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I lost the silicon lottery... 4.4GHZ G3258 at 1.35 Volts, but not even 1.4 volts can get me 4.5GHZ

 

 

Losing the silicon lottery crushed my soul.

 

EDIT: SILICON IS NOT SILICONE

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you have a bouncy CPU?

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you have a bouncy CPU?

What does that mean? This is my first time overclocking..

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What does that mean? This is my first time overclocking..

you said silicone not silicon...

Silicone is that bouncy, stretchy stuff that some keyboard covers use, and stuff you use to insulate windows...

lol. a little joke

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Well too bad thats the harsh truth about cpus, some win and some lose.

cpu: intel i5 4670k @ 4.5ghz Ram: G skill ares 2x4gb 2166mhz cl10 Gpu: GTX 680 liquid cooled cpu cooler: Raijintek ereboss Mobo: gigabyte z87x ud5h psu: cm gx650 bronze Case: Zalman Z9 plus


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thats not too bad, 4.4 ghz will kill in most games

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you said silicone not silicon...

Silicone is that bouncy, stretchy stuff that some keyboard covers use, and stuff you use to insulate windows...

lol. a little joke

._. Well i'm an idiot then.. *shoots self*

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I lost the silicone lottery... 4.4GHZ G3258 at 1.35 Volts, but not even 1.4 volts can get me 4.5GHZ

 

 

Losing the silicone lottery crushed my soul.

*silicon

Silicone is the stuff that goes into fake breasts.

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Or butts.

 

Are you sure you positioned your cooler properly? Try repasting?

Temps are fine, it just won't hit 4.5GHZ no matter how high the voltage.

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you poor soul :c

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

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I lost it worse. 4.4GHz gets ~80 Degrees C. (At 1.35V)

I feel for you..*tear rolls down cheek*

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Peripherals: Headphones- HyperX Cloud II Keyboard-Vengeance K70 Cherry Red Mouse-Thermaltake Black Element Monitor-Asus VE248 Laptop: Yoga 2 Pro : i5, 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 

 

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you poor soul :c

I have no soul left after the silicone lottery..

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Peripherals: Headphones- HyperX Cloud II Keyboard-Vengeance K70 Cherry Red Mouse-Thermaltake Black Element Monitor-Asus VE248 Laptop: Yoga 2 Pro : i5, 8GB RAM 256GB SSD 

 

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I feel for you..*tear rolls down cheek*

 

But at stock it still plays every game at Ultra. So, I don't care much. 

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yeah I lost my i5 lottery as well, took me forever to get to 4.2GHz. Got to 4.2GHz on air, moved to Water and couldn't go father still stuck at 4.2GHz

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Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 V3 12C/24T

Motherboard: Asrock x99 Extreme 4

Ram: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 4x4GB

Video Card: Nvidia GT520

OS Drive: Kingston Hyperx 240GB SSD

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I lost the silicon lottery... 4.4GHZ G3258 at 1.35 Volts, but not even 1.4 volts can get me 4.5GHZ

That sucks. I feel bad for you and somewhat guilty cause I won with my CPU. GPU is shit though :-/

5.1GHz 4770k

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That sucks. I feel bad for you and somewhat guilty cause I won with my CPU. GPU is shit though :-/

 

Whats your CPU running at? You should put your specs in your sig  <_<

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I have no soul left after the silicone lottery..

r.i.p

4690K // 212 EVO // Z97-PRO // Vengeance 16GB // GTX 770 GTX 970 // MX100 128GB // Toshiba 1TB // Air 540 // HX650

Logitech G502 RGB // Corsair K65 RGB (MX Red)

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