FPS drop after installing aftermarket cooler.

[matas391]

Hi, so yesterday I received my M9i cooler to replace the stock intel cooler. After installing it I have noticed around 30% decrease of fps in Rainbow Six Siege. I posted about this on reddit and people said that I did not apply my thermal paste correctly.

Today I replaced the thermal paste and It hasnt solved anything. The temperatures have improved so it is doing its job.

Specs:
i7 8700
Gigabyte Z370P d3
8 GB Corsair ddr4 ram
Gtx 980
Evga 450 BT PSU
I have 2 case fans.

Any ideas what could be wrong?

 

[CountMike]

Check CPU and RAM frequencies on idle and full load, CMOS/BIOS might have reset to factory safe values and not best/fastest ones.

 

[matas391]

Check CPU and RAM frequencies on idle and full load, CMOS/BIOS might have reset to factory safe values and not best/fastest ones.

Hi, This is my first ever pc and I honestly dont know what the frequencies should be.

 

[CountMike]

https://ark.intel.com/products/126686/Intel-Core-i7-8700-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4_60-GHz
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z370P-D3-rev-10#sp
as for RAM, find exact model with CPU-Z https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

[matas391]

https://ark.intel.com/products/126686/Intel-Core-i7-8700-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4_60-GHz
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z370P-D3-rev-10#sp
as for RAM, find exact model with CPU-Z https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

Its Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 1x8GB stick.

 

[CountMike]

Than it should work at that frequency. If not you might have to set XMP in BIOS. CPU-Z > Memory tab should tell what frequency is working at right now.

 

[matas391]

Than it should work at that frequency. If not you might have to set XMP in BIOS. CPU-Z > Memory tab should tell what frequency is working at right now.

NB frequency its 3190
Dram frequency around 1000
This is while in the games menu. I mean it was fine a few days ago, but after switching out the cooler it has gone downhill.

 

[CountMike]

You need to know CPU frequency, not NB. RAM frequency as displayed in CPU-Z should be multiplied by 2. That shouldn't change under load. Starting frequency for DDR4 is 2133MHz. All above you must set XMP profile in BIOS to achieve it.

 

[matas391]

You need to know CPU frequency, not NB. RAM frequency as displayed in CPU-Z should be multiplied by 2. That shouldn't change under load. Starting frequency for DDR4 is 2133MHz. All above you must set XMP profile in BIOS to achieve it.

CPU frequency is at around 4300 Mhz right now.