Maximus V Gene + i5-3570K overclock with no effect

[magnus_overli]

Hi everyone. First post here, be patient with me... 🙂

I have the Maximus V Gene and i5-3570K CPU, and I hav been following this guide (http://rog.asus.com/184142012/maximus-motherboards/guide-overclocking-the-core-i5-3570k-to-4-5ghz-on...) to set up an overclock. But after everything is set up, and the computer has rebooted, the OS is still reporting the default clock speed? There must be something silly I´ve forgotten or missed, but I cannot find it.... Some help please?

Magnuso

[HiVizMan]

I would suggest that your OS is reading the CPU frequency incorrectly. Download CPUz and see what the application shows for your processors speed when under some load.

[LiveOrDie]

Yer windows doesn't read your CPU clock speed at all thats what i've found mine reports 3.5Ghz all the time ether when im on 100% load or my system is idling @ 800Mhz, Download CoreTemp it will report the right clock speeds and you can also watch your core temps.

[magnus_overli]

Ah, I see that I should have mentioned that I am running a GUI-less Linux install... Sorry about that!

I also found out that you were correct, so thanks for valid answers! 😉

PS: I determined the actual CPU frequency with the software i7z, found here: https://code.google.com/p/i7z/

[HiVizMan]

Nice one and thanks for that bit of software mate.