[Tfug] "Downgrading" ("underclocking?") processors

Zack Williams zdwzdw at gmail.com
Mon Feb 17 21:07:24 MST 2014


On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> While lots of folks *upgrade* CPU's, does anyone have any
> experience with *downgrading* a CPU?

You might look up "undervolting" on various PC forums - the power (and
thus heat) is the square of the voltage used, so lowering the clock
speed and voltage results in less power usage.

Most of the references I've found are almost entirely Windows based though.

- Zack




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