Core speed dropping

[AHappyAlligator]

I have a AMD FX-6300 and the core speed drops from 3506MHz to 1402MHz ONLY while im gaming. I have AMD cool & quiet disabled and my the temp is 45° while gaming
My motherboard is a asrock 960gm-vgs3
What can I do?

 

[synphul]

Chances are it's your motherboard. I believe that's a 3+1 phase motherboard and is pretty weak on power delivery. The vrm's don't have a heatsink on them and could very well be overheating and causing throttling even if your cpu temps seem ok. You can try to position a fan to blow over the vrm and give them extra cooling but you may end up needing a better motherboard if it doesn't help.

You're probably not noticing or experiencing the throttling while running basic programs when the cpu isn't under very heavy load.