Multiplier stuck at 45

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Greetings,

I just set up a PC with an i5-6600k with watercooling. Naturally I started overclocking. The CPU still only got to 50 degrees max while stressing at 4.5 GHz so I figured I'd try higher.

So here's the issue: When I set my multiplier to something above 45 (base clock 100 MHz) it just doesn't go there. So the motherboard applies the setting but while stressing the multiplier just doesn't go over 45. I've tried setting a higher voltage (highest I tried was 1.48).

Any ideas?
 
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mcnumpty23
auto voltage can get too aggressive always best i find to manually set the voltage

you wont get a huge performance increase with another 200mhz so up to you if the amount of time to get stable at 4.7ghz assuming it can do 4.7ghz stable

which it might not is worth all the effort

mine will go higher than 4.7ghz but cant be bothered with all the effort it would take to get there for what i would gain
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As mcnumpty23 said, 1.48v is not a great idea. If you want to try clocks above 4.5ghz, you may have to increase voltage input too, not only core voltage. Just don't know how you didn't get a BSOD instead of not reaching the specific multiplier. If your mobo has options to enhance the overclock at bios try to enable them.
 
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jancoz90

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I've tried all the settings in my BIOS. I even got the clock up to 4.7, yet scoring lower on benchmarks than at 4.5.
Also, the motherboard actually went to 1.48v itself when set to auto so I figured it'd be a right voltage for 4.5, but I set it back to 1.3v now.

So should I just let it rest and stick to 4.5?
 
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auto voltage can get too aggressive always best i find to manually set the voltage

you wont get a huge performance increase with another 200mhz so up to you if the amount of time to get stable at 4.7ghz assuming it can do 4.7ghz stable

which it might not is worth all the effort

mine will go higher than 4.7ghz but cant be bothered with all the effort it would take to get there for what i would gain
 
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