FX4170 showing as 4.55ghz with no overclocking performed. Automatic?

the3holepuncher

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Ok, so, I built my pc back in fall of last year(october), and the final setup I came up with was

1 x COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest ...

1 x CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 V2 750W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance ...

1 x OCZ Vertex 4 VTX4-25SAT3-128G 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

1 x MSI N660Ti PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

1 x COOLER MASTER RC-692A-KKN5 Black Steel body / Plastic + Mesh bezel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

1 x SAMSUNG DVD Burner SATA Model SH-224BB/RSBS

1 x AMD FX-4170 Zambezi 4.2GHz (4.3GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W Quad-Core Desktop Processor FD4170FRGUBOX

8 x COOLER MASTER R4-BMBS-20PK-R0 Blade Master 120mm Case Fan(not using all of them, ended up overordering, think I have 4-5 in the case)

1 x Team Xtreem Dark Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model TXD38192M1600HC9DC-D

1 x ASUS Sabertooth 990FX AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS

Windows 7

Now, I built it myself, etc, and haven't messed with the clocking at all, but when I checked the system specs on my control panel, I noticed my cpu is running a steady 4.55ghz.

It's specced as a 4.2 with a 4.3 turbo, so is it a naturally fast chip, or did my system clock itself up based on the cooling I gave it? Just wanted to make sure I am not doing something wrong.
 

oddlyinsane

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I'm not quite sure what the problem is here. If anything, its alright as long as temperatures are below 40C at idle and below 75C at load. Above those temps and youve got a problem.
Considering you have an EVO, i wouldn't be worrying if I were you :)

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