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3.4 to 4.0

3.4 to 4.0
« on: July 17, 2016, 01:05:53 am »
Hi everybody I am new here so excuse any mistakes I may make, I bought a computer with a Gigabyte Z170-HD3-CF board with an Intel Core i7 - 6700 3.4GHz chip when checking the paper work I noticed it said it was a 4.0GHz chip, on contacting the retailer he said that it can be changed from 3.4GHz to 4.0GHz through the BIOS. I got into the BIOS on start up but cannot find any sign of anything to increase the chip. Could somebody explain (in layman's terms) how to do this.
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Re: 3.4 to 4.0
« Reply #1 on: July 17, 2016, 01:39:35 am »
No your CPU base clock speed is 3.4, but it can be OC or turbo boost to 4.0. Here is a link for the specs of that CPU.

http://ark.intel.com/products/88196/Intel-Core-i7-6700-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-4_00-GHz
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Re: 3.4 to 4.0
« Reply #2 on: July 17, 2016, 02:43:40 am »
Sorted found it the turbo boost is on auto.