i7 930 running @ 1.619.2 MHz

Sinclair · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:08

I’m having high temp problems with my bundle (*OVERCLOCKED* Intel Core i7 930 2.80GHz @ 4.00GHz / Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard / Corsair XMS3 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 (1600MHz) Tri-Channel DDR3)

So I started a thread here.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18129940

Anyway, I swapped one of the fans on the cooler to one with higher RPM and was initially overjoyed with the temp drop, until I noticed the clockspeed...

Idle:

Under load:

Any idea what’s happened?

setter · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:17

This is intels speedstep at work, this lowers the clockspeed when the system is idle, as you can see in your second pic, with 100% load on the cpu your full speed of 2.8ghz is displayed.

Sinclair · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:20

Before it was 2.8GHz idle, 4.0GHz under load.

rpg · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:23

Sinclair said:
Before it was 2.8GHz idle, 4.0GHz under load.

Well, you're running stock BCLK now.

setter · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:23

Ahh sorry, misread the op, can you not select the 4.0ghz overclock profile in bios?

RJC · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:23

Looks like you have lost your overclock, not sure if your motherboard can save the profiles in the BIOS.

Sinclair · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:26

I rebooted and thought I had reloaded the OCUK profile, but I guess I'm not doing it correctly.

RJC · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:27

pop into the BIOS and press F12, hopefully your overclock settings will be saved there.

Edit: Did yo save and exit

Sinclair · 28 Mar 2010 at 18:36

I suspected I lost the overclock, but thought speedstep only came into play in the case of the CPU being overclocked.

RJC said:
pop into the BIOS and press F12, hopefully your overclock settings will be saved there.

Edit: Did yo save and exit

Bah!! Guess I did.

Thanks mate. Overclock showing again, now back to sorting the temps..