PC performance drops following an OC update, returning to baseline with the i5-6600k processor.
PC performance drops following an OC update, returning to baseline with the i5-6600k processor.
Hey, I attempted to overclock my i5-6600k. The best settings I tried were 4.6 GHz and 1.35V, but they didn’t work stably (OCCT, Prime95, AIDA64, Cinebench). Then I switched to 4.2 GHz at 1.25V for a while and returned to the stock speed of 3.9 GHz. Now my PC feels very slow and I’m experiencing freezes in games like CS:GO. I’m worried about possible damage to the CPU or memory with these settings. I used a 3000MHz memory profile. I thought it might be an SSD issue (Goodram Iridium Pro). In the benchmarks I got:
-530 MB/s read speed
Write speeds were very inconsistent—starting at 520 MB/s, then dropping suddenly to around 20 MB/s after about 10 seconds, before returning to normal.
Does this write speed impact overall performance?
What do you think is the real problem: CPU, memory, or SSD? Maybe a format could help since the SSD was quite busy.
Begin with power off, remove the motherboard battery, press the case's power button for five seconds to clear failed CMOS data, then wait fifteen minutes before pressing it again, followed by another fifteen minutes.
Restore the battery, power on, enter BIOS, configure time and date settings.
Turn off energy saving features under ACPI (usually labeled EIST/C10), disable turbo boost, and set XMP to SPD or auto.
This process works best if you provide detailed specs such as motherboard BIOS version, power supply, CPU cooler, and your target 4.6GHz frequency.
Save changes and exit the BIOS.
Begin with power off, remove the motherboard battery, press the case's power button for five seconds to clear failed CMOS data, pause for fifteen minutes, then press it again for five seconds and wait another fifteen minutes.
Restore the battery, power on, enter BIOS, configure time and date settings.
Turn off energy saving features under ACPI (labeled EIST/C10), disable turbo boost, and turn off XMP (use SPD or auto).
This process works best if you provide detailed specs: motherboard BIOS version, power supply, CPU cooler, and your method for reaching 4.6GHz.
Save changes and exit BIOS.