I was attempting to overclock my 2500k and evidently changed a setting that I can not figure out how to change back which slowed my pc down. CPU-ID said it was running at 4ghz but when I bench-marked a game I was getting 96 FPS in I only got 32. I tried resting to optimal defaults but that did not change anything. Anyone know what this could be?
What did you tweak? There are several things you could've done.
I've overclocked a few systems. The 2500k series are made for it, but you have to have the right cooling. Heck, my old E5200 (stock 2.5GHz) is running at 3.75GHz without issues for over a year in the HTPC.
Ive got a Scythe Ninja 3 cooler.. I will try and rest the cmos when I get home. Honestly I dont remember what all I tweaked specifically.. I figured resetting to defaults worst case would fix it.
And what's the point in that? I mean, why turn off all the SATA ports if you reset CMOS?? There's no point- the bods over at Asus are worse than Dell's!!
Ive got a Scythe Ninja 3 cooler.. I will try and rest the cmos when I get home. Honestly I dont remember what all I tweaked specifically.. I figured resetting to defaults worst case would fix it.
As I said above you will need to enable each sata port that you intend to use. If you installed in raid mode or ahci mode, you will need to make sure the correct mode is still selected. You may need to change the boot order in the bios and or the hard disk priority.
BTW I have that same exact board [gen 3] and the same 2500k. It overclocks well and I usually run it at around 3.8gig or so. Very good combination of cpu and mb.
I haven't reset the cmos yet but I just re-calculated my windows score.. my gfx went from a 7.9/7.9 to 5.9/6.6.. my processor score is the same.. thoughts?
Yeah that did not even fix it. I ended up reinstalling windows. That fixed it... not sure what happened but its running good at 4.5ghz. Thx for the help!
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