nevermind. Upon extreme inspection appears to be damaged chips on mobo.

Long story short, I have previously obtained steady 4.299mhz steady but now it seems to stay in idle at 1200 mhz. it boots up at 4.299~ but then stays in idle speed of 1200mhz. Looking for advice or settings i may have overlooked.I have clean install...

I have not built a computer since nvidias enforce 680i Lt ski 775 motherboard with Intel core 2 quad and 9600 gt.Despite the age difference here is my new build with what i think is a conservative yet very expandable/easily upgradeable build.PCPartPi...