4770k 4.4 fine 4.5 = crash

Minusorange · 28 Aug 2017 at 15:40

Just wondering if you can give any advice, I can keep my 4770k stable at 4.4/1.26v, however when I try for 4.5 it keeps crashing in Prime even going as far as 1.35v. Trying to adjust 1 variable at a time to keep it easy to troubleshoot and I'm at my max acceptable limit for core voltage, would you recommend increasing VRIN ? Currently at 1.8, or should I not bother going for 4.5 and be happy with 4.4 ? Guess I'm unlucky with silicon lottery as 4.5 is only breaking average for Haswells.

DarkHorizon472 · 28 Aug 2017 at 15:54

I normally play it safe when it comes to overclocking and stop at the point where temps and voltage start to rise rapidly for little gain.

james_2k · 28 Aug 2017 at 15:55

try 1.9 vrin which is fine

CaptainRAVE · 28 Aug 2017 at 16:04

DarkHorizon472 said:
I normally play it safe when it comes to overclocking and stop at the point where temps and voltage start to rise rapidly for little gain.

Yup, for me it was 4.4ghz with my 4770k. Anything more needed a massive voltage increase.

Minusorange · 28 Aug 2017 at 16:09

james_2k said:
try 1.9 vrin which is fine

Just tried 2v vrin [email protected]

Lasted 6 minutes in Prime95 before BSOD, temps were fine at 81 degree max but I'm guessing it's just a poor chip

Minusorange · 28 Aug 2017 at 16:47

Would it be worth upping the VRing voltage ? Or judging on 1.35v failing would it make no difference ?

8 Pack · 3 Sep 2017 at 18:10

Did u try also tuning io and Sa voltages?? What board are u on??

Rroff · 3 Sep 2017 at 18:14

In my experience you hit a wall on a lot of those 4770 and 4820 CPUs around 4.4-4.6GHz where it just takes a massive jump in voltage to get them stable.

Minusorange · 4 Sep 2017 at 21:00

8 Pack said:
Did u try also tuning io and Sa voltages?? What board are u on??

Gigabyte Z87 UD4H, I'm trying to keep temps reasonable and to be honest 1.35v was running close to my limit, if I'm upping voltages elsewhere to compensate it's still going to be overall higher v so more temp so I don't mind down clocking and running lower volts to stay cooler.

Would have liked 4.5 but unless I go underwater I doubt it's possible at a reasonable temp/voltage

Like @Rroff says it's probably just a wall and the massive jump in V's just isn't worth it

Here's hoping my next roll of the dice in the silicon lottery will be better lol