OVER CLOCKING DOWN CLOCKS MY CPU

[lilywhiteffs]

Dude im running a i5 6400 lga1151 Asrock Z170 Pro 4s bios l2.78

every time i overclock it boots into windows fine after like turning it off and on once ore twice but when i check my cpu's baseclock it is a lot lower

does this mean I have the microcode I can still boot windows and i never updated my bios help please

 

 

[Godlygamer23]

Are you sure that the CPU isn't downclocking itself to save power? If Windows is set to Balanced mode, the CPU frequency will change depending on the load.

[Enderman]

Buy an overclockable CPU.

[iRileyx]

By never updated your bios, do you mean you haven't overclocked through the bios?

[SLAYR]

The 6400 is a locked chip, if you are doing BCLK overclocking you want to go higher with the values from 100 to 101, and such. Also use cpu-z to measure the speed task manager is known to be wrong a lot.

[stealth80]

Change windows power mode to "max performance" 

[lilywhiteffs]

1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Are you sure that the CPU isn't downclocking itself to save power? If Windows is set to Balanced mode, the CPU frequency will change depending on the load.

How do i check to see if windows is set to balanced mode im a noob to overclocking 

[lilywhiteffs]

2 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

By never updated your bios, do you mean you haven't overclocked through the bios?

 i havent updated to the version where the overclock feature is taken away by the mobo manufacture 

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, lilywhiteffs said:

How do i check to see if windows is set to balanced mode im a noob to overclocking 

Go into Control Panel, navigate to "System and Security," click on "Power Options," It should show you the power plan there.  

[lilywhiteffs]

4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Buy an overclockable CPU.

I did the mobo i brought said i could overclock

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, lilywhiteffs said:

 i havent updated to the version where the overclock feature is taken away by the mobo manufacture 

The overclocking feature removal is only for BCLK overclocking on CPUs that have no unlocked multipliers. 

[iRileyx]

if youre on windows 10, start > settings > system > power & sleep > additional power settings > high performance

1 minute ago, lilywhiteffs said:

How do i check to see if windows is set to balanced mode im a noob to overclocking 

 

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, lilywhiteffs said:

I did the mobo i brought said i could overclock

The CPU cannot overclock without using BCLK. It has a locked multiplier. 

[Enderman]

1 minute ago, lilywhiteffs said:

I did the mobo i brought said i could overclock

You need to buy a K CPU like the 6600k or 6700k.

[lilywhiteffs]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

The CPU cannot overclock without using BCLK. It has a locked multiplier. 

yeah the mother board i brought has advertised and has bclk overclock

[lilywhiteffs]

2 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

if youre on windows 10, start > settings > system > power & sleep > additional power settings > high performance

 

oh thanks i'll try that 

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, lilywhiteffs said:

yeah the mother board i brought has advertised and has bclk overclock

And the motherboard may have the BIOS on it where that ability is taken away on locked CPUs.

[iRileyx]

1 minute ago, Enderman said:

You need to buy a K CPU like the 6600k or 6700k.

Assuming its not a typo on the main post, well done for being the only person to spot that. i hadn't even realised its a non K

[lilywhiteffs]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

And the motherboard may have the BIOS on it where that ability is taken away on locked CPUs.

but if that where the case im told i shoudnt be able to boot into windows at all 

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, lilywhiteffs said:

but if that where the case im told i shoudnt be able to boot into windows at all 

What are you actually adjusting in the BIOS?

[lilywhiteffs]

1 minute ago, RKRiley said:

Assuming its not a typo on the main post, well done for being the only person to spot that. i hadn't even realised its a non K

My motherboard advertised overclocking on non k parts only reason i got it look it up 

 

[Godlygamer23]

Just now, lilywhiteffs said:

My motherboard advertised overclocking on non k parts only reason i got it look it up 

What motherboard is it and where was it advertised?

[Enderman]

Just now, lilywhiteffs said:

My motherboard advertised overclocking on non k parts only reason i got it look it up 

 

But you're not supposed to overclock non-K CPUs.

That's why intel forced asrock to stop making the BIOS that allows overclocking by adjusting base clock.

 

If you want to overclock, then buy a proper overclocking CPU and stop trying to use workarounds.

[lilywhiteffs]

Just now, Godlygamer23 said:

What are you actually adjusting in the BIOS?

these are the instructions i was following 

• Enter the BIOS
• Go to OC Tweaker – CPU Configuration
• Set the BCLK you need (in my case 122)
• Go to OC Tweaker – Voltage Configuration
• Set the CPU Core Voltage to 1.325 and the the CPU Loadline Calibration to Level 1
• Go to OC Tweaker – DRAM Configuration
• Load the XMP Profile
• Adjust the DRAM Frequency to a value around 2600 MHz

[lilywhiteffs]

Just now, Enderman said:

But you're not supposed to overclock non-K CPUs.

That's why intel forced asrock to stop making the BIOS that allows overclocking by adjusting base clock.

 

If you want to overclock, then buy a proper overclocking CPU and stop trying to use workarounds.

Wow