I was considering overclocking my CPU a little bit because I have never done it before and wanted to start somewhere but before I got into it I ran OCCT to test some things and noticed that my CPU UNDERCLOCKS up to 25% before it even reaches 45 degrees! does anyone have any idea why it would be doing this?
I have to admit I am normally the type to build and forget but I wanted to start getting more out of my investments. That said I don't know how dumb these questions may be. When running OCCT the overclock goes anywhere from +17% to -25% and usually in the negative. This seems to happen as soon as the temperatures start reaching 44 degrees. and never exceed 52 degrees.
The clock speed fluctuates wildly under full load I don't know how normal that is. As a side note my PSU is pretty old I don't know if that has anything to do with it but its 550 volts
CPU = AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz 6 core
Mobo = ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS
Video = SAPPHIRE 100358L Radeon HD 7770
RAM = G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866
HDD = SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST250DM001 / HD253GJ 250GB
OS = Windows 7 64bit
Thank you so much in advance
I have to admit I am normally the type to build and forget but I wanted to start getting more out of my investments. That said I don't know how dumb these questions may be. When running OCCT the overclock goes anywhere from +17% to -25% and usually in the negative. This seems to happen as soon as the temperatures start reaching 44 degrees. and never exceed 52 degrees.
The clock speed fluctuates wildly under full load I don't know how normal that is. As a side note my PSU is pretty old I don't know if that has anything to do with it but its 550 volts
CPU = AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz 6 core
Mobo = ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS
Video = SAPPHIRE 100358L Radeon HD 7770
RAM = G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 1866
HDD = SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 ST250DM001 / HD253GJ 250GB
OS = Windows 7 64bit
Thank you so much in advance