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i7-4770K underclocking randomly

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Hey guys!

 

My i7-4770k randomly drops to between 700-1500MHz and I don't know why! I have a Kraken x61 and the cpu sits at 35-40 degrees most of the time so temps aren't a problem. I haven't messed with the clock speeds or voltages. 

Might be a stupid question but I'm not sure about this: Do chips underclock themselves when the speed isn't needed? If so that might be the reason. But the problem is that the power is needed because when the clock drops it makes twitch streams buffer all the time (and no it isn't my internet, I have 100 down; it only happens when the clock speed drops).

I don't know what to do! If I overclock my chip a bit would that make it keep a steady clock speed instead of jumping around like the default speeds do?

 

Thanks for any and all help!

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Yes they underclock when idle/low load

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Hey guys!

 

My i7-4770k randomly drops to between 700-1500MHz and I don't know why! I have a Kraken x61 and the cpu sits at 35-40 degrees most of the time so temps aren't a problem. I haven't messed with the clock speeds or voltages. 

Might be a stupid question but I'm not sure about this: Do chips underclock themselves when the speed isn't needed? If so that might be the reason. But the problem is that the power is needed because when the clock drops it makes twitch streams buffer all the time (and no it isn't my internet, I have 100 down; it only happens when the clock speed drops).

I don't know what to do! If I overclock my chip a bit would that make it keep a steady clock speed instead of jumping around like the default speeds do?

 

Thanks for any and all help!

Your chip is only underclocking because it doesn't need the extra performance and therefore can save energy and output less heat.  Really helpful feature actually, especially in laptops and battery powered devices.  You should be able to tweak the min. clock in your bios ; that should fix the problem :)

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Its just savin energy don't worry

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Thats Intel SpeedStep at work  ;)  its a power saving feature.

      

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Open CPU-Z and look at the multiplier in the lower half. It will show you the active maximum multiplier for boosting and in brackets how low and how high your CPU can go at max. The high number is the highest you can set it to in bios (mine is 63 which is crazy) and the lower one shows (at least for me) how low it can go when going idle.

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