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SteveO · 06-15-2018

Hey all,I am not a hardcore OCer, but I am curious about something.Relevant System Specs:Maximus X Heroi7-8700KAIO water cooler, 2 fan (CoolerMaster)Using XMS settingsI run the EZ Tuner in BIOS and it shows a target speed if 5.1 Ghz. CPU-Z shows it r...

SteveO · 06-20-2018

...aaaaand it overclocks with no problems with a clean Windows install. Nice and stable with the 5 GHz setting from the video.Doo dee doo, nothing to see here...So, lesson is always go for the clean install. Now off to reinstalling everything.Thank y...

SteveO · 06-20-2018

Urgh. Yeah, that makes sense.Well I am lucky - I have a lot of hard drive space. I'll image the boot SSD with Reflect and do a clean install and see what happens. If the problem still exists I can guess it is hardware and look to start the return pro...

SteveO · 06-18-2018

Oh for fun I downloaded the IntelProcess Diagnostic Tool and the CPU passed all the tests, but I don't know if that tests if it can go to turbo mode or not.OK, now I really am going to bed!

SteveO · 06-18-2018

Holy crap, the clock speed just started to fluctuate. I ran a brief Prime95 but it still didn't go above 37x, but it now goes down to 800 at times...as far as I can recall, that is the first time that happened.OK, lots to digest no doubt and I am hea...

SteveO · 06-18-2018

Rebooted, EZ Mode, enabled XMS, said no, saved, rebooted.and the memory tabSo yes, the memory is ~1600 MHzAlso note that in the HWiNFO screen the CPU Turbo has changed to 4700 and the min is 800, but I am still rock-steady at 3700MHz/37x.So, if I am ...

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