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4770K can't get past 4.3GHz

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  • Overclocking
  • maximus vi
  • Asus
  • 4770k
  • Formula
  • overlclock
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October 12, 2014 7:24:01 AM

I have a 4770K overclocked to 4.3GHz at ~1.26v (I know, not great) but no matter what voltage I use (even 1.31v) it wont run at 4.4GHz.

I have a Noctua NH-D14, and ambient room temps are quite low, so my max 24/7 voltage is around 1.29 (at 4.3GHz@1.31v i got temps of <91c with no throttling)

Have I made a mistake in my BIOS settings somewhere (posted below) that is a bottleneck, of have i just got a really bad chip? When i bought this chip i was hoping to reach around 4.6 at least.

Full system spec:

CPU: 4770K
Cooler: Noctua NH-D14
Mobo: ASUS ROG Maximus VI Formula
RAM: 16 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 CL9
GPU: 2x Asus GTX 570 DCUII in SLI (and intel 4600)
OS Drive: 2x OCZ Agility 3 128 in Raid0
Other drives: 3tb, 2tb and a 1tb

CPU-Z:

Link to BIOS settings: http://imgur.com/a/RfWfI

I've disabled most of the power saving features since that's what was always recommended on other platforms, although I've heard it doesn't make much difference to Haswell.

So, is this just a really bad chip, or is there something I can change in my BIOS that can get me another 200MHz?

Thanks

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October 12, 2014 7:38:34 AM

Core voltage 1.792V... Please, get that down to below 1.3 ASAP
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October 12, 2014 7:54:27 AM

Dylzan said:
Core voltage 1.792V... Please, get that down to below 1.3 ASAP


Pretty sure that's a faulty reading. In the BIOS pics VCore is set to ~1.26v.
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October 13, 2014 2:09:48 AM

Dylzan said:
Core voltage 1.792V... Please, get that down to below 1.3 ASAP


Yeah that's CPU-Z incorrectly reading the FIVR input voltage as VCore.
Here's the voltage & fequency etc as read by AI Suite:
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