Just got a new PC last week and finally built it over the weekend. Have been messing around with it ever since I got it and what I am experience seems weird for the products I purchased. Here are my specs for starters:
ASUS Z97-A Mobo
i7 4770k CPU
16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM @ 1600
Corsair Hydro H110 280mm Liquid Cooler
Gigabyte R9 290 4GB RAM
Now, my last processor which was an i5, 2500k, I could overclock to 4.2 without issue. I ran that way for over 1.5 years. However, this current CPU is having major issues every time it passes 4.2. There is no heat issue and when I crash, I get the WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR and in the event logs I get the 000x124 line. I had extremely high hopes for this chip and it seems to be proving to be a pain in the butt. Maybe I am doing something wrong but here is how I started this whole process:
ASUS provides the AI Suite software so I used it and after the first reboot it begins to crash every single time it boots. The same error occurs as is up top. From what I can tell, it is trying to push the CPU to 4.3 and it just doesn't like that. I have to then get into BIOS and set defaults to have a successful boot. I then updated BIOS to make sure and rule that out but the same issues occurred. I then was reading some threads about this CPU and that a Prime95 test running Small FFT's would possibly determine if the CPU had a bad cache or something along those lines. I ran this overnight at stock settings for around 8-10 hours and everything passed correctly.
I then tried to overclock manually to see if AI Suite was the issue somehow. I could get to ~1.2V running @ 4.2. However, this seems EXTREMELY lackluster for the parts I have installed. I was much more expecting to see at least 4.5 from this CPU with the cooling method I have.
If anyone could help me pinpoint what exactly is going on I would be very appreciative!
ASUS Z97-A Mobo
i7 4770k CPU
16GB Corsair Vengeance RAM @ 1600
Corsair Hydro H110 280mm Liquid Cooler
Gigabyte R9 290 4GB RAM
Now, my last processor which was an i5, 2500k, I could overclock to 4.2 without issue. I ran that way for over 1.5 years. However, this current CPU is having major issues every time it passes 4.2. There is no heat issue and when I crash, I get the WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR and in the event logs I get the 000x124 line. I had extremely high hopes for this chip and it seems to be proving to be a pain in the butt. Maybe I am doing something wrong but here is how I started this whole process:
ASUS provides the AI Suite software so I used it and after the first reboot it begins to crash every single time it boots. The same error occurs as is up top. From what I can tell, it is trying to push the CPU to 4.3 and it just doesn't like that. I have to then get into BIOS and set defaults to have a successful boot. I then updated BIOS to make sure and rule that out but the same issues occurred. I then was reading some threads about this CPU and that a Prime95 test running Small FFT's would possibly determine if the CPU had a bad cache or something along those lines. I ran this overnight at stock settings for around 8-10 hours and everything passed correctly.
I then tried to overclock manually to see if AI Suite was the issue somehow. I could get to ~1.2V running @ 4.2. However, this seems EXTREMELY lackluster for the parts I have installed. I was much more expecting to see at least 4.5 from this CPU with the cooling method I have.
If anyone could help me pinpoint what exactly is going on I would be very appreciative!
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