proceeds to watch an entire Playlist of your videos*

[@whatby101]

Are you actually me?

[@canadiangoose7098]

did you pass?

[@jonadams8305]

started watching a few videos and was debating on a sub... until the Break Bad bit came on and i was never so sure of something in my life. subbed x1000

[@elijah_9392]

Skylake has a feature called inverted hyper threading, which is all (or some) cores coming together to make a super core. Skylake-X will have that, so will you change your mind on the X series?

[@jurisreno]

I like the fact that your thumbnail is straight forward, keep it up

[@big_cheese_guy]

You need to run a REAL benchmark, like 16 command blocks with '/summon ender_dragon' being hit by a two repeater clock at max speed on minecraft, then see how long it takes to hit 1 fps. Joking aside, try this. It is actually great fun

[@GregSalazar]

I've actually conducted TNT benchmarks in Minecraft in a separate video.

[@big_cheese_guy]

Salazar Studio Oh? I've only done that on my last craptop, not yet my most recent setup. But my build got drop kicked by the test i ran

[@akabiscuitwaffle]

It actually wouldn't vary much. Minecraft doesn't multi thread very well (except the W10 version of it). Java also has some serious bottlenecks limiting how fast the game can run. Meaning it's ability to efficiently use hardware is not-so-good to say the least. What I'm getting at is- the point where your hardware is powerful enough to play Minecraft VS how powerful it has to be to "max" it, is a very small window with a quick diminishing returns on performance after you reach recommended spec, and that's why it makes for a very bad benchmark- because it scales poorly.

[@yoshoinks2273]

This is the guy who would say bananas are cylinders

[@98suprafanatic11]

How on earth did you manage to get a 34fps minimum with two 1070's on witcher?

[@GregSalazar]

It was underclocked to 1.2GHz.

[@GregSalazar]

Oh, for mins, I had everything set to Ultra, and hairworks included.

[@thedapperllama6579]

Is hairworks only on certain games, as a setting in the graphics options?

[@98suprafanatic11]

Salazar Studio No. Your minimum for the 4.6Ghz oc was 36 fps

[@98suprafanatic11]

Salazar Studio I don't get how you can run the witcher with two 1070's and a 5820k oc'ed to 4.6ghz and only run it in 1080p and dip that low

[@coldeng.9594]

That video alone made me cry from laughter. Good stuff Greg.... good stuff

[@OnionRingsGaming]

I really gotta watch breaking bad again, best show ever.

[@OnionRingsGaming]

What? I didn't say anything about a movie.

[@WayStedYou]

its a tv series not a movie if thats what you meant

[@OnionRingsGaming]

Ok well potato its a series on Netflix, its called breaking bad

[@aaronlewchuck3410]

came here to say that, that scene makes me want to rewatch it beginning to end

[@pabloescobar7214]

Same here

[@romanp1085]

Your videos are always so good and detailed!

[@xfibO-h7n]

that hue+ joke was just terrible lol

[@GregSalazar]

It has special meaning to this channel.

[@xfibO-h7n]

I've been here long enough :V HUE HUE

[@Fox420]

it got me tho

[@Zachary_Sweis]

This is the first video I've seen of yours and I'm totally subbed now. WHY?! Because I learned a lot, it wasn't just "Hey, I underclocked my cpu and now games run worse, bye!" You explained the how and the why. Thanks.

[@maxinator317]

the 1.2 ghz processor runs better than my amd fx 4130

[@maxinator317]

Dumberla I'm getting a new intel processor so more like i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/142/feelsgood.jpg

[@Mario2x2]

Yea the underclocked 5820K 1,2ghz ran pretty much the same as my fx-4100 while being overclocked at 4,5ghz

[@shahri600]

My phone has 1.6 ghz😂😂😂

[@hawkeyepierce9241]

Your honestly a man after my own heart Salazar. Personally what I like to do is build gaming PC's that specifically match the tech specs of game consoles. Reason being is because that's all developers seem to care about nowadays and I refuse to pay a fee to play online. So I build relatively inexpensive PC's to match the performance of consoles and I've had a lot of success doing it that way. The PS4 Pro is currently the most powerful console with a 2.1 GHz 8 core processor for a total processing power of 16800 MHz. All I do is make sure my CPU has a total processing power of at least 16800 MHz and that my video card matches the GPU specs of the PS4 Pro followed by how much RAM the system has. By following those steps I've never had an issue with any game and I run everything on Windows 7. A lot of PC gamers take everything to such an extreme and it's pointless because few things are optimized for it. So it's basically a waste of money in a lot of ways.

[@Chuckiele]

Wow, those framerates are better than on my overclocked Phenom xD

[@get-in-2-get-out774]

Phenom or Phenom II ? Its a old CPU now, but it was very good for gamers in the past. I still use my 1055T@ 3.55GHz on my secundary Rig to this day.

[@Chuckiele]

Get-In-2-Get-Out I have a 1100T at 3.8GHz and its absolutely unusable for City Skylines or GTA 5. It used to be great of course but I wouldnt use my old Athlon XP anymore either and I consider it one of the best CPUs of all times. You need to accept that the day comes that you gonna have to let go of things that used to be awesome. Im just wondering if upgrading to an FX would make sense at least for reselling it later, but I highly doubt that xD

[@get-in-2-get-out774]

I see, its always good to see a fellow Phenom II user ! =D With my 1055T@3.55 GHz + HD6950( 898/1313MHz + 1536SP unlocked ) Im able to play GTA_V around 53 FPS on 900p and around 45 FPS on 1080p, this being with optimized settings, obviously. For a secundary Rig my 1055T is just fine, for now... cause you know... RyZen is coming...

[@Chuckiele]

Get-In-2-Get-Out I have mine paired with the HD7870 and im having acceptable framerates on new games with moderate settings but I have a 1440p screen aaaand you get my point xD I plan on building a RyZen rig with RX480(s) or Vega if that comes early enough, but im still not sure if upgrading my CPU now is worth it. xD

[@xander-3190]

still using 8400 :c

[@haris525]

Great video Greg ! Thumbs up!

[@CaptainAlliance]

Weirdly enough, while watching this, I was waiting for cities skylines to load, and my brother was playing GTA V. What a coincidence.

[@CodedXtreme]

I really appreciate the information you provide Salazar, keep up the good work man.

[@GavinRemme]

I made a video underclocking my 4690K to 800mhz with similar results.

[@fatmax2195]

Haha your video is the first thing I thought of when I saw this.

[@kevinyoo8652]

Only 6K subscribers, and having someone comment 1 minute after post? Lol, doubt it.

[@floopyflip3003]

Gavin Remme so whats your point?

[@RoKbOy211]

I mean, you can check his channel. The video's right there, lmao.

[@fatmax2195]

Kevin Yoo Lol calm down. I like tech, and I am subbed to both of these channels.

[@Inkrementalgeber]

I tried that with my i7 4790K too when I build my system. This is indeed very interesting to do. I ran my i7 at 1GHz and I didn't notice any deference in normal desktop useage though. Now I run it at 4.8GHZ which is by far better for gaming than 1GHz ^^

[@exidrial431]

"I limited my lambo to 100km/h. This is what happened"

[@SmileUponMe]

Evolved to City car LMAO

[@Supcharged]

more like "I limited my lamb's engine to 100hp''

[@kamsam6914]

greg u do some really cool stuff. keep it up

[@Kniffel101]

How about starting at 1.2GHz, going up 0.1 GHz per Test and looking at how much it improves with each step? :D

[@WaqasKhan-zj5de]

Always some thing new to learn from your videos I'm watching your old videos. keep it up.

[@brunosavastano1851]

why did the elastic dude from fantastic 4 started a KZbin channel about PC's and tech related stuff?

[@GregSalazar]

BC Vic went bankrupt.

[@brunosavastano1851]

Salazar Studio GOLD REPLY

[@ludahfang559]

brunaso lol

[@Hawkbomber]

Another great video, The power of that chip is crazy. With it underclocked, I think its still better then my fx 6300 overclocked at 4.4ghz. That hue hue hue made me laugh more than it should have.

[@InfernoPhoenixFX]

My old PC has a CPU that is 1.2 GHz... locked.

[@ssteinerjr]

Honestly I love videos like these.

[@keppycs]

Is a Xeon E3 1231 V3 a good option for BF1? (considering that Im stuck with lga1150 and a Mobo that doesn't support CPU oc)

[@DJCosmoDropofficial]

I have that CPU - Go for it. BF1 actually heavily favors cores > clocks, but in general the 3.8Ghz limit really isn't a bottle neck.

[@Denasdc]

keppy 3.4-3.8 Ghz 4core 8threads, looks like some locked I7 4770 and similar. should be fine for many years more. I'd worry about gpu more

[@astro_che]

go for an i7/i5 imo

[@drewb242]

Yeah its 50 dollars cheaper than an i7 4790, they are almost the same cpu minus the iGPU which you wont use in a gaming PC and 200mhz less on the base and turbo clock. Personally I would rather have 50 bucks than 200mhz and an iGPU I will never use.

[@tmcclelland47]

You do know that the 1231 is literally just a 4770 sans iGPU and a 400?MHz lower clock, right?

[@thegreatwhitebatshikaka7761]

love the channel, keep doing what you do in the name of science good sir.

[@justinmartinez9828]

My 1070 gets 90-100 fps in bf1 @ 1440p. I have no idea how you get those framerates at 1080 with TWO 1070's.

[@darthpotato1987]

Young D the Diabeto the sli is the problem cos the cards need to sync properly and that is the problem in sli so it shows up less frames to be able to be snycronised

[@SkinUpMonkey]

ProGuy1 Gaming then he should disable sli when it's not working but as far I know sli works fine in BF1 so should be getting better fps than a single card

[@darthpotato1987]

SkinUpMonkey very true but in old games you are gonna get lower fps than juat one

[@SkinUpMonkey]

ProGuy1 Gaming age don't matter, it works or don't work and BF1 is not old

[@samljer]

SLI very rarely doubles performance in most cases, it adds 10-50% depending ENTIRELY on the game. theres a couple that might go as high as 80% but usually, nah. SLI and XFire is a lie lol.

[@isitgoodtodo2834]

You're growing big man last time i was here you had like 20k ish xD congrats

[@erenyaehger6641]

I hate everything about life but I liked the video. Do I click like or dislike?

[@yaguito49]

Eren Yaehger all

[@lotrain84]

Try goin to Google and type in "roll dice online". If you roll high click the Like, if you roll low click the Dislike.

[@ChimichangaTheFox]

Well, that's a very informative video. And good to see the kind of benchmarks not ordinarily used. Subscribed :)

[@grzegorzbrzeczyszczykiewic897]

"Don't try this at home. Go to a friend's house and try it on his/her computer".i thought same thing

[@matheuscosta9241]

Hey man, have two questions. Hope you awnser. First, would you recommend the EVGA 1070? Building a white build so its the prettiest. Second, OCZ ssd is a great choice? Have an Samsung 850 evo and planning to buy other ssd. Thanks and keep the great job

[@matheuscosta9241]

potato! They're pretty good, from usage to benchmarks. Consistency on file transfer either

[@SASMrSmall]

potato! Why isn't it good? I have heard amazing comments about it and vids showing its performance.

[@zombiescivies4571]

Greg where was the minecraft benchmark? smh

[@GregSalazar]

I was tempted. Shoulda woulda coulda. With that epic mod.

[@DogsAreCoolerThanHumans]

Ahhh I see you´ve got some great taste on cabs (got the same 1960 Lead). Nice! What head did you get?

[@JDBARNES123]

I took my Nan and underclocked her

[@jjaurrgui]

Did she die lol

[@JDBARNES123]

DatCoolGamer - IsReality No but it got pretty messy

[@peoplesgame1]

Do it like 69.

[@MiRoKi1000]

*undercocked

[@chocosansa4179]

what camera and lens are you using to film your videos? great quality!!

[@planetwisconsin9901]

That Marshall cabinet is very close to your head.

[@GregSalazar]

No, it's about 2-3 feet from my head.

[@mcseppuku]

Great video, just what I was looking for.

[@Steveeee]

This Moment when GTA 5 on MAX SETTINGS has more FPS on the underclocked CPU than you have on MIN Settings.

[@TheRuiner781]

Bad ass Marshall cab behind you! However, why is it up so high? Storage?

[@MABFR01]

I have a 4790K and it won't boot with at least 3.8Ghz?!

[@MABFR01]

Tajwar Studio nah it's solds as a 4GHz but it's made at 3.8.

[@jfoldger1184]

you may have just lost the silicone lottery, not all cpus are exactly the same, some will perform better than others, but theres allot more reasons as to why your CPU is slowing down, check for any power related limitations that could be effecting performance! i had a friend that just had to go into control panel and turn of high performance mode

[@MABFR01]

Wait are you talking about OC ?

[@totisa93]

turn off high performance mode for a desktop? wtf?

[@MABFR01]

Why would you do that ! :((((

[@justinsong6462]

Got a question about Heisenberg. You have 2 EVGA 1070s and why don't you use the evga sli bridge? because it would make the build look even sexier than it is now. Idk if you talked about this in the past but im curious. anyways i love your videos!

[@ZackSNetwork]

Justin Song He tried to use a EVGA SLI bridge but, it was not compatible with his motherboard PCIE alignment. So it would not fit he had to use the SLI bridge that came with his motherboard.

[@Tivis7]

Even that under-clocked PC works better thank mine :/

[@Armi1P]

Good experiment! Could you now do a comparison between single channel slowest possible speed VS quad channel highest possible speed RAM? I wonder if this CPU (OC'd) can benefit from the higher bandwidth, unlike the regular LGA115x "small" CPUs, all tests done on.

[@Rararawr]

Not relevant to the video but I recently overclocked a friends FX 6300 but could only get it to 4GHz. I tried up to 1.4v for 4.2ghz but even that didn't work. I've gotten my 6350 with the same motherboard model to 4.6 and haven't tried higher so I think I'm doing everything right. Is there something I'm missing or is it just really bad silicon lottery luck? Also if I manually input the setting for the working OC it would crash but if I restored my saved setting that were exactly the same it would work.

[@hxhgonkill]

rararawr619 he just has a very unlucky chip

[@GravemindDoom]

1.4v seems pretty high.

[@TheDarkToes]

Genesis 1.4 for fx is pretty normal, you dont know what youre saying. they come at 1.3xx stock

[@killer32620]

Dont worry my fx 6300 is at 4.44 ghz at 1.428 v and cant get it any higher sometimes when i turn on my pc it tells me something went wrong but ive ran it in aida 64 for an hour and it seems fine dont know wth is wrong with it.

[@brettr6895]

rararawr619 I built a cheapo for my little brother with an fx 4300 and 4.3 @ 1.41v is all she could chooch. That is stepping into dangerous voltages too, so I backed it down and got instability. 4.0 @ 1.4 is pretty normal imo

[@Great.Milenko]

can you do a test to see how a slight CPU and GPU underclock will effect temps / fan noise... If i wanted a perfectly silent PC with "OK" framerates (60fps) and reasonable temps, what is the lowest usable speeds for the case, radiator and GPU fans. I'm aware milage will vary depending on setup and cooling systems and even games played, but there has to be a way to correlate fan speeds and noise to clock speeds.

[@WayToManyAssassins]

This video is doing very well for itself.

[@GregSalazar]

It's shocking me, honestly.

[@kieranblazier4058]

I think it's an interesting topic. I'd be really interested in a follow up video focused on trying to find the minimum clock frequency that can run certain GPU bound titles at around the same speed as when clocked fully.

[@wtfskilz]

There's nothing wrong with lowering your CPU speed, as long as you lower your voltage with it.

[@wtfskilz]

Hey you should test Dragon Age Inquisition.

[@LeserDrac333]

Its a good experiment. Under the same fixed variable: The GPU , we are investigating the relationship between clockspeed(manipulated variable) and the framerate(responding variable). I really appreciate your sharing despite you deliberately did this.

[@44ro.n]

0:50 his setup is haunted, look in the area where it says 'EVGA' on the graphics card!

[@Brad_-mc2yp]

that's his shadow you idiot.

[@get-in-2-get-out774]

its called Reflection .

[@44ro.n]

it was a joke ffs

[@Krehnadian]

a really shitty one

[@jonastoth7975]

underclocking is relevant for hpc, since the main cost is powerdraw, and u can get to an optimum with lower clock speeds for some problems.

[@nonononamer]

HUE, HUE, HUE!!!!!!

[@Juanguar]

NoNamer12345 that joke killed me

[@Donnie_Oculus]

what?

[@nonononamer]

+Hue tell me you didn't just make an account named Hue?

[@Donnie_Oculus]

I've had it for over 3 months. now tell me what you called me for. I'm a very busy man.

[@nonononamer]

I am sorry for calling you Mr. Hue. :P.

[@L1307050302]

Great video! Wonder how frequency scales with performance?

[@godsugodsu4719]

can i run gta 5 on ultra or very high settings with intel pentium

[@samjone478]

are you kidding me

[@GamingLife076]

nope, i highly suggest an i5/i7 or upcoming Ryzen. Dual cores suffer in gta5, especially maxed shadows/reflections/distance

[@godsugodsu4719]

ok so im planning on buying a rx 480 for my intel pentium . can i overclock it and run crysis 3 on more than 30 fps with ultra settings and 4k resolution? im planning to game on my new gaming rig for 24/7 but my cooler fan broke so can i use an electric fan instead?

[@godsugodsu4719]

ok so im planning on buying a rx 480 for my intel pentium . can i overclock it and run crysis 3 on more than 30 fps with ultra settings and 4k resolution? im planning to game on my new gaming rig for 24/7 but my cooler fan broke so can i use an electric fan instead?

[@GamingLife076]

if you're planning to buy a 480 just buy a cpu-fan for the love of god. "HIGH STATIC PRESSURE" or short "HSP" Fans. And no, Crysis will bring your pentium on its knees.

[@jazeroth322]

that was a really cool experiment. I am now wondering whether if you took an old chip set (same speed as the under clocked) and ran it side by side to the 4.5 ghz chip would it yield the same results?

[@asmallbabby4205]

man underclocks card to 1/4 speed ... resultant performance 25% of normal. mind blown.

[@waruru9219]

A Small Babby he underclocke his cpu though, which isn't really a card

[@alan138]

Very nice test. I was wonder how much the cpu impact on game performance so this results are very clear for me.

[@animalscars3799]

STILL PERFORMS WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BETTER THAN MY LAPTOP!!! XD HA :)

[@dgerdi]

Nice experiment. Thank you. It is nice to see, how strong today´s CPU´s really are. Underclocked at 1,2 GHz most of the games are still playable at 1080p (!). Not very good, but the underclocked CPU still does the job. And 1,2 GHz is ridiculous low.

[@AmpliphyHD]

1.2 GHz and still better than my pc lmao

[@richiebob2015]

Another good video keep it up :) Can i ask what model camera u use to make your video's looks alot crisper then others. Thank you and have a merry Christmas :)

[@GregSalazar]

ric hard FZ1000 and an ultra low ISO

[@NuSpirit_]

Hue Hue Hue really got me :D

[@emmanieuwenhuis2688]

It amazes me that your severely underclocked run did just as good as my computer in Cinebench and better in GTAV. That is going to change pretty soon though. I am building a new PC for Christmas!

[@ahivan]

thanks, you spoiled my breaking bad serires

[@amperzand9162]

They use magnets at some point. OH GOD

[@redX111t]

Damn, no point to watch it anymore

[@linuxtuxvolds5917]

I really enjoyed the video. Thank you man.

[@iga4184]

You look like that psycho roomate of Chandler from FRIENDS

[@mrsem6670]

Eddie?

[@iga4184]

***** yeah eddie

[@burntferidgerator6848]

IGA Eddie took his goldfish back via pants pocket

[@AK-IT]

Good video. I too, wanted to know the result of a low clock speed in comparisons to a high clock speed, bonus for being a 6-core processor though! This is great for a processor like the xeon E5-2650L because it is a high core count CPU with 14 cores, but only gets around 2.1 GHz max if all cores are active. Would be interesting if you tested in 500 MHz or 1 GHz frequencies (1 GHz, 2 GHz, 3 GHz, 4 GHz, maybe 5 GHz) to see if the percentage difference increases, decreases, or is linear with the increase in CPU frequencies. This will provide data for the minimum frequency for a consumer when buying a processor for games and work.

[@henryjiang9664]

Ha my toaster can run fast than that

[@isitgoodtodo2834]

but hes toaster is more expensive xD

[@neilbasuracing]

That's a damn fast toaster you got there! What does it toast? (obv not bread) Wait let me guess, it toasts underclocked 1070s!

[@marioxd6048]

Henry Jiang you mc book?

[@leberkassemmel]

Actually I run a underclocked Intel Processor as my router. It enables me to passive cool is, and it is great to cut power costs

[@AlbornozVEVO]

Showing framerate benchmarks on youtube is the equivalent of telling my life story to a deaf person.

[@GregSalazar]

No, not at all. Many appreciate the frame time graphs.

[@EvanLaulom]

Salazar Studio i think he was talking about the "guess between the two" frame comparison

[@JoshGaming]

He means he didn't understand any of it

[@ashurgeorge4604]

Hey Salazar Studio, I've been hearing mixed reviews on the DeepCool Captain 240EX. People are complaining about leaks and pump failures in the 1st week. It would be nice to see a video with your thoughts on the product now that it's in Heisenberg.

[@frqgrenade]

Very interesting but not really suprising. Cpu usage along framerate would be nice. Also please do performance vs power usage test.

[@zehDonut]

Do you own a Skylake CPU? Would be interesting to see a Skylake vs Broadwell-E comparison (with disabled cores on the BWE chip ofc)

[@glenwaldrop8166]

What was the single core score on Cinebench? I'd like to see how the single core performance has changed since 1.2GHz days. Cinebench isn't quite the right tool for that, but we all know the scale. Any other synthetics would be appreciated. Anything we may be able to measure against an Athlon or PIII.

[@Matt-ct5ks]

I feel like you missed some major questions. Did the underclock allow the computer to run at a lower power consumption for one. Of course you would not underclock for gaming purposes but what about trying to turn your old rig into a power efficient linux server. Something that handles light requests like a home built NAS or a VOIP server.

[@musician445]

I've only watched a couple of your videos. But right of the bat i noticed that marshall 1960 cabinet behind you. Are you a fellow guitarist my friend? Good cabinet.

[@HypnoticSuggestion]

I have the same Cpu, and I under-clocked it to 2.6Ghz and disabled 2 cores, and tested a bunch of stuff. I wanted to see how the average laptop would fair in cpu performance. Haswell/Haswell-E is still rock solid and even 2.6 will power games perfectly fine, it was never the difference between 60fps and not 60fps, tho it did hold me back on the high end quite a bit. Max frame rates were bad and avg fps was down about 25%, not too bad. I always worry game developers will look at high end and not consider those with avg Cpu's, or especially gamers using gaming laptops, where Cpu performance is often halved compared to a comparable PC.

[@dzsemx]

i built once a PC for 3D rendering, i don't remember the specs but i think it was some 3.6GHz amd quadcore cpu. The only thing i remember that that fan was incredibly noisy under load. I didn't bother myself to change the fan, i just limited to the lowest frequency from power management, that was like 0.9 ghz and it was completely silent and still very fine for everyday tasks. When it was needed for rendering, just set to high power profile and... it sounded like an airplane taking off

[@spencerwaters5962]

I've done the same thing with my fx-8350. I clocked it down to about the same, 1.2 or so. The other thing I had some fun with was turning on only one core per module. Not sure if you have a motherboard that can do that but my gigabyte had the option for one core per compute unit and I actually got better single threaded scores in my cpumark tests.

[@kuksio92]

Just a tip, try to find the biggest core clock speed at this voltage and check the power consumption and temps and make another video with comparison. I once underclocked 4790k on asus z97ar motherboard to 3.0 ghz at about 0.8V and paired with one gtx 980 i had stable gameplay in witcher 3, above 60 fps in novigrad (ofc not ultra max settings/FHD) with gpu bottlenecked. Temps were about 38-40 celsius (dark rock pro 3) and power consumption was about 3 times lower (about 40-50 watts). So, there is some use for underclocking if you dont push your games on uncapped fps, but keep cap at 60 or so.