So I have recently been pushing to see how far I can get my cpu a FX-8350 and I have it set to 4.73 GHZ but when I stress it I get no more then 4.65, Is this normal or is there a way to fix it? thanks.
How hot is it getting? The motherboard might be throttling it due to heat. If not, is it running at 100℅ usage? If so, it might not be able to go that high.
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@auzzie635 Old post (23 days) however, You're speed throttling due to VRM's safety modes kicking in on the motherboard. I need to know what kind of motherboard you have. This would not be an issue if your board specifically states it has support for 220-watt TDP 9xxx series CPU's. The VRM's either can not stably produce enough voltage @ the wattage needed, or you're overheating those VRM's. VRM's are the little black box like things and the caps next to them, adjacent to the CPU socket (usually north and west of the CPU socket if looking @ the board). Your CPU could also be overheating but usually that will result in it backing down further than just 100mhz. CORETEMP is a great application to see the temperature of your CPU, but also HWiNFO64 is also a great program to see other system temperatures, including what Core Temp shows, and also other fields like voltage, etc. This HWiNFO64 program is basically a vitals monitor for your computer. It's like a virtual hardware hospital monitor. I think you should be happy with your 4.6x ghz on your FX chip, consider being happy with that, if you can hold that speed during benchmarking, then it is fine. 100 extra megahertz is barely 2.x% difference... serious! If you really need more speed, an i7 4790k would be a nice upgrade, so would an i7-6700k, though I'd stop short of recommending an i5 if coming from an octa-core 8xxx series cpu as it won't be such a large jump of an upgrade. Honestly now though, with all indications of ZEN dropping in a few weeks (AMD RyZen), I'd consider waiting, it's supposed to be soon! It's supposed to be really good, so consider waiting until then. It is not worth buying a new motherboard to try and get more speed from your chip. If your VRM's aren't already equipped with heatsinks, consider buying some before you make it explode possibly resulting in FIRE* that could burn down your house. The board is clamping down on the voltage output for a reason, to save itself from catastrophic failure. Aside of this, you could also be at the 12v amperage/wattage limits of your power supply.... but that's doubtful (though I don't know what model you have - feel free to list it's brand and model number so I can pull the whitepapers on it). *Don't get scared by this bit of fear-monger-worthy text, but it can and has happened, if it's not throttling and *IS* heatsinked, and not burning your fingers off, it's usually fine. If you respond, please include your motherboard make and model and product code. (like Ma-970-GVX etc, I've just made it up but you get the point, usually printed on board or box) Please also include your power supply make/model/product code. Please include cpu cooler or a picture of it inside your case. DO NOT include SERIAL numbers that are specific to your part. Keep those to yourself. --Cheers. NO part of your PC should ever get hot enough to leave a lasting burn on your skin that you can't touch it for a few seconds, if it burns you uncomfortably, it's probably not going to last very much longer. NO PC parts should be consistently run north of 80~86C for prolonged periods. NO PC parts should ever nominally get into the 90C range, as damage occurrance is extremely likely at or above this range! --- Post updated ---