Overclocked My 3570k Too High?

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BadContrakt

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Yo yo. I've been slowly working my CPU a little harder and harder. I started at stock 3.4ghz and put it up to 4.0 and watched it for about a week. When I say I "watched it" I mean I opened the WHEA event logger and Core Temp to watch the temps and the voltage. Over the past month I've been playing Arma 3 and every week I pushed it a little harder. 4.0 then 4.1 then 4.2 then 4.3 then 4.4 and I never went over 1.2500 volts, never went over 60 degrees Celsius, and never had a single WHEA report.

I just popped it over to 4.5ghz (which I know tons and tons and tons of people have pushed the i5 3570k to) and right away I was getting errors, and continue to get them while browsing the web and not even pushing the computer. I was basically browsing the web or on the desktop idling and I was still getting these errors. Now I have no idea what the errors mean. Like literally NO CLUE. I was just told to watch for them. And at 4.5ghz I'm finally starting to get them.

What are these and why did I get them? The temps were fine at 4.5ghz and the voltage was as well. What gives?

Specs:
Intel i5 3570k OC 4.4ghz with no problems reported CPU
GIGABYTE WindForce GeForce GTX 770 stock clocks GPU
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 MOBO
8GB Corsair Vengeance LP 1600 Ram
750W Corsair PSU

 
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fudoka711
Hey, here's a really good guide for overclocking on an asrock motherboard: http://www.overclock.net/t/1198504/complete-overclocking-guide-sandy-bridge-ivy-bridge-asrock-edition

I know it says its for sandy bridge, but the info is the same for ivy bridge.

I would never recommend using the automatic OC tool in the BIOS - I have the asrock z77 extreme6 and when I used the OC tweaker to get to 4.0ghz, I blue screened. When I used the guide and did all the tweaking manually, I hit 4.5ghz comfortably while making the voltage never go over 1.29v.

4.4ghz is a good overclock though. It sounds like that's good enough for you.
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The errors just mean that the overclock is unstable. That could potentially be corrected with more voltage, though of course you have to be careful when fiddling with voltages. When you're in the 4.5 GHz area, that's where you'll typically be needing to ramp up the voltage to keep the overclock stable. It does vary from one chip to the next though.

When overclocking, it's better to use a stress test like Prime95 while upping the clocks, because that is going to expose any instability much more effectively than just regular usage (where a slight instability might only show up as eg. a rare BSOD happening weeks apart). Even then, people recommend running it overnight once you have an overclock dialed in, to ensure stability.
 
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BadContrakt

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Hmmm I'm using the OC Tweaker option in my bios to overclock my CPU. It's super simple and anyone could do it. However voltages I'm not sure. Maybe I'll just leave it at 4.4 and be safe. My computer destroys all my games besides Arma 3 which I still get 45-60 frames on anyway. Meh. I've never had any problems with 4.4ghz and don't think I ever will. Tested it for a solid week and no complaints from my cpu yet.
 
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Hey, here's a really good guide for overclocking on an asrock motherboard: http://www.overclock.net/t/1198504/complete-overclocking-guide-sandy-bridge-ivy-bridge-asrock-edition

I know it says its for sandy bridge, but the info is the same for ivy bridge.

I would never recommend using the automatic OC tool in the BIOS - I have the asrock z77 extreme6 and when I used the OC tweaker to get to 4.0ghz, I blue screened. When I used the guide and did all the tweaking manually, I hit 4.5ghz comfortably while making the voltage never go over 1.29v.

4.4ghz is a good overclock though. It sounds like that's good enough for you.
 
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