Overclocking Help, VID too high on my 8700k

[iKnoGames]

Hey all, 

 

I am overclocking my i7-8700k with an ASRock Taichi and a Corsair H100iv2 AIO, and I'm just wondering how I can keep my voltage down. I am reaching a stable 5ghz and my BIOS OC is set to 1.385 with LLC level 1(ASRock is a bit counter-intuitive and level one is the highest), and my voltage goes up to all the way even to 1.48 V or sometimes into the 1.5x V under load. I've tried lowering the LLC but it doesn't help and some forums say to keep it at level 1? I don't really know but any help is appreciated.

 

[bellabichon]

That's a bit high on the voltage side. Chances are, you didn't luck out too hard on the silicon lottery, and your chip might not be able to reach 5ghz. Try lowering it to 4.9 or 4.8ghz, and see how low you can go with the voltage while it's still stable. 

[AskTJ]

Software voltage readings are normally not the most accurate. Lower the voltage in increments of 0.100V until it becomes stable.

[iKnoGames]

That isn't the problem though, when i dial it back down to 4.8ghz and put the BIOS voltage to 1.300, CPUID jumps between 1.42 V and 1.495 V. Why is it reading so high? And yeah I know my lottery luck was pretty bad running 5ghz at a theoretical 1.38 V, but 1.38 is a lot better than the 1.5+ its showing.