Need experienced overclockers help!

[MDG]

What voltage/multiplier would you guys recommend for a stable air cooled i7 4770k?

 

 

I recently purchased a Noctua NH-U14S as my stock intel cooler was not sufficing, I had turbo mode activated so it would bring my speeds up to about 3.85ghz under stress it would reached above 85 celsius.

 

I want a slight overclock hopefully around 4.2ghz but I want it as stable as possible, whilst using minimal voltage as I want to reduce as much temperature as possible. 

 

Do I need to turn turbo mode off?

 

Any advice would be amazing, thanks. 

 

System specs:

 

CPU: i7 4770k stock 

GPU: EVGA 780 SC 

MOBO: Asus Maximus VI Hero

RAM: Corsair LP 2x8GB DDR3 1600Mhz

 

[BoredErica]

What stress test are you using? If Prime, what version?

[Lays]

Try 4.5 ghz, 1.25v.  If your chip is atleast halfway decent, it should do this.

[MDG]

What stress test are you using? If Prime, what version?

 

 

ROG realbench, dont want to use a stress bench that manipulates my voltage

[MDG]

Try 4.5 ghz, 1.25v.  If your chip is atleast halfway decent, it should do this.

 

Should I leave turbo mode on? I dont want my CPU running at 4.5ghz constantly only when its under pressure

[Lays]

Should I leave turbo mode on? I dont want my CPU running at 4.5ghz constantly only when its under pressure

 

Turbo mode has nothing to do with that.  Just don't mess with C-states or EIST in the BIOS.

[MDG]

Turbo mode has nothing to do with that.  Just don't mess with C-states or EIST in the BIOS.

Okay thank you, I will definitely try that!