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Hey guys, I've seen a lot of posts about people asking about reinstalling windows from one drive to another. But my question is that, could I reinstall my Windows 8 that's already on my SSD again. While maintaining all my programs both installed and regular files on my HDD? I assume all I have to do is disconnect my HDD while reinstalling Windows 8 to the SSD, correct? Reason I'm doing this is because I feel that my computer is a lot slower after OC due to instability. I've gotten a few BSOD from trying to figure out a right voltage/clock. For example, Steam and programs like Skype use to pop up immediately once windows booted but now it takes a bit for it to actually even show up in the icon section. Also I keep getting "It's dead Jim" on Google Chrome whenever I open a new tab which never happened before. I've reset CMOS a few times already and it didn't seem to fix it so maybe reinstalling Windows could help. FYI: i5 4690k, CM 212 EVO, Asus Z97-A, RipJaw 8gb DDR3 1866 RAM, GTX 970, and EVGA 750w G2 PSU. Thanks

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Alright I'm totally confused now. Both Aida and HWMon shows 1.176-1.182 for vcore (Assuming VIN4 isn't the actual voltage core from HWMon). I've set voltage to manual, I read that if you just enable cstate and EIST it'll automatically downclock when idle etc. Seems like none of that is happening? Do I need to do this: Enhanced Halt State (C1E): Enabled CPU C3 State Support: Disabled CPU C6 State Support: Disabled Package C State Support: Disabled Or use adaptive which I'm still confused on how to use.

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In HWmonitor and CPUz it just states that my clock is at 4400 and my VCore in HW shows as 1.176 it never goes down or up. Is VIN4 supposed to be my actual Voltage? I'm assuming the clockspeed is automatically down turned even though it states 4400 correct?

Came across this, which brings up more questions... I thought the second one would save me power? Mine states report instead of support in the Asus UEFI not sure if it's the same. When I enabled C-State all of these were set to enable and Package C State Support at auto. Should I leave it at auto or disable it?

Alright awesome, so I've set c-state and EIST on and now my idle temperature dropped from 40's to low/mid 30's which was the original temps before OC (a bit less than it was now)

Are you referring to the min/max CPU cache? I've left it at auto and I've seen people set these to 39,42,43... etc When I leave the cache voltage on auto it jumps between 1.176 and 1.18x

Also my cpu cache voltage is set to auto. I see a lot of people changing this some suggest to put it 0.05v higher than the actual cpu voltage?

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Opps meant 1.18

Hey guys, so I've finally managed to get a stable OC without any errors or BSOD (I did have it freeze up my Chrome browser while browsing every few seconds) with AIDA64 running for over 7 hours. 4.4ghz @ 1.18v - CPUz and AIDA shows as 1.182 From Linus' video he said to go back and turn on Adaptive. But I read around others use offset and others say not to use it on the Devils Canyon. Saying both offset and adaptive are unreliable and I should just leave it at manual, and only enable c-state and EIST for my computer to lower the volt/clock speed when idle. If let's say the last info I just said is invalid and I end up using Adaptive or Offset how would I go about it? I assume I need my default voltage which I don't have a clue what it is. Thanks guys. EDIT: Running SSD as well, I also found that EIST doesn't do anything if I have an SSD software? For example the Samsung Magician. Quoted from Arne in Asus forums. In the software I set Maximum Performance under OS optimization.

Using CM EVO 212 Cooler - 1.129 Core Voltage @ 4.4ghz - This good OC? I started at 1.2 volt following Linus' video guide but temps were around 75ish so dropped it down and now average at 68. EIST and C-States Disabled I've also noticed that one of the cores is constantly 4-5C lower than the other 3. Possibly thermal paste not spread out? I got BSOD after running 4 min of Prime 95 v26.6 @ 1.128 Core Voltage. Was curious if I should be worried that it's working fine so far with just 0.001 voltage increment up? In the BIOS I actually set it to 1.130 but seems like the programs are picking it up as 1.129. I've been running Prime 95 for over an hour with the new voltage. Any suggestions on what I should do next to further check stability/thermal? Should I go higher? I read it's not recommended to go beyond 4.4ghz with this cooler. Also the CPU Cache Volt is set to auto in the BIOS, should I leave it be or change it? In AIDA64 it goes from 1.176 to 1.180 and back down. Lastly, what should the adaptive offset be, 0.05? After I finish all my stress testing.