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well, I just wanted to see what would happen if I overclocked my i7 8700k to 5.0ghz and it worked so I went to put it back, pressed put on default and well... its not 3.7ghz... its stuck in between the overclock I did and the normal at 4.5ghz and I cant put it back
tried waiting, tried going to bios and making default again and again. its stuck on 4.5.

usually i wont complain about a boost like that and i actually dont feel it in my thermals at all but generally id like to keep it at 3.7ghz so its as long lasting as i can (i aint switchin pc for the next atleast 6 years rip)

specs: asus z370-h motherboard
corsair tx750w gold 80+ psu
asus gtx 1080 strix soar
intel i7 8700k
noctua nh14d
crucial 480gb ssd
seagate 1tb hd
well i think thats more than you need but just in case (pun intended)
coolermaster k370

so my question is, how do i set my cpu back to 3.7ghz
 
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Karadjgne
Just fyi:

Turbo mode is a factory set overclock. It's set in bios as on by default. It's perfectly normal behavior for it to be running. So you'll actually have 3 speeds the cpu runs at, step down which runs somewhere around 1600MHz (powersaving mode before sleep commonly seen at idle) base speed which usually runs upto a 30% load, and turbo which runs from 30% to 100% loads. It's this way with every Intel cpu since Sandy-Bridge.

You bought the board one month ago. That doesn't mean it wasn't sitting on a shelf 6 months ago and some lazy stock room kid just kept putting new stock in front of it. Happens all the time. Unfortunately, that means the new stock from the factory has upgraded bios files, and your 7month old board doesn't.
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is the cmos battery the flat one on the motherboard? what do you mean replace? why does that really matter? where do I get one?

this reply seems like a philosophical question now
this board is brand new (maybe a month old) so bios should be up to date also I think asus auto updates them with that live update software thingy...
 
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What he is saying is you have an obvious problem if the bios will not let you get back to stock clocks. What Lutfij is suggesting is a very valid way to possibly fix your problem. Your mb manufacturer may have a new bios since your board was manufactured. If it was me having that issue I would do exactly what was suggested, but its up to you. Good luck.
 
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Just because its a month old doesn't mean its up to date. You have know idea how long it was sitting in a warehouse for. And Bios don't update themselves. Your auto update is probably for drivers. follow Lutfi advice
 
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where do I update them and what is a cmos battery
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Download the bios of their site, and follow their instructions (usally just transfer the unzipped file to a fat32 usb). The cmos battery is that little flat silver battery.
 
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okai thanks tho as I said I already solved this lol
 
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Just fyi:

Turbo mode is a factory set overclock. It's set in bios as on by default. It's perfectly normal behavior for it to be running. So you'll actually have 3 speeds the cpu runs at, step down which runs somewhere around 1600MHz (powersaving mode before sleep commonly seen at idle) base speed which usually runs upto a 30% load, and turbo which runs from 30% to 100% loads. It's this way with every Intel cpu since Sandy-Bridge.

You bought the board one month ago. That doesn't mean it wasn't sitting on a shelf 6 months ago and some lazy stock room kid just kept putting new stock in front of it. Happens all the time. Unfortunately, that means the new stock from the factory has upgraded bios files, and your 7month old board doesn't.
 
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