Is something wrong with my FX 8350?

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Hey guys. Recently i've noticed a drop in my computer's performance. My rig:

AMD FX 8350
Sapphire R9280X
gskill ripjaws 2x4gb @1600mhz
CX600M
2x1tB hdd and 1x128ssd
Gigabyte UD3P

So, fps in games started being way lower than I usually had. I've been checking temps for overheating, been gettin nothing unusual. GPU doesn't exceed 60 celsius under full load and CPU doesn't exceed 40 (or so, haven't been monitoring it all that much). But today, I popped CPU-Z and went through my cpu's specs. See picture below.

http://i.imgur.com/YbBcpT8.png

I noticed the core speed was at 2k. Shouldn't it be 4k for the 8350? Is this a problem? Voltage isn't lower than normal from what I know of, so should I just boot into BIOS and increase the core speed? Thanks in advance!

Update: So I went into my BIOS and checked all my settings. You can see them in the following album (2, 4 and 5): http://imgur.com/a/f5JUg

Picture number 1 is my computer under a prime95 test. Core speed remains at 2100 Mhz and multiplier at x10.5. I'll go into the BIOS and do the changes you guys suggested.

I also noticed my voltage was way lower than stock and my temps aren't showing it. If it goes back up to stock, will my cpu overheat?

Update 2: I forgot to put the album again xD Fixed. So I went ahead and did the changes in BIOS. After booting into Windows and launching CPU Z and Speedfan, I noticed my core speed is back a 4000. Thanks guys! Although.... My CPU temp shown by Speedfan is up to 40 idle. Isn't that a bit high? Also noticed on CPU Z that my core voltage was up to 1.38V all the way from my 1.030 or so that I had before the BIOS changes. So, could someone give me the avg. idle temp and underload temp for fx8350? Also, to my knowledge the stock voltage is 1.35V, can someone confirm? Thanks!
 
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madmatt30
^ Same board as me too ;)

You can honestly leave cool & quiet though - I like the downclock under low usage - its never intrusive on the ud3p & will only downlock on very light or non existant loads & can switch cores independently.

Id be more inclined to disable turbo core more than anything else.

As long as a prime test keeps all cores at 4ghz there will be no throttling while gaming at all.
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Unless it is some strange CPU-Z error, it appears that your multiplier decided to just shrink down on you, nearly in half. If you look at the picture, right under core speed is the multiplier, one of the settings used to overclock. So, you should, first off go into the bios and check to see if it shows the same speeds and, if so, then adjust the multiplier to the default, or whatever you had it at when and if you overclocked it. I believe the default multiplier is 20, although you may want to just reset your bios to default settings and change back each setting and then save it in the bios as a profile that you can easily switch to, because if you accidentally switched it or the mobo somehow did it itself, then you want a quick way to go back to your settings. I hope this helps in solving your problem, good luck and let me know how it turns out!!! :)
 
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If the CPU wasn't under load on that screen grab its normal.
Under low load fx chips downclock to lower power usage.

Run a prime test & check speeds.
Download & use amd overdrive for this as it shows independent core speeds & temps.

Generally in bios on the ud3p for optimal performance
Disable c6 states
Enable hpc mode

You should be good.

 
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Hey again madmatt!!! Anyways, you just made me realize that bustin has the same motherboard as myself. Awesome! As Matt said, on my UD3P I have basically all of the advanced cpu core features turned off as they like to adjust my settings from time to time. At this screen ( http://i.ytimg.com/vi/38joiw_LQ0I/maxresdefault.jpg ), disable: core performance boost, cool and quiet, c1e support, svm, core c6 state, hpc, and apm. enable cpu unlock and you should be good to go with your multiplier!!!
 
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^ Same board as me too ;)

You can honestly leave cool & quiet though - I like the downclock under low usage - its never intrusive on the ud3p & will only downlock on very light or non existant loads & can switch cores independently.

Id be more inclined to disable turbo core more than anything else.

As long as a prime test keeps all cores at 4ghz there will be no throttling while gaming at all.
 
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I booted into BIOS and went enabling the features you guys told me to disable one by one. I got to the conclusion that Cool and Quiet was the one causing the low fps and at the same time low fps. With adding the others, my temps went down to 38-39 idle (1-2 degrees). By enabling C&Q, temps went down to 35-36 but when put into gaming (League of Legends was the test), the downclock remained, resulting in low fps and unenjoyable performance. Is there a certain reason C&Q doesn't return to the normal clock speed when gaming?

 
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