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As the title suggests I am having trouble overclocking my intel g3258(stock cooler).My motherboard is a Gigabyte Z97-HD3,Thermaltake 550 PSU,and also an R9 270 GPU.
I have tried everything I could think of to no avail.I have my cpu base clock(BCLK) set to 100 as advised from a haswell overclocking guide.I have the cpu clock ratio set to 35 and v-core set to auto.After changing and saving these setting my computer restarts normally but in CPU-Z my core speed still reads only 3.2 mhz.
I was also advised to try disabling power saving settings such as C1E,C3,C6/7 and speed step to see if that was keeping cpu-z from reading current core speed but it did not help.
One thing I noticed was before I switched my power saving plan in windows from balanced to high performance cpu-z was reading my cpu core speed as 799 mhz switching back to 2999 mhz randomly.Now it sits at a steady 3.2 mhz.
Is there something i'm missing here?I've successfully overclocked an a6-3650 without many hiccups but with this new mobo and cpu I can't seem to influence the cpu core speed.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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I have tried everything I could think of to no avail.I have my cpu base clock(BCLK) set to 100 as advised from a haswell overclocking guide.I have the cpu clock ratio set to 35 and v-core set to auto.After changing and saving these setting my computer restarts normally but in CPU-Z my core speed still reads only 3.2 mhz.
I was also advised to try disabling power saving settings such as C1E,C3,C6/7 and speed step to see if that was keeping cpu-z from reading current core speed but it did not help.
One thing I noticed was before I switched my power saving plan in windows from balanced to high performance cpu-z was reading my cpu core speed as 799 mhz switching back to 2999 mhz randomly.Now it sits at a steady 3.2 mhz.
Is there something i'm missing here?I've successfully overclocked an a6-3650 without many hiccups but with this new mobo and cpu I can't seem to influence the cpu core speed.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

BTW, that's a Purepower RU model, which is on the replace immediately Tier 5 level. It's not recommended for ANY system, with or without overclocking or big GPUs, of any kind. Here's what Tier 5 models are known to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezk9OA7aKOE
and this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/26/exploding_compu...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezk9OA7aKOE
and this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/26/exploding_compu...
Tbutcher said:
darkbreeze said:
Glad it worked out. It WAS the BIOS issue that was stopping it, right? I should have went straight for that from the start but wasn't thinking. Good luck with your build AND I hope you are using a good aftermarket cooler with that. Nothing lower than the Hyper 212 EVO and preferably better. Also, you probably need to get rid of that PSU immediately, depending on the model number. Thermaltake only has a few PSUs that are any good, the rest are real junk. What is the model number of your PSU?
If it's one of these models:
Thermaltake:
Munich 430w
Purepower NP / RU
TR2 and TR2-RX
Smart series
Get rid of it whether you return it, use it as a paper weight or just throw it in the trash.
IF it's one of these it's ok:
Thermaltake:
Toughpower DPS G 1050w
Toughpower series (greater than 600 Watts)
Litepower series
Purepower RX
Toughpower <less than 600 watts
You want something that's at least Tier 2B here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...
Yep I was able to overclock immediately after the bios update.I am currently using the stock cooler but that is only temporary.I was only planning on buying the r9 270 but it would not work in conjunction with my last mobo/apu which is what led to a failed bios update and ultimately forcing me to upgrade.
At the moment the most intensive thing I run is middle earth:shadow of mordor on high/very high settings and it never goes over 75% cpu usage and always stays under ~50c.

My PSU is a thermaltake W0330RU http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite... This PSU is a couple years old and I agree that it needs to be replaced soon which will most likely be at the same time as my cooler.Thanks for that info it will definitely be useful in finding a new psu.
If you start seeing ANY kind of instability or funny behavior, take that overclock off immediately (At the least) and get that PSU out of there (Preferably). It's really, really, really, NOT, recommended to overclock or use high end GPU cards (Anything over an R7 240 or GTX 730) with a low end or no end, heh, PSU.
Tbutcher
October 17, 2014 11:15:09 AM
darkbreeze said:
Glad it worked out. It WAS the BIOS issue that was stopping it, right? I should have went straight for that from the start but wasn't thinking. Good luck with your build AND I hope you are using a good aftermarket cooler with that. Nothing lower than the Hyper 212 EVO and preferably better. Also, you probably need to get rid of that PSU immediately, depending on the model number. Thermaltake only has a few PSUs that are any good, the rest are real junk. What is the model number of your PSU?
If it's one of these models:
Thermaltake:
Munich 430w
Purepower NP / RU
TR2 and TR2-RX
Smart series
Get rid of it whether you return it, use it as a paper weight or just throw it in the trash.
IF it's one of these it's ok:
Thermaltake:
Toughpower DPS G 1050w
Toughpower series (greater than 600 Watts)
Litepower series
Purepower RX
Toughpower <less than 600 watts
You want something that's at least Tier 2B here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...
Yep I was able to overclock immediately after the bios update.I am currently using the stock cooler but that is only temporary.I was only planning on buying the r9 270 but it would not work in conjunction with my last mobo/apu which is what led to a failed bios update and ultimately forcing me to upgrade.
At the moment the most intensive thing I run is middle earth:shadow of mordor on high/very high settings and it never goes over 75% cpu usage and always stays under ~50c.

My PSU is a thermaltake W0330RU http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ite... This PSU is a couple years old and I agree that it needs to be replaced soon which will most likely be at the same time as my cooler.Thanks for that info it will definitely be useful in finding a new psu.
Glad it worked out. It WAS the BIOS issue that was stopping it, right? I should have went straight for that from the start but wasn't thinking. Good luck with your build AND I hope you are using a good aftermarket cooler with that. Nothing lower than the Hyper 212 EVO and preferably better.
Also, you probably need to get rid of that PSU immediately, depending on the model number. Thermaltake only has a few PSUs that are any good, the rest are real junk. What is the model number of your PSU?
If it's one of these models:
Thermaltake:
Munich 430w
Purepower NP / RU
TR2 and TR2-RX
Smart series
Get rid of it whether you return it, use it as a paper weight or just throw it in the trash.
IF it's one of these it's ok:
Thermaltake:
Toughpower DPS G 1050w
Toughpower series (greater than 600 Watts)
Litepower series
Purepower RX
Toughpower <less than 600 watts
You want something that's at least Tier 2B here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...
Also, you probably need to get rid of that PSU immediately, depending on the model number. Thermaltake only has a few PSUs that are any good, the rest are real junk. What is the model number of your PSU?
If it's one of these models:
Thermaltake:
Munich 430w
Purepower NP / RU
TR2 and TR2-RX
Smart series
Get rid of it whether you return it, use it as a paper weight or just throw it in the trash.
IF it's one of these it's ok:
Thermaltake:
Toughpower DPS G 1050w
Toughpower series (greater than 600 Watts)
Litepower series
Purepower RX
Toughpower <less than 600 watts
You want something that's at least Tier 2B here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1804779/power-supp...
Tbutcher
October 17, 2014 1:10:09 AM
darkbreeze said:
Here is the BIOS update file link. It contains the flash utility and the BIOS image. You should be able to just run the .exe and follow the steps but you might want to google your motherboard and updating the BIOS as I need to crash out soon and am not certain there are no other steps necessary other than just running the utility. I don't think there are and I know this should cure your issue but I can't verify the flash procedure until tomorrow.http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_ga-z9...
Problem solved!thanks tremendously for the help .

Here is the BIOS update file link. It contains the flash utility and the BIOS image. You should be able to just run the .exe and follow the steps but you might want to google your motherboard and updating the BIOS as I need to crash out soon and am not certain there are no other steps necessary other than just running the utility. I don't think there are and I know this should cure your issue but I can't verify the flash procedure until tomorrow.
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_ga-z9...
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/BIOS/mb_bios_ga-z9...
Tbutcher
October 17, 2014 12:13:53 AM
Tbutcher
October 17, 2014 12:05:35 AM
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