- Jul 3, 2016
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I decided to overclock my CPU. Never really did a serious 'attempt' at it so this would be my first one. Did have quite some experience with GPU overclocking though.
Before starting anything I looked at some basic guides, some tutorials and some basic tips regarding overclocking a CPU. Just to know the basics and to know the limits of my CPU. It seemed that my CPU (I5-6600K @ 3.3Ghz) should obtain 4.6GHz with ease or atleast somewhat in that direction. Before doing anything else I wanted to make sure this was indeed the case and therefor changed the core ratio to 'Sync All Cores' and put the Core Ratio Limit to 46
Everything seemed normal. I saved and restarted however after launching CPU-Z and LinX it appeared that the Core speed was still locked at 3.3GHz. To make sure it wasn't the program's fault I ran different type of monitoring software's but they all showed the same results. To also make sure it wasn't the bios's fault I slightly changed the core voltage and RAM frequency to see if those did apply and they did. I changed those back to default and started bringing the Ratio down to see if that would change anything but without any success. After having looked around for nearly a day I still haven't figured out the problem and the only thing I can think of now is specifically describing the problem here and hope for the best.
Specs:
Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming (BIOS 0802)
CPU: I5-6600K @ 3.3GHz
(CPU Cooling: Sycthe Mugen 4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
Power Supply: Corsair CX750M
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury HX426C15FBK2/16
Thanks in advance.
Before starting anything I looked at some basic guides, some tutorials and some basic tips regarding overclocking a CPU. Just to know the basics and to know the limits of my CPU. It seemed that my CPU (I5-6600K @ 3.3Ghz) should obtain 4.6GHz with ease or atleast somewhat in that direction. Before doing anything else I wanted to make sure this was indeed the case and therefor changed the core ratio to 'Sync All Cores' and put the Core Ratio Limit to 46
Everything seemed normal. I saved and restarted however after launching CPU-Z and LinX it appeared that the Core speed was still locked at 3.3GHz. To make sure it wasn't the program's fault I ran different type of monitoring software's but they all showed the same results. To also make sure it wasn't the bios's fault I slightly changed the core voltage and RAM frequency to see if those did apply and they did. I changed those back to default and started bringing the Ratio down to see if that would change anything but without any success. After having looked around for nearly a day I still haven't figured out the problem and the only thing I can think of now is specifically describing the problem here and hope for the best.
Specs:
Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming (BIOS 0802)
CPU: I5-6600K @ 3.3GHz
(CPU Cooling: Sycthe Mugen 4)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 780
Power Supply: Corsair CX750M
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury HX426C15FBK2/16
Thanks in advance.
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