- Mar 16, 2010
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So I'm running the following system as an HTPC (formerly a home server):
>Zotac A75ITX-A-E (http://www.zotac.com/products/mainboards/amd-cpu/zotac-a75-series/product/zotac-a75-series/detail/a75-itx-wifi.html)
>AMD A8-3870K
>G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1866 (8GB)(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231460)
>Antec 550W PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016)
>Corsair h100i self contained water cooler
I've always noticed that sometimes my system would drag HARD and only earlier this year did I finally investigate and found that my CPU was down-clocking to 2.0Ghz from 3.0Ghz. The multiplier in the bios has always remained at 15x, but sometimes on a restart, the multiplier inside of windows (AMD overdrive) shows only 10x.
I notice this mostly because it appears the GPU portion is being affected as well. I get terrible framerates when I'm watching TV (cablecard tuner) or even on netflix, Amazon Instant Video, YouTube... the whole gambit.
At first I thought it was a heat issue (had a terrible cooler), but the issue persisted even with the h100i which keeps it ice cool!
This isn't a HUGE deal (easy temporary fix), but I feel like there's something I'm missing. I've reinstalled Windows (and Ubuntu) several times, but I consistently have this problem.
As a side note, the system also takes several minutes to load all the way into WMC to be able to actually watch TV. This is in the order of 10 minutes. I think that part of this has to do with the 5400RPM laptop drive I'm booting from (hopefully going to grab an SSD soon), but still 10 minutes seems excessive. I have an SSD that I may test the system with tomorrow, but I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance!
Brisa117
>Zotac A75ITX-A-E (http://www.zotac.com/products/mainboards/amd-cpu/zotac-a75-series/product/zotac-a75-series/detail/a75-itx-wifi.html)
>AMD A8-3870K
>G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1866 (8GB)(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231460)
>Antec 550W PSU (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371016)
>Corsair h100i self contained water cooler
I've always noticed that sometimes my system would drag HARD and only earlier this year did I finally investigate and found that my CPU was down-clocking to 2.0Ghz from 3.0Ghz. The multiplier in the bios has always remained at 15x, but sometimes on a restart, the multiplier inside of windows (AMD overdrive) shows only 10x.
I notice this mostly because it appears the GPU portion is being affected as well. I get terrible framerates when I'm watching TV (cablecard tuner) or even on netflix, Amazon Instant Video, YouTube... the whole gambit.
At first I thought it was a heat issue (had a terrible cooler), but the issue persisted even with the h100i which keeps it ice cool!
This isn't a HUGE deal (easy temporary fix), but I feel like there's something I'm missing. I've reinstalled Windows (and Ubuntu) several times, but I consistently have this problem.
As a side note, the system also takes several minutes to load all the way into WMC to be able to actually watch TV. This is in the order of 10 minutes. I think that part of this has to do with the 5400RPM laptop drive I'm booting from (hopefully going to grab an SSD soon), but still 10 minutes seems excessive. I have an SSD that I may test the system with tomorrow, but I would appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance!
Brisa117
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