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Is the next episode already up on FloatPlane?

Not a water-cooling guy. Don't want to deal with any possible leaks, buildup in the cpu block, etc. And as someone who considers himself fairly handy alternating screws is something I live by. On another note, thats my main goal of this post; to lower temps with the intent on reaching a higher overclock.

Thank you for this. Lots of great information. Gonna start testing now

-Yes I've tried removing AVX it just makes it more unstable in certain tasks. -Where is CPU Current Capability in the bios?

Woah there. I installed it this evening. Still having the same issues.

Ya I have it set to Level 6. Level 7 is the max. One of the many reasons I am stumped.

Haha yeah my bad.

Hey guys, I’m fresh out of ideas as to why I’m unable to reach a higher overclock on my 8700K. I continually hear the 8700k should easily be able to hit 5.0GHz, but I haven’t had much success. So I’m wondering if you guys have any suggestions of either products to improve cooling or Bios setting suggestions to ultimately improve my overclock. (Sorry in advanced for how long this is going to be)Build Information: PC Photos CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K (Delidded w/ conductonaut liquid metal) CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - R1 Ultimate Thermal Compound: Cryorig CP 7 Motherboard: Asus - ROG STRIX Z370-E Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB SC2 Video Card Case: Fractal Design - Define C TG ATX Mid Tower Case Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 850W 80+ Gold Case Fan: Fractal Design - X2 GP-12 120mm Fan (x3 front intake x1 rear exhaust) Case Fan: Fractal Design - X2 GP-14 140mm Fan (x2 top exhaust) Other: Phanteks PH-PWHUB_01 PWM Fan Hub Storage: Corsair - Force Series GS 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 840 EVO 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive Storage: Samsung - 960 EVO 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive BIOS Settings: BIOS Version: (0615) XMP: (ON) Asus MultiCore: (OFF) AVX Offset: (2) CPU Core Ratio: (Sync All Cores) Core Ratio: (48) LLC: (lvl 6) SpeedStep: (Enabled) Turbo: (Enabled) Long Duration PPL: (4095) Package Power Time Window: (127) Short Duration PPL: (4095) CPU Core/Cache Current Limit Max: (255.50) Min CPU Cache Ratio: (45) Max CPU Cache Ratio: (45) BCLK Adaptive Voltage: (Disabled) CPU Core/Cache Voltage: (1.340) C-states: (Auto) Speed Shift: (Enabled) Temperatures: Temp PhotoIdle:-40C across all coresLoad: (After running Prime95 w/o AVX for 1 hour)-Max 89C on the hottest core-Average 79.3C on the hottest coreOther Thoughts: My CPU is delidded with thermal grizzly liquid metal and I have left the IHS unsealed. When I try to push to 4.9GHz I end up having to go up to around 1.42V on the core voltage and the temps get to 90C pretty quick. Anything less and I get watchdog BSOD. Could an aftermarket IHS help? (In terms of surface area and lack of concavity such as in the stock IHS? I feel like after all the work I’ve put in I’m reaching some kind of wall at around 1.35V (If I set it at 1.40 it likes to sit around 1.35V still). Could this be a c-state/power bios setting issue? I have looked at simple things like new fans/ thermal paste but what I have is either in-line with or ever so slightly worse than the top of the line stuff. Which leads me to believe spending $60-$100 is a dead end. Did I just lose the silicon lottery or is there something I’m not seeing? Let me know guys, all help is very much appreciated.