Story: I know the engineering sample processors aren't a safe bet with things , but my dad bought it off a guy without knowing what it actually is , and he only asked me if the 2600k is a good cpu , and i was like "yeah , sure thing dad! 
" But it turns out that the guy even said it was engineering sample , but my dad was just like meh 
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1*Anyways* the stock processor is supposed to give at least 3.4 GHz , but the one i got only gives out 2.5 and i managed to overclock it to 2.9 . I can't play games , and i don't know what to do .
2*I asked on the official intel forums what i should do with it , and no one has replied to me yet , could i trade it for the stock version ?
3*Can i set it so that it gives 3.4 ghz or more ? I spent most of my money on my gpu knowing i had the right cpu and now i've been dunked in the butt .
4*Really, any advice would be good , worst case scenario , if i need to get a new cpu , please give me a cheap model that is compatible with the following : Motherboard(http://eu.msi.com/product/mb/P67AC45_B3.html#hero-overview) , gpu : (http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/product_index.aspx?pid=2022&lid=1) , and 8 gb ram . Also i got a 750w power source . Anything that is able to use the gpu is good really , but sadly it has to be from intel because of the motherboard ...
Sorry for the long list of questions , but i'm really desperate and sad right now , since i had to save up quite a bit of money . Thanks in advance for reading .
" But it turns out that the guy even said it was engineering sample , but my dad was just like meh .1*Anyways* the stock processor is supposed to give at least 3.4 GHz , but the one i got only gives out 2.5 and i managed to overclock it to 2.9 . I can't play games , and i don't know what to do .
2*I asked on the official intel forums what i should do with it , and no one has replied to me yet , could i trade it for the stock version ?
3*Can i set it so that it gives 3.4 ghz or more ? I spent most of my money on my gpu knowing i had the right cpu and now i've been dunked in the butt .
4*Really, any advice would be good , worst case scenario , if i need to get a new cpu , please give me a cheap model that is compatible with the following : Motherboard(http://eu.msi.com/product/mb/P67AC45_B3.html#hero-overview) , gpu : (http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/product_index.aspx?pid=2022&lid=1) , and 8 gb ram . Also i got a 750w power source . Anything that is able to use the gpu is good really , but sadly it has to be from intel because of the motherboard ...
Sorry for the long list of questions , but i'm really desperate and sad right now , since i had to save up quite a bit of money . Thanks in advance for reading .
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