Dietrick_K

my CPU now seems to be responding properly, when the power is set to performance I am recording the frequency shifting to 4 ghz and balanced will shift it down and fluctuate as necessary, I will need to do more in depth testing but resetting my bios may have done the trick.

I don't remember having this problem before, the only software that creates a large enough to be noticable change in frequency is Aida64

just went and reset the bios to standard settings and Task manager is still giving me the same readings as before. I am trying to multitask and stream video and audio to see if there is a noticeable change and it seems to be only about a .02 Ghz difference.

everything is set to high performance in the system settings and all C states in bios are set to Auto. the text is white because I cant see the gray on the grey background.

where is it I would be looking for this? is this a BIOS setting or a Windows Setting inside of Windows 10

I have posted once before about this problem but still have no clear answers about what is going on in my computer. I have a custom build using: After removing some hardware for troubleshooting purposes Motherboard: ASRock extreme 6 CPU : I7-4790K Ram: G.Skill Ripjaw DDR3 GPU: Gigabyte 1070 Cooling: Kraken X97 Watercooler Storage: sandisk SSD PSU: CX 750M 80+ Bronze I noticed that my Laptop using a I7-7700U processor would fluctuate frequency's based on load and temperature, no problems and the laptop runs great. modeling software is a breeze and does exactly what I want it to do. when running my tower, I can tell it is running good but not near on par as my laptop does. *note my laptop is no where near as powerful as the tower is rated for since they are only a year apart in age* when running games, modeling software and other applications I notice that my tower is very sluggish in comparison to the laptop. when running a system monitoring software I noticed that the CPU would not change from 800Mhz. I noticed this in 3 different software's including Task manager, CAM, and the Intel CPU Tweaker Extreme. I then did a performance comparison from mu tower to my laptop and found my laptop ran faster and better than my tower did. once I brought this up to the intel community they told me to use the intel CPU test software to ensure the CPU is performing properly and it told me that there was nothing wrong but any time I run any software the clock never changes and continues to be sluggish. After running countless stress test software's the only one that was able to get my CPU to clock even close to its max clock speed was Aida64. other than that, 0 clock change occurs during standard computer use. in comparison to my laptop the tower appears to be dead. my final step to debugging this issue was to unplug any unnecessary hardware to run the computer to allow it the max power it would need to run in hopes it was a power problem, the issue did not change. performance numbers went up a fractional amount but otherwise was the same. I was told that under everyday use a computer should change frequency's rather often to account for the need on CPU load. and in addition to this, the temperature of the die should change as well. after running stress tests with little hardware, and tried to allow the CPU to go up in temperature, it doesn't budge. the CPU even under Aida64 stress testing does not change its package temperature, and if so it is by a factor of maybe 3 degrees C MAX. I understand I may be arrogant to the workings of my CPU but I don't understand why my laptop out performed my tower by a landslide during the same tests. being this tower is built for performance and heavy work load it is sad to see my laptop beats it. is there anything I am doing wrong that may allow my tower to not run to proper specs or is this normal for a CPU, and if not what can I do to fix this, is there say a hardware problem, missing software or tuning that needs to be done to allow the proper utilization of my CPU?

I have the money for the T6i but that is about it, I plan on then investing into lenses after words instead of getting the better models since I wont be able to budget the better lenses in. I agree that it would be a good idea to look for the used models of the newer ones. I think the D3400 is worth its money but I personally think the T6i has a little bit more of a value placement over the D3400.

personally I am starting to lean toward the Canon T61 instead of the T7 or T8 due to the price range restriction, the T6i is right at the top range of my budget and seems to have a good amount of features that covers a great deal of what I need, anything it doesn't have is covered by my point and shoot plus the GoPro, possibly even my phone if necessary.

Thanks for the input. I looked up those cameras and here in the US, the Canon 750d and 800d are the Rebel t6i and t7i. I have been looking at the T6i ( 750d ) and have had interest in it. I also looked at the Nikon D3400 and I was attracted to it since it is rarely close to the Canon T6i but significantly cheaper and can pick up the 2 lens pack with it to make it equal price to the Canon with only a single lens.

Does the file type make that big of a difference?

Thanks will need it haha

Didn't think so, I've been trying to avoid computer processing for now, enough to get me by before the photos I am taking need to be color adjusted.

Great examples, deffinetly helps to know what that would matter for, luckily tax return isn't till about February, March time so I have a good long time to see what works for me. But learning now and seeing what I need will help for when the time comes around to purchase the camera.

I take it this would greatly benefit action shots or anything with quick movements. But if I was to look for color capture, without needing a ton of computer work, what would I be looking for on a camera, as in what spec do I look at?

When looking at these cameras I keep seeing shutter speeds that are confusing. For example 1/4000-30 sec. not exactly sure what this means. FYI this is for the canon t6i