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Is underclocking safe?

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I underclocked my A10-7890k from 4.1ghz to 3.7 ghz in the UEFI with my Asus A68HM-E. Is it safe?

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Why...

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3 minutes ago, Jrock said:

Why...

Yes, why would you want to do this.

 

To answer the question.  yes, you could even undervolt a bit if you want lower temps.

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1 minute ago, Technozo said:

Just to get back at my sister.

LOL put it down to 1.5ghz if you really wanna do that lmao

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5 minutes ago, Technozo said:

Just to get back at my sister.

LMAO underclock to like 200 MHz, replace the hard drive and install windows 95 or 3.1.

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10 minutes ago, Technozo said:

Just to get back at my sister.

Yeah it's safe. What did she do to you? Hahah

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3 hours ago, Technozo said:

Just to get back at my sister.

That is funny, I would also love to know what she did to upset you that much to go through the effort of asking if underclocking is safe just to get back at her - its a good idea until she throws it out of a window!

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if she asks you what you think is wrong with it, make sure to suggest that a virus will slow down the computer

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4 hours ago, Technozo said:

Just to get back at my sister.

Dude that's hilarious, what'd she do?

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LMAO yeah underclothing is extremely safe cause it is less of a strain on the CPU. Your poor sister.

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I believe it's possible to underclock to the point of inoperability, but I doubt it will physically damage hardware.

 

I would simply disable all the cores except for the first if you desire light sabotage.  More effective than messing with clockspeeds.

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ouch google kicked me there lol. Oh well I meant under-clocking. But meh whatever.

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She's greedy and I get less computer time due to school.

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