After setting my XMP profile to 'profile1', a prompt pops up asking me 'do you want to enhance cpu performance?'. Well, of course I do! I hit enter(defaulted on 'Y') and that was that. I figured it was essentially confirming my change of memory profile. computer reboots and I enter BIOS again to make sure my memory setting hasn't changed back. On a whim I decided to check 'PC Health, etc' or something along those lines and found the CPU temp rapidly going up from ~40c to 65c! I quickly selected 'Load Optimized defaults' and saved before the temperature could go up any higher. This time I around I changed the memory profile and entered 'N' when the prompt showed up. There's no prompt when switching from default unless I 'Load Optimized defaults' first. CPU temp is hovering around 52c now.
This being my first build(and first post, sorry!), I guess I'd like to know what exactly where I messed up.
I've googled my ass off trying to get to the bottom of this and have hit a dead end. This forum has been a huge resource for me so I figure I'd start here.
EDITED:
MOBO: GA-Z68AP-D3
RAM: PNY XLR8 8GB(2x4GB)
CPU: i5-2500k
GPU: HD6850
PS:
Should I set my 'pch sata control mode' from IDE to AHCI if I'm running an SSD or is that something else entirely?
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Apparently XMP profile changing your CPU speeds isn't uncommon and readjusting my CPU fan helped temps like someone suggested, although I'm only running stock. I had to reinstall Windows in order to use AHCI. Would've used the regedit trick but reinstalling at this point isn't going to set me back much.
This being my first build(and first post, sorry!), I guess I'd like to know what exactly where I messed up.
I've googled my ass off trying to get to the bottom of this and have hit a dead end. This forum has been a huge resource for me so I figure I'd start here.
EDITED:
MOBO: GA-Z68AP-D3
RAM: PNY XLR8 8GB(2x4GB)
CPU: i5-2500k
GPU: HD6850
PS:
Should I set my 'pch sata control mode' from IDE to AHCI if I'm running an SSD or is that something else entirely?
____
Apparently XMP profile changing your CPU speeds isn't uncommon and readjusting my CPU fan helped temps like someone suggested, although I'm only running stock. I had to reinstall Windows in order to use AHCI. Would've used the regedit trick but reinstalling at this point isn't going to set me back much.
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