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How to enable hardware virtualization on Asus motherboard

I have motherboard model: Asus MB P8Z68-V LX; LGA1155, Intel Z68 and processor Intel Core i7-2600 (LGA1155)

Searches on the Internet indicate hardware virtualization should be possible with these components, but I am not able to enable it.

There is no such option in the BIOS, I have also tried with the answer from this question but there is no path Advanced - CPU Configuration - Intel Virtualization Technology (the last one is missing)

Can you please help me enable hardware virtualization?

Thanks.

Differences between i7 2600 and i7 2600K

I looked at their specifications on intel.

It seems i7 2600K has HD Graphics 3000 while the i7 2600 has HD Graphic 2000. But other than that, the i7 2600 has several options and features that the i7 2600K lack.

How is it possible that the 2600K loses on intel's website and supasses the 2600 in a benchmark test?

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

CPU monitoring: hyper threading, current clock speed

I think it'd be interesting if it were possible to check out at how much Ghz each one of my cores is running. Is it possible, at all?

How to disable 2 cores on a quadcore i7?

I have a laptop with a quadcore i7 that runs hot. I don't need 2 of the cores. How can I shut them off?

i7 920 CPU doesn't come with thermal paste for the cooler?

I installed my new i7 920 CPU and cooler that came with it. It didn't come with any thermal paste, so I guess it is not required?

I really hate these snap-in 'screws', they pop out easy!

What is the difference between an Intel i7 and a Xeon quad core processor?

I know the Xeon processors have been around for a long time and are mostly used in servers, but I am curious, why do people not use the Xeons in a high performance desktop?

As far as I know about the best desktop processor out there now is the Intel Core i7 line. The i7's and Xeons are both quad-core processors, what is the main difference in these? I just saw that the MacBook Pro's are using the quad core Xeons instead of the i7's.

What's the max memory i7 processors can use?

There are lots of i7 motherboards that support 64GB memory, and even one that supports 128GB: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130681

But I read that i7 CPUs can't access more than 32GB of memory on some forums. Is this true?

If so, then what's the point of those motherboards?

For what sort of workload can a Core i7-920 be faster than a i7-860?

Core i7-860 has a slightly higher clock speed (2.8 vs 2.66 GHz)

Core i7-920 has QPI and tri-channel DDR3 (vs DMI and dual-channel)

Is my i7 CPU running too hot?

Here's my setup

• Intel i7 940 - stock speed
• 12GB DDR3 RAM
• ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
• 2x 10k RPM Velociraptor Hard drives

At no load, room temperature my cpu cores consistently read: 43 43 46 43 (Celsius)

The 3rd core is always a little hotter... don't know if maybe the thermal paste was spread uneven or something or if that core is always constantly selected by Windows by background tasks.

I built this computer last December, when the heat was actually worse because I had broken the stock fan. I'm currently using a highly rated aftermarket cpu fan/heatsink (can't remember the name). Those numbers seem to be the best I could do after removing the fan & heatsink and reapplying it several times.

I know the i7 runs hot, but this seems very hot. I've seen much lower numbers posted from people using the i7 920, albeit most had much less RAM than me (does the extra RAM generate more heat?).

Thanks in advance.

How to disable SpeedStep for an Intel Core i7 processor?

I'm taking performance measurements of several bits of code. How can I disable SpeedStep on my Core i7 CPU so that the CPU clock speed is constant? I'm not trying to overclock here, and since SpeedStep only throttles up when it's safe (given the CPU temperature) to do so, I expect turning off SpeedStep will throttle it down to the minimum. That's fine. I just need it constant.

Setting power options to High Performance does not disable SpeedStep.

I am using a Dell Studio 1558 if that's relevant.

Are 6th-generation Intel processors slower than 4th-generation?

I'm looking at building a computer for my brother. Back when I built my own I used a 4th-gen CPU. My thinking is "well he should obviously have the latest generation because they say they're always faster than the previous generation".

But when looking at benchmarks, I'm seeing the 4th-gen CPU that I used as cheaper and faster than the latest 6th-gen offering.

So 3 questions:

1. Why is the benchmark slower?
2. Is 6th-gen actually slower?
3. Why would someone choose 6th-gen if 4th-gen is faster and cheaper?

Research: - My 4th Gen Processor: i7-4790K - Latest 6th Gen Processor offering: i7-6700K - Benchmarks: https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

What hardware combonation is better one with a i7-720QM processor and GeForce 310M graphics or one with i5-430M processor and GeForce 360M?

I am looking for a new laptop and the two i am deciding between is an Asus with Intel® Core™ i5-430M processor and NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M graphics. Or a Toshiba with the Intel® Core™ i7-720QM processor and NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics.

Other than that both are the same with 16" screen but the Toshiba has the 500GB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm) and the Asus has the 500GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 rpm).

I am looking for a computer to use for college and be able to play games on. I want to know what one I should get they are both the same price.

GPU at >= 100% for Intel HD Graphics 3000

On my brand new Lenovo W520 (with Sandy Bridge, 2820QM) and with default settings and on battery power, the "Power Manager" status shows that the GPU usage is constant at 100% or larger. Is this usual? The CPU usage goes down to 34% (798 MHz) when the laptop is idle, as expected.

This is also the case when no additional applications are running. If I understand correctly, the GPU in use is the i7 HD Graphics 3000, which is what I see in CPU-Z. It runs at 650 MHz in idle mode, matching the "Graphics Base Frequency" in Intel's CPU specs. In contrast, the CPU clock speed is 2.3 GHz, i.e., 3 times the idle frequency.

Is it expected that the GPU cannot switch down to a lower frequency for saving power? It would be nice if its power usage would go below 100%...

Triple vs. Dual Channel with 6 sticks of memory

Assuming a Core i7 with a x58 chipset (IOW, triple-channel is supported)... I'm trying to decide if I need to buy triple channel memory kits. The MB has 6 slots, and I will populate them all. So I've got two options:

1) Buy 2 triple-channel kits (3x2g sticks) identical kits

2) Buy 3 dual-channel kits (2x2g sticks) identical kits

Either way I have 6 identical sticks and 12Gig. And if the difference between dual and triple memory is in the controller, then I don't see the difference. Since I'm loading all 6 slots either way won't I end up with triple-channel access?

Everything I've seen on the net talks about 2 sticks vs. 3 sticks, and obviously 2 sticks can't do triple channel. However, with 6 sticks I should be ok regardless of how I buy them, yes?

FWIW, 12G purchased as 2 triple-channel kits will be ~$500, but 12G purchased as 3 dual-chanel kits would be $270. Big difference. Especially if I end up with triple-channel either way.

i7-980X at 70% speed

Hi we bought a nice computer to use to solve optimization problems.

Intel i7-980X@3,33 GHz with 12 GB of Team Group 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM.

When we use Gurobi the computer uses all 12 cores at maximum in the beginning of the solve. However after a while (about 8 hrs) it all cores jump between 65 and 85%

When I solve the same models on an i7 930 all cores are at a near 100% level even after longer solution times.

We first thought that the Hard disk was the bottleneck since Gurobi writes out nodefiles after the memorylimit is used.

However since the new computer have 12 GB of RAM we put the memorylimit to 7 GB so the solver only used the RAM and still with the same performance in the processor.

Any ideas about the bottleneck?

As I said earlier it works at 100% for the first hours or so . Thanks very much for any answers! Our plan was to overclock it but we can't even get it to work at normal speed yet!