Hey folks,
I recently built a new computer (about 2 weeks ago)
Everything went well, and I was impressed with the new system
I just opened up CPU-z today and noticed something very strange. It reported my clock speed was 4.1GHz (a massive jump from the default of 3.3GHz)
At first I was certain it was a misreading. I shutdown and checked what the BIOS reported - it reported 3.3GHz, so I thought I was in the clear. I wanted to double check, so I downloaded RealTemp and Speccy - they both reported 4.1GHz! I began to realize something was overclocking my CPU, and I didn't want that (this is a brand new CPU, I'd like to make it last!)
I installed the ASUS AI suite (note: I did not have the AI suite previously, and I had no other OC programs) and force underclocked it using the multiplier to something more reasonable (32x) to 3.3GHz (stock speed)
Now, I'm asking why would something in the OS overclock it by default to over 4GHz? In the AI suite, if I click "OS defaults", it jumps up to 4GHz again. I'm completely perplexed, and google didn't show anyone with anything similar
My second question is how much have I damaged my CPU (or simply shortened the life of it) by running it at such frequencies for over 2 weeks? I've been doing some pretty CPU intensive stuff...I'm shocked it was so stable at such frequencies (no crashes or anything)
Lastly, I would like the turbo feature to work correctly - Asus AI suite appears to override it, so I might need to look at a different solution to 'tie' the clock frequencies down (preferably, I would really like to not have to use the AI suite at all)
Cheers for any info, I'm more mystified than anything else, I'd just like to know what caused this!
P.S the turbo multiplier is 37x, so it's not that!
I recently built a new computer (about 2 weeks ago)
Everything went well, and I was impressed with the new system
I just opened up CPU-z today and noticed something very strange. It reported my clock speed was 4.1GHz (a massive jump from the default of 3.3GHz)
At first I was certain it was a misreading. I shutdown and checked what the BIOS reported - it reported 3.3GHz, so I thought I was in the clear. I wanted to double check, so I downloaded RealTemp and Speccy - they both reported 4.1GHz! I began to realize something was overclocking my CPU, and I didn't want that (this is a brand new CPU, I'd like to make it last!)
I installed the ASUS AI suite (note: I did not have the AI suite previously, and I had no other OC programs) and force underclocked it using the multiplier to something more reasonable (32x) to 3.3GHz (stock speed)
Now, I'm asking why would something in the OS overclock it by default to over 4GHz? In the AI suite, if I click "OS defaults", it jumps up to 4GHz again. I'm completely perplexed, and google didn't show anyone with anything similar
My second question is how much have I damaged my CPU (or simply shortened the life of it) by running it at such frequencies for over 2 weeks? I've been doing some pretty CPU intensive stuff...I'm shocked it was so stable at such frequencies (no crashes or anything)
Lastly, I would like the turbo feature to work correctly - Asus AI suite appears to override it, so I might need to look at a different solution to 'tie' the clock frequencies down (preferably, I would really like to not have to use the AI suite at all)
Cheers for any info, I'm more mystified than anything else, I'd just like to know what caused this!
P.S the turbo multiplier is 37x, so it's not that!