i have my i7 4770K overclocked to 4.4GHz @ 1.27v. its stable through intelburntest, AIDA64, sony vegas video rendering, and some of my games. however its not stable in Prime95, OCCT, and ASUS Realbench. but the thing that i dont understand is that at stock frequencies it still isn't stable in those test either. but it passes in IBT, AIDA64, and rendering videos and games. i can overclock to 4.5GHz @1.315v but my temps hit 100c on intel burn test. also im not sure what i should set my DigitALL settings, CPU Feature settings and VCCIN to in my BIOS. i dont think it needs this much voltage to hit 4.4GHz.
i have my VCCIN set to 1.900v (1.888v). however in the bios it shows that it can handle up to 2.300v until it starts to turn red.
in CPU Features ive disabled C-State, Internal VR OVP OCP Protection, and Internal VR Efficiency Management.
in DigitALL Power i have everything set to the default settings apart from ive changed:
'Phase Over Current Protection: Disabled'
'CPU VRM Over Temperature Protection: Disabled'
everything else is set to its default presets. if someone can tell me the best settings for both CPU Features and DigitALL Power i could reach a better overclock.
my motherboard is the MSI Z97 Gaming 3.
my CPU Cooler is the BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3.
the thermal paste i use is Cooler Master's MasterGel Pro.