Recent content by Stysner

If you do, let us know. It might help others that come across this thread. Good luck!

Looked into the 880K specifically. Most CPUs will have a lowest "state" of 800MHz, for your CPU it's 1.7GHz. So it's not just "underclocking" itself, it's actaully permanently on the lowest state. Since your BIOS reports 4GHz as it should, I still think Windows 10 is holding it back. So go to...

Huh that's weird. The BIOS says it's running at 4.0GHz, but when it goes to Windows is seems to downclock... Try this, it's not ideal (it's wasteful), but it helps to check if something is keeping your CPU down to preserve power or something similar: Go to Control Panel > Power Options (search...

Not really. You could try setting the Energy settings in Windows to Performance instead of Balanced. That would normally run your CPU at full speed (the highest C-state/Speedstep) always. It's more likely either a BIOS setting, a BIOS defect or a hardware defect (your motherboard). Since you've...

Good luck, these things can be frustrating. Don't hesitate to ask!

That sounds like either a BIOS (firmware) or motherboard (hardware) issue, difficult to check which it is. You could try changing the fan settings for the CPU in the BIOS, see if that helps. It could also be faulty temperature readings (a faulty sensor), but that doesn't explain the temporary...

Yeah those types of problems are frustrating, I know from experience... Nothing left to do but ruling things out until you find the problematic hardware.

With a fresh install, that does sound like a hardware problem. So, it could be a couple of things. I've had this problem before, and it's not fun to troubleshoot... It's a process of elimination basically, so you'll be doing a lot of checking and re-doing stuff, just to rule it out. It could...

No problem. Not to be a debbie-downer, but that's why most people on here stay away from pre-built PCs ;) And if you do buy a pre-built, it's often best practice to uninstall all the garbage it comes with. Saves you a lot of headaches, as your case proves once more...

First of all: A bottleneck can NOT harm your system, ever. If your CPU runs the fastest it can, nothing happens to the hardware, your 1070 just can't run at full capacity because the CPU is behind. So unless you've overclocked that 8320 too far, or it gets to hot under full load (which it should...

A GTX 560 can actually outperform a 750 in certain games. Especially the higher clocked ones. Also, blame NVidia for bad 7 series drivers. --- A couple of bonus things: First of all, what is the refreshrate of your monitor? Secondly, do you and your friends use the same Windows versions? --...

In the manual for your motherboard it states which slots to use and in what order to use them. Using 2 of the same color slots should work regardless. They're colored for a reason. So, read the manual of your motherboard. Most motherboards will say that you have to use the slots (with the same...

Don't start a new thread for this. Decent RAM is decent RAM. If you're not overclocking or rendering stuff 24/7, get decent RAM. Previous answer was correct.

Ah, you've changed multiple things at once, which makes troubleshooting difficult. When you changed the RAM, did you bump any components or pulled a cable connector slightly loose from the motherboard? Is that possible? It could be the BIOS upgrade messing with the USB controller on the...

Are you sure the voltage you see in the BIOS is the voltage it runs at, not the voltage it's rated for? And if you have the XMP profile set to a 1.5V one, it HAS to run 1.5V, otherwise you'd probably be crashing directly after POSTing, or not being able to boot at all. Also, are you sure the...