Overlocking question Prime95/Voltage

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Hi everyone,

I have a quick question regarding overclocking. I've been experimenting with my 6600k I typically overlock it to 4.5 with 1.320v I tried today to put it at 4.6 but I blue screened when running the stress test (Prime 95)

Brought the voltage up to 1.350v still blue screened. When I went to up the voltage some more (past 1.350) the text numbers in my BIOS (MSI Gaming M5) would go red so I was wondering if this is some kind of indicator and whether or not its safe to bring the volatage up further than that.

I'm very new to overlcoking but my guess is my blue screens are due to a lack of voltage? In what increments should I be increasing my voltage when testing for stability?

I'm back to 4.5 and its stable but it seems anything above that it produces a 'FATAL ERROR' in the test (without increasing the voltage as mentioned above).

Appreciate any feedback, thanks.
 
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The red numbers means that the chip can get really hot and its just a warning saying dont do this unless you have sufficient cooling. If you have proper cooling dont worry about the red. But those voltages are pretty high. Out of my comfort zone. With the 6600k, you usually dont want to go above 1.3v to make the chip last long. But if youre not worried about the chip dying within the next 3ish years then you can keep the voltage where its at. And it appears that you hit your chips max overclock really. if youre pumping 1.35 volts into the die and it wont boot at 4.6 then youve hit the max haha. Just make sure your temperatures are staying under 80 while stressing. Typically overclockers are comfortable with temperatures up to 73ish...
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The red numbers means that the chip can get really hot and its just a warning saying dont do this unless you have sufficient cooling. If you have proper cooling dont worry about the red. But those voltages are pretty high. Out of my comfort zone. With the 6600k, you usually dont want to go above 1.3v to make the chip last long. But if youre not worried about the chip dying within the next 3ish years then you can keep the voltage where its at. And it appears that you hit your chips max overclock really. if youre pumping 1.35 volts into the die and it wont boot at 4.6 then youve hit the max haha. Just make sure your temperatures are staying under 80 while stressing. Typically overclockers are comfortable with temperatures up to 73ish before they back down the overclock.
 
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