Just OC'ed E4300 to 3ghz.. but CPU-Z shows 2GHZ..help!

pkchung987

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i followed the steps I found here on forumz and moderately oc'ed my comp to 3ghz ... so 333 mhz fsb x 9 multiplier on the bios.... weird thing is though.. when i open CPU-Z it states that i have 6X multiplier instead of the 9X.. but when i open Core Temp, it shows that I have 333 x 9 ... on CPU-Z once in a while it would change back to 9X but 99% of time on CPU-Z it ssays i have a 6x multiplier... what's up with that?? is there a way for me to check for reals?
 

gpf

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I have 2 overclocked machines, both using Asus p5b delux mobo. On both I have disabled speedstep in the bios, but cpu-z (1.39) shows that they both drop to the minimum multiplyer when idle and jump to the high one when active.

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Graham
 

TenGig

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Make sure you disable Intel's SpeedStep in the BIOS.
Like prozac said
If you run a program like prime95 you'll probably notice your speed jump back up to 3ghz. Your computer is just conserving energy while it ain't doing anything.
 

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