ThunderBlunder

Apologies if this isn't the right forum! I read through the rules and tried searching but I'm at my wits end... I'm looking for an overclocking / custom water cooling expert in the greater LA, or recommendations. I wanna pay someone! I acquired a secondhand maingear computer (the razer branded case from a few years ago) and in my personal attempts to overclock it I really messed it up. I stupidly a few years ago tried to update the bios which actually ended up bricking the system. Luckily I was able to learn how to flash a new bios onto the system through the usb port in the back, but ever since then I wasn't able to get any reliable system stability or thermals no matter how I tweaked the overclocking settings, even if I revert back to stock settings. I don't know if this is a custom water cooling issue, I don't know if this is an issue with the new bios, I don't know if there's one setting that I can flip to fix it outright. I don't think I have the skills to fix this issue, and it's a shame to leave such a great computer sitting there. Is there anyone in Greater LA area on this forum, or do you know of any reputable shops that I can bring this in to get it repaired? -Bobby

I would use it to get a girlfriend.

Just ordered an H100i Hopefully after I reset everything it will work. Are there any good links you guys have to how to properly update your bios (UEFI)? Will using Gigabyte's "app center" thing like do it for me? I downloaded the bios update from their website but I guess I didn't realize that you need to use another tool to install it. Do I make a bootable flash drive or something using a tool or something? I'm such a newb...

I will set that up, but if you look at that thread I linked to you'll see that it's a bigger issue than just a CPU voltage setting. It's well documented at this point that there are larger problems than basic overclocking 101 (which I admit I'm very new to). Thanks for the input though! I'll definitely try that when I get home. Still just looking to hear from people who have had this issue with this board specifically

It was like 2am and literally didn't have time to take the next step, I shouldn't have even mentioned it since I know that's what I need to do. the 4790k has a base clock speed of 4GHz, so I shouldn't need to do any overclocking to hit that speed out of the box. I was hitting 3.4 after implementing the intel dudes fix, which I guess isn't really the point of this post. I'm just seeing if anyone else has had the bigger issue of overheating with this mobo/cpu combo.

Yes, I will be getting rid of the stock cooler asap obviously, but I don't believe it to be the issue here. Many people are reporting a bigger problem than this, and keep in mind I haven't implemented any overclocking yet. Out of the box the CPU shouldn't be getting to 90-100C at load even with the stock fan. I was just wondering if anyone else here has experienced this issue.

Hey everyone, I was wondering if anyone else has had this problem and have found a sustainable solution. Or if I'm on track with my findings. I recently purchased a GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK mobo and 4790k during black friday, and just installed everything last night. I noticed that out of the box I was getting crazy CPU temps (like 70-80C while opening applications or other basic tasks). I still only have the intel stock fan installed so initially I thought that that might be the issue, but after looking into it I found all these forum posts with people who were having the same problem as me. (I intend to purchase an H100i or something like that soon, it's really not the issue here though) It looks like Intel posted some information about how to solve the issue. https://communities.intel.com/message/260210#260210 They seem to say that the MOBO has it's default settings all out of whack. I implemented theses settings last night but I was only hitting a max of 3.4 Ghz (I wasn't able to adjust the core voltage through intel's program for some reason, didn't have time to do it through the bios last night, still this is a bandaid I think for a different issue). I guess also updating the bios and or reseting the CMOS helps the issue.... I've also read that due to the new heat spreader thingy it might take a few weeks for the spreader to "set in" properly. Someone reported that after a few weeks of use their temps dropped substantially. I'm going to be trying all these things but I'm antsy at work and was wondering if anyone else had these issues and if you resolved them