Hi, I just bought an AMD FX-8300 to replace my FX-8120 but after updating my motherboard's bios (Gigabte 990FXA-UD3) and booting up, when I right click on my computer Windows shows the processor running at 3.1Ghz when it should be at 3.3? Is there anything special I should be doing after changing processors?
AMD FX-8300 why does Windows show 3.1Ghz?
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captaincharisma
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is the speed displaying correctly in the BIOS? you can also use a program called CPU-Z to check the actual speed
Also when I run Prime 95 it doesn't get over 3120mhz in CPU-Z or Core Temp. The max temp is only 25C under load which is awfully low! I'm totally confused. Max TDP is 94.9W as it is supposed to be a 95W processor is it possible that it was underclocked by AMD to stay below 95W?
TheMagicalWallaby
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TheMagicalWallaby
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When running a stress test like prime 95 or intel burn test, do you ever see your CPU speed shoot down?
I' running prime 95 now and all 8 cores are at 3300mhz but they each shoot down to 2900ish for a split second and then go back to 3300. They don't stay at 3300 constantly. Coretemp says 201.31x16.5 but the multiplier goes down to 14.5 for those split seconds.
TheMagicalWallaby
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II'm sorry Im a bit tired right now.
So how long does the speed drop down for, and do any workers stop?
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