Help - Athlon II X3 450 At Wrong Speed

[hfigst]

Hello all,

I just finished a new budget build using an Athlon II X3 450 Processor and MSI 760 GM-P35 Motherboard.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103886
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130560&Tpk=msi%20760gm%20p35

My problem is that the processor defaults to 2.2 ghz while the processor is rated to run at 3.2 ghz. I found out the motherboard keeps setting the CPU multiplier to 11x (FSB at 200 Mhz) hence the processor runs at 2.2 ghz. I can't change the multiplier (I can only set it to "Auto") so I'm a bit clueless on how to resolve this issue.

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.

 

[o1die]

You can disable "cool and quiet" in the bios. It's amd's software program to save energy and keeps the cpu cooler at idle. I use it sometimes even when overclocking; some boards will work with it while overclocked and some won't. Normally, the cpu speed automatically increases as the load on the cpu goes up. I use cpuz to monitor the speed; it's a small file and gives you motherboard, ram, and cpu specs.