i7 3770k down clocking itself to 1.6 Ghz
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I put together a new system two weeks ago and everything seemed to be working fine.
Yesterday the CPU started down clocking itself. 3.5 GHz at boot up and then very quickly down to 1.6 GHz. It is doing this even with handbrake running
To remove any software influence I put in a fresh install of Win 7 and got the same results.
Win 7 64
Shuttle SZ77R5
Intel Core i7 3770k @3.5 GHz (3.9 Turbo)
MSI R7850 2GB
16 GB G.Skill Ares PC 1600
128 GB OCZ Vertex-4
1 TB WD Black
I have been doing a fair amount of encoding but have an Asetek 545 LC water cooling loop which keeps core temperatures at ~70 C going full bore (MX4 paste)
I grabbed these images after the fresh install.
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The only changes I have made my bios were to enable XMP and set the fan speed
a possible irregularity in the bios is that I can set the multiplier > 35 (OC) but if I try to down clock it resets itself the 35. I'm not sure if that is normal as I never checked it before this problem.
I have 11 days left in my original 30 day return policy. Should I send the chip back while I still can? Is it more likely the motherboard? I do not have another CPU available for testing.
Yesterday the CPU started down clocking itself. 3.5 GHz at boot up and then very quickly down to 1.6 GHz. It is doing this even with handbrake running
To remove any software influence I put in a fresh install of Win 7 and got the same results.
Win 7 64
Shuttle SZ77R5
Intel Core i7 3770k @3.5 GHz (3.9 Turbo)
MSI R7850 2GB
16 GB G.Skill Ares PC 1600
128 GB OCZ Vertex-4
1 TB WD Black
I have been doing a fair amount of encoding but have an Asetek 545 LC water cooling loop which keeps core temperatures at ~70 C going full bore (MX4 paste)
I grabbed these images after the fresh install.
The only changes I have made my bios were to enable XMP and set the fan speed
a possible irregularity in the bios is that I can set the multiplier > 35 (OC) but if I try to down clock it resets itself the 35. I'm not sure if that is normal as I never checked it before this problem.
I have 11 days left in my original 30 day return policy. Should I send the chip back while I still can? Is it more likely the motherboard? I do not have another CPU available for testing.
More about : 3770k clocking ghz
It is called Intel® SpeedStep® when the processor isnt doing anything it will clock down to save on power. Here is a little additional information on it http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-028855.ht...
If you are running something like Prime95 that will keep the processor running you can see the speed in CPU-Z.
If you are running something like Prime95 that will keep the processor running you can see the speed in CPU-Z.
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I just find it odd that things would down clock while handbrake is running full blast. Could this have to do with the fact that handbrake with a lower than normal priority? I just never saw this behavior over the first two weeks and then all of a sudden decides to do. Weird.
I'm still away from home so I can't actually work on anything, but I should have also mentioned that the computer would reduce its clock even while programs were still being loaded at startup. One of my startup programs even hangs and refuses to load even if I kill the process and try to reopen it.
I'm still away from home so I can't actually work on anything, but I should have also mentioned that the computer would reduce its clock even while programs were still being loaded at startup. One of my startup programs even hangs and refuses to load even if I kill the process and try to reopen it.
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