Voltage drops help

person3701

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Jul 5, 2016
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A little while ago I started to get major fps drops in all games very randomly(from like 80 to 24). Obviously this annoyed me so i tried to find out why, and i have now figured out that it is due to my Athlon x4 860k dropping from ~3.7mhz to ~1.7mhz. When i in overdrive it looks as if it is happening due to the voltage dropping from 1.35V down to .9V. So what could be causing this, and how can I fix it? Thanks!

Pics attached are normal vs drops

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Also, the voltage drops only happen when the cpu is under a high load, when it is idle it doesn't drop
 
Solution
what temps when it drops? the reason it does that usually is to reduce temperatures. is your cooler running well? did you reapply the cooler lately?