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So just a couple minutes ago my computer decided to upgrade to Windows 10 from 7 without my permission. Whatever I guess. Everything's gotten set up but I just opened task manager and saw that the speed displayed for my 2600k was 5.12-13Ghz. When I OC'd this thing, I set it to 4.2Ghz max. Why is it running at 5.2GHz at 20% load? Please help I'm actually terrified lmfao.

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Install and open CPU-Z and get a reading. I'm 100% certain it's a misreading by Task Manager.

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2 minutes ago, Random32 said:

So just a couple minutes ago my computer decided to upgrade to Windows 10 from 7 without my permission. Whatever I guess. Everything's gotten set up but I just opened task manager and saw that the speed displayed for my 2600k was 5.12-13Ghz. When I OC'd this thing, I set it to 4.2Ghz max. Why is it running at 5.2GHz at 20% load? Please help I'm actually terrified lmfao.

Windows task manager is a liar, use CPU-z for checking the CPU frequency.

*Risky click of the day*

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ignore windows task manager

its broken

doesnt report the correct speeds

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8 hours ago, Glenwing said:

As mentioned, task manager doesn't report the correct frequency. Here's mine:

 

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What does ur CPU actually run at ?

AMD (and proud) r7 1700 4ghz- 

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