I5 2500K OVERCLOCK PROBLEM

[tkhan2]

Hello, I am a new user so sorry for any mistakes i make

i built a ne I5 Sandybridge pc yesterday, i cant get the overclock past 4.4ghz no matter what voltage! please help
4.4ghz works on auto but 4.5ghz does not when i increase the vcore to 1.35 its still unstable, however it stabilises at 4.5ghz @1.45v hich is tooo high for my liking!

am i doing something wrong?

Specifications:
- GIGABYTE: Z68X-UD3
- I5 2500K
- ATI RADEON 5830
- 4 X 2GB KINGSTON HYPERX 1600MHZ
- OCZ MODXSTREAM 500W POWERSUPPLY

 

[nna2]

1. do you have LLC enabled (if so what level)
2.If you do i would just say its the chip, some chips just dont overclock as well as others will

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

That would win the award for the unluckiest chip I've seen to date to only be stable at 4.5 @ 1.45V. The most I've personally ever seen needed for 4.5 was 1.365V.

Just an idea, but try a "+" offset of something like +.025 to see what happens. +.025 gives me 1.336V on my chip, but it'll be different for you because of the way offsets work.