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Hi guys,

Yesterday I tried to overclock my cpu (i7-6700k) with Intel Extreme tuning utility, I tried to overclock it at 4,2 and gradually overclock it to 4,5 but my computer crashed. When I restarted it I downclock to 4,00Ghz and I removed the software. But the problem is, now everything on my computer is slow and when I launch a game I can't have more than 20 fps (I have a Gtx 1080), I'm not sure if I killed my CPU but its annoying as fuck :/

 

I hope you can help me 

 

specs:

Mb: Asus Maximus VIII HERO

GPU: Asus Strix Gtx 1080 A8G

Ram: 16 Gb G.Skill

Cpu: Intel i7-6700k

Power supplie: 1000w Gold+ evga

 

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Just now, mat1233214 said:

Hi guys,

Yesterday I tried to overclock my cpu (i7-6700k) with Intel Extreme tuning utility, I tried to overclock it at 4,2 and gradually overclock it to 4,5 but my computer crashed. When I restarted it I downclock to 4,00Ghz and I removed the software. But the problem is, now everything on my computer is slow and when I launch a game I can't have more than 20 fps (I have a Gtx 1080), I'm not sure if I killed my CPU but its annoying as fuck :/

 

I hope you can help me 

 

specs:

Mb: Asus Maximus VIII HERO

GPU: Asus Strix Gtx 1080 A8G

Ram: 16 Gb G.Skill

Cpu: Intel i7-6700k

Power supplie: 1000w Gold+ evga

 

have you tried to do a cpu stresstest? if it's really hot(more than 80 degrees) you should try to reinstall the cpu cooler.

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Did you try restoring bios/uefi default settings?

Maybe clear cmos?

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What are your temps?

Use hwmonitor or some other program to monitor it.

 

If everything is in check, clear CMS by removing battery from motehrboard for few minutes and then plug it back in.

 

I don't think you can kill CPU that easily.

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Clear your CMOS and use the BIOS to overclock. Software overclocking for CPUs tends to be pretty sketch. And sometimes unstable

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7 minutes ago, Minibeau said:

have you tried to do a cpu stresstest? if it's really hot(more than 80 degrees) you should try to reinstall the cpu cooler.

I did one and my Cpu temps are around 30/40 degrees so I don't think thats the problem

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Just now, Cereal5 said:

Clear your CMOS and use the BIOS to overclock. Software overclocking for CPUs tends to be pretty sketch. And sometimes unstable

I'll try to clear the CMOS and yeah next time I'll try to overclock by the BIOS directly

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use the clear cmos on the mainboard

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Step 1: Don't use Intel XTU for OC'ing. Use the BIOS.

Step 2: Reset the BIOS (press F7 in most cases)

Step 3: Use the BIOS to OC, you can use up to 1.45V on the CPU but you don't want temps over 85C.

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