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Bad chip? or a bad overclocker? i7.4770k

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hello!,
NOW... by all means i have no experience in overclocking.
I saw linus's guides and some others and did pretty much the same ..
 
MY PC Specs:
Motherboard: Asus Maximus Vi Hero
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K
GPU: EVGA Nvidia GeForce GTX780
Memory: Kingston HyperX Beast 16 GB Kit (2x8 GB) 2400MHz
PSU: Thermaltake EVO Blue 2.0 750W (Semi Modular)
Monitor: Asus VG248QE 24 inch - 144HZ Gaming Monitor
 

COOLING:
Running water cooling with
360 + 240 Radiators

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now .. i know the cooling that i have is over kill for 1 gpu but eh..

my average temps without any OC are around ..

CPU+GPU: 25-30c (IDLE)

In games.. Battlefield 4 for example..

CPU: 35-40 c

GPU: 40-50 c

now keep in mind that i can even improve this because i have the 240 Radiator Fans Running at Medium setting off the fan controller

and the other 360 Radiator fans are running with Low-volt adapters on the MB

so over all i can improve the cooling if i wanted too..

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i am using Prime95 to stress test

Heres some testing results:

 

4.4 - 1.260v = load windows ... crashes at stress  ...(EDITED)

4.4 - 1.270v = Loaded windows but crashed when starting the stress

4.4 - 1.280v = Crashes after 10 mins of stress testing - The max temp was 57c

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I Even tried CPU LEVEL UP: from asus mobo thing..

it crashes at 4.6

 

Now my question is.. even if I go like 1.3 and above.. is that fine? or what? i mean a cooler that can handle it, but like is that too much ? i really have no experience in overclocking and hope you can guide me

My Build: Water Cooling NZXT Phantom 530

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Prime95

 

that is your problem

 

 

please do not use that program on your Haswell CPU

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No, that is not the problem. Prime95 causes slight voltage increases on Haswell chips. Voltage increase does not cause crashes, it alleviates them.

an experienced OCer will know what settings to use

 

but in the hands of a newbie, it will kill the CPU

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then what program do you suggest that i should use ._.

AIDA64 or Intel Extreme Tuning Utility

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AIDA64 or Intel Extreme Tuning Utility

I second AIDA64

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^^

then what program do you suggest that i should use ._.

 

Or OCCT. How much voltage did Asus thing put on that while at 4.4GHz? Or did you even get any stable OC with it?

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I second AIDA64

How is Intel's Extreme Tuning Utility?

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thanks, and also what do you think should be the max voltage that shouldnt pass ?

What Glenwing says

 

1.4v is the max

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thanks, and also what do you think should be the max voltage that shouldnt pass ?

Good = ~1.35V

Limit = ~1.4V

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I wasnt stable, ill re-test all over again now using AIDA64

 

Whats the highest stable you have got so far?

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Whats the highest stable you have got so far

stable: none..

i started testing just now .. but so far 4.4 at 1.23v loaded windows but crashed at stress test... so gonna up the volt now a bit till i get a stable 4.4 then try to go for 4.5 and 4.6

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so umm... this is really confusing me, i was planning to test with Intel XTU for 10 mins till i find the sweet spot, then let it run for 2hours..

and it was stable at 4.4 - 1.25v (10mins test)

then i ran OCCT just to check, and BAM instant bsod lol

its confusing me idk what program to trust with the testing..

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so umm... this is really confusing me, i was planning to test with Intel XTU for 10 mins till i find the sweet spot, then let it run for 2hours..

and it was stable at 4.4 - 1.25v (10mins test)

then i ran OCCT just to check, and BAM instant bsod lol

its confusing me idk what program to trust with the testing..

 

What's the BSOD code?

 

 

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1381504-community-standards/

 

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