3570k, hard to get past 4.4GHz.

[illuz]

I know you have a lot of threads going at the minute and I don't have much time to mess around with overclocking due to exams so there's no rush here 8 Pack, just when you have the time, my specs are in my sig.

Currently I'm sitting at 4.4GHz, which I'm very happy with. My voltage is generally 1.240 under load but can go as high as 1.272. I hit 50'C gaming, about 60'C stress testing.

I would really like to hit 4.6GHz, but when I hit it last time I needed around v1.384! 4.5 needed around v1.320.

I haven't messed with any other settings in the bios other than PLL, which I've lowered to v1.6 although I remember you saying that theres a sweet spot with every chip which I still need to find. My LLC is on Medium and my vcore is +0.60 (I think)

I'll post up the BIOS settings when I get time but if you could help me lower my voltages and hit 4.6GHz that would be perfect !

 

[illuz]

Whats your RAM speed mate. Often more voltage is needed with higher RAM speeds. You also may need to tune VCCSA as well as PLL. Enable Internal PLL overvolting too.

I personally would be tempted to use manual voltage first and then offset once you have this nailed down.

Just at stock XMP settings, Corsair Vengeance 8GB LP. PLL Overvolting is enabled, I found the values for 4.5 and 4.6 using manual voltage and they were v1.320 and v1.384. I guess I can't get those any lower then? I don't really fancy running over v1.3 24/7

Thanks !