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(IDLE) CPU go to lower than base clock?

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When you are not using your PC (CPU specifically) too much, the system will clock certain parts down to conserve energy.

A variance of 200-300Mhz of clocks is not weird too, when not fully using your CPU.

 

This is normal.

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Is it normal if my cpu go to lower than base clock. Ex. Ryzen 5 2600 with 3.4ghz. when idle its going to 3.2-3.3ghz. Sorry for this strange question. I only know cpu only run at base clock - max clock.

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When you are not using your PC (CPU specifically) too much, the system will clock certain parts down to conserve energy.

A variance of 200-300Mhz of clocks is not weird too, when not fully using your CPU.

 

This is normal.

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16 minutes ago, minibois said:

When you are not using your PC (CPU specifically) too much, the system will clock certain parts down to conserve energy.

A variance of 200-300Mhz of clocks is not weird too, when not fully using your CPU.

 

This is normal.

Oh thank you so much

Ryzen 5 2600 / MSI B350 Tomahawk / GALAX RTX 2060 6GB (1-Click OC) / Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 8x2GB / ADATA SX6000 LITE 512 M.2 NVME / KLEVV 128 GB SATA / Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200rpm / Seasonic Focus Gold 550W / Tecware Nexus C

Upgrade Plan: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 RAM: GSkill TridentZ RGB 3200MHz/3600MHz MB: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX

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