so my problems seem to have started back when my PC bluescreened (apparently because of overheating)
I later checked to see that it was reaching temps of 90 just idling on desktop (with wallpaper engine running) This shouldn't be happening obviously especially since my cooling solution still works as it should do.
I've reinstalled windows and reset bios settings to asus's "optimised default" and the CPU remains a lot cooler. The only problem is, it stays cool because it's clocked to under 1GHz while idle.
of course it's doing much but it still means my PC is slow when doing anything like opening browser windows and files etc. It seems to perform well on FarCry 4 in game but frames absolutely plummet when I open the map or crafting menu etc.
It doesn't seem to be overheating anymore though it does reach up to about 70.
I've tried enabling XMP and it hasn't solved anything.
The clock speed seems to start high for a while after boot and then just drops after a minute or so unless I put it under a continuous load, like a game.
At first I thought it was because I had used the asus smart overclock wizard but nothing seems to have changed after reverting back.
I have an i7 6700k and a ASUS maximus VIII hero board.
here is a quick overlook of task manager and afterburner
View: https://imgur.com/a/keolg3M
I later checked to see that it was reaching temps of 90 just idling on desktop (with wallpaper engine running) This shouldn't be happening obviously especially since my cooling solution still works as it should do.
I've reinstalled windows and reset bios settings to asus's "optimised default" and the CPU remains a lot cooler. The only problem is, it stays cool because it's clocked to under 1GHz while idle.
of course it's doing much but it still means my PC is slow when doing anything like opening browser windows and files etc. It seems to perform well on FarCry 4 in game but frames absolutely plummet when I open the map or crafting menu etc.
It doesn't seem to be overheating anymore though it does reach up to about 70.
I've tried enabling XMP and it hasn't solved anything.
The clock speed seems to start high for a while after boot and then just drops after a minute or so unless I put it under a continuous load, like a game.
At first I thought it was because I had used the asus smart overclock wizard but nothing seems to have changed after reverting back.
I have an i7 6700k and a ASUS maximus VIII hero board.
here is a quick overlook of task manager and afterburner
View: https://imgur.com/a/keolg3M
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