Hi all,
I have just built a new PC with a bundle from Scan.co.uk, and as part of the package, they were going to overclock the i7 3930k processor to 4.5ghz.
I received an email a couple of days before the due delivery date to say that all attempts to get 4.5 ghz had failed, and the board kept throttling the CPU back to 4.1ghz. After a few email conversations, they said that the had managed to get a stable 4.2ghz, and were going to ship the board with this setting, to which I agreed.
The only issue is that I have now finished the build, and after testing with various 3D render engines, prime95 and CPU-Z, it appears that there is no overclock on the chip whatsoever. I contacted Scan to ask why this was, and they sent me an automated email with instructions to supposedly enable their OC profile, which were just wrong (they said press F12 to access the profiles, but it appears that in my bios, F12 is print screen).
I couldn't find any more ways to restore a saved profile, and I'm guessing that I may have to try to re-overclock the board myself.
Has anyone heard of any issues relating to this board and over clocking?
The board currently has the F1 BIOS, so I assume that updating the BIOS may make overclocking more stable?
How reliable is the Easytune 6 software for overclocking with the preset settings?
Sorry for the noobish questions in my first post! I'm just a bit stuck, and Scan are now not replying to any of my emails...
Thanks in advance.