i7-4790k Gigabyte z97MX gaming 5

[Julyislucky]

Hello, I just made my computer and when I turned on the computer without touching anything, it was running at 4.4ghz (I did not touch anything in bios). and When I actually tried to oc it to 4.6ghz, without changing volts (which was below 1.2v), the computer shut down when idle. After that I changed volt to 1.24 and base clock to 4.6 in BIOS and it worked in BIOS. I could see the clock speed at 4600 and volt at 1.248. However when I boot up, the clock is stuck at 3.9ghz. Could anyone help me with this? I tried playing a game and it will still be at 3.9ghz.

here is my CPU-Z

http://oi63.tinypic.com/2cr8uj8.jpg

 

[Darkbreeze]

No offense, but I would reset your bios to default settings, make sure you have the newest bios version installed, and then spend some time learning what you are doing instead of just swapping settings and hoping for the best. That's a good way to burn out your hardware.

The 4.4Ghz you were seeing was the max turbo speed, which is a temporary burst during demanding loads and often during initial startup when all your processes are loading. It is not a full time overclock and is normal behavior, but is not the same as being "overclocked", per se.

If you want to learn to do this, and do it right, I'd suggest you familiarize yourself with all of the following, and then INCREMENTALLY build up to a stable overclock, testing along the way for stability and thermal compliance. Quick and easy shortcut methods rarely result in anything but grief.

http://www.overclock.net/t/91/ultimate-overclocking-guide


http://www.overclock.net/t/1411077/haswell-overclocking-guide-with-statistics


http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1808604/intel-temperature-guide.html