Hi,
I have an Intel i7 930 (2.8ghz) which I overclocked to 3.5ghz a couple of months ago(changed base clock to 160mhz and increased cpu voltage a little to 1.15000). It was running fine and stuff, till yesterday I ran CPU-Z and saw this:
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My clock had gone down to 133mhz, making the processor run at 2.9ghz! I checked by BIOS and while the AI tweaker tab still showed the CPU frequency set at 3.5mhz and bclk at 160mhz, the Advanced tab showed that the bclk was indeed at 133mhz and frequency at 2.9ghz, just like CPU-Z showed.
I then bumped up the clock from 160mhz to 165mhz (3.6ghz), restarted PC and checked CPU-Z then.
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So the new overclock was working fine at 3.6ghz as it should. I turned my PC off for a bit and then checked CPU-Z again to see if the clock had gone down again and it hadn't.
Satisfied, I turned it off and went to sleep. Now this morning I ran CPU-Z and lo and behold... the clock was again back down to 133mhz @ 2.9ghz. I checked the BIOS and sure enough, AI tweaker tab still showed it at 3.6ghz with 165mhz bclk, while the Advanced tab showed it had gone down to 2.9ghz again with 133mhz bclk!
So could anyone tell me what's going on? Am I doing something wrong while overclocking or is this an issue with my processor/motherboard?
Also, if you notice the CPU-Z screenshots, you'll see that when my overclock automatically goes down to 2.9ghz, the CPU voltage goes up from 1.128v to 1.216v.
Any help on this confusing matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Here are my pc's specs if they matter:
Intel i7 930 (with Cooler Master Hyper 212+ cooler)
Asus P6X58D-E motherboard
Corsair XMS3 6gb RAM (Triple Channel)
AMD HD 6950 GPU (XFX)
Cooler Master Silent Pro 600w PSU
Cooler Master HAF 922 Chassis
I have an Intel i7 930 (2.8ghz) which I overclocked to 3.5ghz a couple of months ago(changed base clock to 160mhz and increased cpu voltage a little to 1.15000). It was running fine and stuff, till yesterday I ran CPU-Z and saw this:
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My clock had gone down to 133mhz, making the processor run at 2.9ghz! I checked by BIOS and while the AI tweaker tab still showed the CPU frequency set at 3.5mhz and bclk at 160mhz, the Advanced tab showed that the bclk was indeed at 133mhz and frequency at 2.9ghz, just like CPU-Z showed.
I then bumped up the clock from 160mhz to 165mhz (3.6ghz), restarted PC and checked CPU-Z then.
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So the new overclock was working fine at 3.6ghz as it should. I turned my PC off for a bit and then checked CPU-Z again to see if the clock had gone down again and it hadn't.
Satisfied, I turned it off and went to sleep. Now this morning I ran CPU-Z and lo and behold... the clock was again back down to 133mhz @ 2.9ghz. I checked the BIOS and sure enough, AI tweaker tab still showed it at 3.6ghz with 165mhz bclk, while the Advanced tab showed it had gone down to 2.9ghz again with 133mhz bclk!
So could anyone tell me what's going on? Am I doing something wrong while overclocking or is this an issue with my processor/motherboard?
Also, if you notice the CPU-Z screenshots, you'll see that when my overclock automatically goes down to 2.9ghz, the CPU voltage goes up from 1.128v to 1.216v.
Any help on this confusing matter would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Here are my pc's specs if they matter:
Intel i7 930 (with Cooler Master Hyper 212+ cooler)
Asus P6X58D-E motherboard
Corsair XMS3 6gb RAM (Triple Channel)
AMD HD 6950 GPU (XFX)
Cooler Master Silent Pro 600w PSU
Cooler Master HAF 922 Chassis