How to Enable Turbo Boost on I5

A simple and easy guide to manually enabling Turbo Boost on your i5 processor

Last Updated: May 5, 2023

This wikiHow teaches you how to enable Turbo Boost Technology on your Intel i5-equipped PC. Many manufacturers enable Turbo Boost by default, but you may need to make a quick change in your BIOS to get it to work.

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Boot your PC into the BIOS. Here’s an easy way to do so from Windows 10: ^{[1]
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- Click Settings
  
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- Click Update & security .
- Click Recovery .
- Click Restart now under ″Advanced Startup.″ The PC will reboot to a blue screen.
- Click Troubleshoot on the blue screen.
- Click Advanced options .
- Click UEFI Firmware Settings .
- Click Restart . The computer will now reboot into the BIOS.
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Go to the CPU/processor configuration screen. The BIOS will look different depending on who manufactured your motherboard. In most cases, the setting for Turbo Boost will be in a menu called CPU Specifications , CPU Features , Advanced Core Features , or something similar.
- Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to navigate the BIOS, and press ↵ Enter to make your selections.
- Press Esc to go back a screen.
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You’ll usually see either ″Enabled″ or ″Disabled″ beside it. If you see ″Enabled,″ you don’t need to change anything in the BIOS.
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The exact key to press should appear at the bottom of the BIOS. In most cases, it’ll be F10 .
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Press Esc and then follow the on-screen instructions to restart. When your PC comes back up, Turbo Boost will be enabled.

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I'm assuming this will make the CPU run warmer?

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Yes, overclocking a CPU will increase the heat at which it runs and also make it more prone to "heat throttling." Ensure that your setup has sufficient cooling, or you may end up overheating the system, or causing it to run less efficiently.

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