Asus Auto O/C CPU Error?

Nuclear101

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Hi all,

So recently I let the ASUS motherboard (P8 Z68 V-LX) try to auto overclock my cpu, but after it was fully finished, my intel i5-2500k would go down to 1.6 GHz before spiking to 4.2 GHz.

Can someone please help me figure this out?

Thanks,

Nuclear101
 

Dleslie212

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Jul 1, 2013
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Isn't that pretty much what SpeedStep does? Throttle down the CPU when it's not needed to save on power and temperature? This is what mine does, idles around 2.4 and jumps up to 4.2 when under load.