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

[-rascal-]

124 can be memory related, sometimes its related to VCORE. 

 

Try increasing your DRAM voltage (not VCORE). If it's not at 1.65v put it there.

 

I agree that it could be a memory issue.

 

If increasing the voltage doesn't help, then you may need to reduce the DRAM frequency to 1600MHz / 1866MHz / 2133MHz (if you currently have it set to run at 2400MHz).

The officially support DRAM speed for these Intel CPUs is 1600MHz, and anything beyond that involves overclocking on the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller).

 

Start are 14:00 of the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy47X81rXa4 

[TheScorpio]

124 can be memory related, sometimes its related to VCORE. 

 

Try increasing your DRAM voltage (not VCORE). If it's not at 1.65v put it there.

 

I agree that it could be a memory issue.

 

If increasing the voltage doesn't help, then you may need to reduce the DRAM frequency to 1600MHz / 1866MHz (if you currently have it set to run at 2400MHz).

The officially support DRAM speed for these Intel CPUs is 1600MHz, and anything beyond that involves overclocking on the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller).

 

Start are 14:00 of the video

 

I tried running a game (Shadow of mordor) and it gave me the same error. so i increased the vcore a bit and tried (Shadow of mordor) again and (BF4)

it was ok..

 

and about the ram. i dont have the XMP Profile on, i has it on auto. and gonna try lowering the vcore again now and checking if its the ram

[BiG StroOnZ]

I agree that it could be a memory issue.

 

If increasing the voltage doesn't help, then you may need to reduce the DRAM frequency to 1600MHz / 1866MHz (if you currently have it set to run at 2400MHz).

The officially support DRAM speed for these Intel CPUs is 1600MHz, and anything beyond that involves overclocking on the IMC (Integrated Memory Controller).

 

Start are 14:00 of the video

 

It usually means you have to increase your VVT or QPI (memory controller voltage), sometimes DRAM voltage helps. Dropping the memory frequency can work also, but that's the easy way out. 

[BiG StroOnZ]

I tried running a game (Shadow of mordor) and it gave me the same error. so i increased the vcore a bit and tried (Shadow of mordor) again and (BF4)

it was ok..

 

and about the ram. i dont have the XMP Profile on, i has it on auto. and gonna try lowering the vcore again now and checking if its the ram

 

Not VCORE, DRAM voltage. But enable XMP First. That's the first thing you should do, because it should set the DRAM voltage for you automatically. If you are running memory at 2400MHz without XMP enabled, then it means that it's probably not getting the proper DRAM voltage.

[TheScorpio]

Not VCORE, DRAM voltage. But enable XMP First. That's the first thing you should do, because it should set the DRAM voltage for you automatically. If you are running memory at 2400MHz without XMP enabled, then it means that it's probably not getting the proper DRAM voltage.

okay so heres what i have done so far:

I Enabled XMP First and confirmed that it even had the correct 1.650v that it needs, with 2400 speed

4.4 at 1.220v = crashed after windows boot

so i lowered the speed to 1600

4.4 at 1.220v = crashed after windows boot

4.4 at 1.230v = crashed after windows boot

4.4 at 1.240v = windows running fine - crashed after testing with OCCT .. if i test with anything else its fine, its just OCCT causes it to crash

[BiG StroOnZ]

1.25v is more than acceptable for that clockspeed why dont you try that. Your chip obviously isn't a golden sample. 4.4GHz overclock 1.25-1.3v is more than acceptable for that clockspeed for an average to below average chip and you are way below that voltage still. I would personally start at 1.3v and test for stability. Then back down the voltage from there if its stable.