Amd processor help please!!

[ZeusXI]

My friend has a fx-6300 3.5ghz on a msi 970 gaming motherboard. The processor says 3.5ghz max, but in cpuid  it says 1400mhz, and in task manager it says 1.33ghz. Why won't it go higher? I've changed the power options and set the cpu min and max to 75% and 100%, but it doesn't change anything. It's liquid cooled so I dont see a heating issue, and there are 5 fans in the case. 1 going over the harddrive area, 1 bringing cooler air across the mobo  and 1 in front of the mobo blowing air onto the board, and 2 exhast. (I'm not including the fan on the liquid cooling, but it's exhaust as well) please help me get the 3.5ghz back for him. I also made sure that the 8pin power was connected in the cpu slot.

 

[manikyath]

what happens when you run a cpu benchmark on it? modern processors are meant to scale themselves down when that performance is not needed to save power.

[GirlFromYonder]

6 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

My friend has a fx-6300 3.5ghz on a msi 970 gaming motherboard. The processor says 3.5ghz max, but in cpuid  it says 1400mhz, and in task manager it says 1.33ghz. Why won't it go higher? I've changed the power options and set the cpu min and max to 75% and 100%, but it doesn't change anything. It's liquid cooled so I dont see a heating issue, and there are 5 fans in the case. 1 going over the harddrive area, 1 bringing cooler air across the mobo  and 1 in front of the mobo blowing air onto the board, and 2 exhast. (I'm not including the fan on the liquid cooling, but it's exhaust as well) please help me get the 3.5ghz back for him. I also made sure that the 8pin power was connected in the cpu slot.

 

Check on the bios if it is underclocked. 

 

 

[don_svetlio]

12 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

My friend has a fx-6300 3.5ghz on a msi 970 gaming motherboard. The processor says 3.5ghz max, but in cpuid  it says 1400mhz, and in task manager it says 1.33ghz. Why won't it go higher? I've changed the power options and set the cpu min and max to 75% and 100%, but it doesn't change anything. It's liquid cooled so I dont see a heating issue, and there are 5 fans in the case. 1 going over the harddrive area, 1 bringing cooler air across the mobo  and 1 in front of the mobo blowing air onto the board, and 2 exhast. (I'm not including the fan on the liquid cooling, but it's exhaust as well) please help me get the 3.5ghz back for him. I also made sure that the 8pin power was connected in the cpu slot.

 

Modern CPUs downclock themselves at idle to save power and to run cooler/quieter. Just start up a game or benchmark like Cinebench and you'll see it go to 3.5GHz

[ZeusXI]

3 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Modern CPUs downclock themselves at idle to save power and to run cooler/quieter. Just start up a game or benchmark like Cinebench and you'll see it go to 3.5GHz

Thank you all. I will try cinebench first, then I'll check the bios to see if energy saver or something is turned on, and also to see if it's undercooked there

 

[don_svetlio]

4 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

Thank you all. I will try cinebench first, then I'll check the bios to see if energy saver or something is turned on, and also to see if it's undercooked there

 

If it works fine in Cinebench I wouldn't bother with settings. Leave them on as they also prolong the CPU's lifespan

[vorticalbox]

4 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

Thank you all. I will try cinebench first, then I'll check the bios to see if energy saver or something is turned on, and also to see if it's undercooked there

 

my 8350 underclocks at idle to 1.4 GHz and turns off cores. Totally normal

[ZeusXI]

21 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

If it works fine in Cinebench I wouldn't bother with settings. Leave them on as they also prolong the CPU's lifespan

Even in fine bench it utilizes 40% and 1.33 ghz still. Checked bios, and it doesn't say it's over clocked or underclocked

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, ZeusXI said:

Even in fine bench it utilizes 40% and 1.33 ghz still. Checked bios, and it doesn't say it's over clocked or underclocked

What PSU is it?

[ZeusXI]

21 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

1 minute ago, don_svetlio said:

What PSU is it?

It's a cx 430. The cpu is 95 watt, and the gpu is my old gtx 750 ti and that's 6o watts. 1 harddrive, 1 ssd, 1 regular cd drove, and that's it. Well that and a few fans

 

[vorticalbox]

3 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

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I would check the BIO settings and also try changing the power options. you can limit speed there.

 

 

[don_svetlio]

1 minute ago, ZeusXI said:

 

CX are utter crap. Could be going bad. Try a different PSU

[ZeusXI]

2 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

CX are utter crap. Could be going bad. Try a different PSU

well the thing is, hes been using that PSU for 8 months and in the beginning it was at 3.5Ghz the whole way, including the turbo. only just recently did it start saying 1.33Ghz

 

4 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

I would check the BIO settings and also try changing the power options. you can limit speed there.

 

 

i made the min state 75% and max 100% and didnt change anything

[GirlFromYonder]

3 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

 

there u go. that psu is crap. ESPECIALLY with 95w cpu

 

that even the 430 watt one

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

well the thing is, hes been using that PSU for 8 months and in the beginning it was at 3.5Ghz the whole way, including the turbo. only just recently did it start saying 1.33Ghz

 

i made the min state 75% and max 100% and didnt change anything

Components degrade over time

[vorticalbox]

19 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Components degrade over time

over time is normally over years not months.

[don_svetlio]

14 minutes ago, vorticalbox said:

over time is normally over years not months.

That's for PSUs that are actually worth a damn, fire crackers like the CX don't last as long

[Sintezza]

Disable cool n quiet in the bios.

That what this feuture is called in an Asus bios.

In the Msi bios it might have a slightly diffrent name.

 

Psu has nothing to do with this!.

[Darkseth]

The PSU is fine.. it's cheap entry, but it does it's job.

This is far different from some china-noname crap.

 

The CPU should not throttle. If the Hardware draws more Power, than the PSU can "hold"  the PC will simply shut down.

 

And tbh... the CPU should draw max around 100 watt during full Load. With the Rest of the PC it might be 120-150 watt.

 Sorry, but an 430 Watt psu.. even after 5-8 Years it will handle 150 watt easy peasy. No way, components can degenerate THIS much.

 

The Problem has to be somewhere else:

 

Can you check what Voltage is applied in the Bios?

Can you check, what the CPU Core Temperature is during Load?

Maybe the Cooler is defective or full of Dust. Just beieng Liquid doesnt mean shit Especially if it's a "cheap AiO crap for 50 bucks".

[vorticalbox]

32 minutes ago, Darkseth said:

The CPU should not throttle. If the Hardware draws more Power, than the PSU can "hold"  the PC will simply shut down.

maybe it's over heating? @ZeusXI what are the CPU temps like idle and under load?

[ZeusXI]

On 7/17/2016 at 2:46 PM, vorticalbox said:

maybe it's over heating? @ZeusXI what are the CPU temps like idle and under load?

16C is base heat, and underload at 1.33Ghz, it might go up to 30C. like i said, its in an AC room with liquid cooling.

[vorticalbox]

27 minutes ago, ZeusXI said:

16C is base heat, and underload at 1.33Ghz, it might go up to 30C. like i said, its in an AC room with liquid cooling.

when posting it sometimes says the CPU speed and memory size on the screen if not in the BIOS what CPU does the CPU report?

[ZeusXI]

9 hours ago, vorticalbox said:

when posting it sometimes says the CPU speed and memory size on the screen if not in the BIOS what CPU does the CPU report?

the bios was about 24C

[vorticalbox]

1 hour ago, ZeusXI said:

the bios was about 24C

not after temp were after clock speed