Computer showing wrong CPU, harmless?

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Hey, I've tested through a bunch of different software and windows is showing that I have a 3570k instead of a 2500k, I understand that these are very similar cpus with the same architect or something.

I was just wondering if there was any hard in my processor showing up like this as it also tells me it has a higher clock and turbo, especially curious how it may respond if I try to overclock through something like Intel's tuning utility.

As a side note there seems to be some confusion with my bios as I'm having to boot Windows (8.1) from a hard drive which is empty instead of the SSD where windows is installed. Not sure if these two could be somehow related.

Thanks!


screens -
http://imgur.com/fV8u58l
http://imgur.com/gvXkMag
http://i.imgur.com/L8sxg2f

 
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They don't really share as much as you think...this is highly unusual.

Please try and use CPU-Z (cpuid) to see what processor it brings up. You should make sure your bios is up to date and that the system was installed on your current hardware and not simply "transplanted"
 
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Thanks for the reply, do you know how I can tell/or should know whether I have installed correctly or "transplanted"? Cpu-z does the same thing and shows a refreshing core speed up to 3.4 (3.3-3.7 on 2500k). - http://i.imgur.com/L8sxg2f.png

EDIT - Updated to F22 from F8 (http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4140#ov)
 
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I was referring to the bios version. I built this a couple years ago and installed windows myself, I was running Windows 8.1 for a while but I reformatted a week ago but the CPU and boot issues were present them as well. The CPU problem must be fairly new because I only noticed it before I formatted but I don't recall doing any driver installs or changes near that time.
 
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Well something is telling your motherboard that you have a different CPU installed...I could only imagine this to be a bios/motherboard chipset driver problem.

They share the same socket, so it is not outlandish to assume some newer driver is missreading this and assuming it is the newest i5.

If even CPU-Z is taking the reading from the CPU as a 3570k...

Were you recently blind drunk and put in this processor, only to wake up the next day and not recall any of this?

Did someone else do the above?

I am baffled that updated drivers and bios did not fix this.
 
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Afraid not, I did joke that my housemate treated me but they haven't. Might attempt some tiny tuning on the Intel software and see what comes from it.

Thanks anyway!
 
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That's great and all but both these chips are Intel and the 3570k wasn't even out when I purchased my 2500k, it is also a higher end CPU. It's only recently that the chip is coming up differently.
 
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The bios isn't going to say the cpu make/model I'm pretty sure. Never heard of a bios showing that info.

 
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Are you trolling? Nearly every bios does. Most do it on boot up if you disable the splash screen..

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Just take off the cooler, remove the thermal paste and look at the ihs. If it shows the I5 3570k (which seems quite likely) you have actually got one and must remember something wrong. If it shows the I5 2500k, the cpu itself reports wrong information. Which is unlikely.
 
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