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gtxjackbauer
I'm pretty much in the same boat as many others.  Rock solid at 4.4 but when pushed to 4.5, I can run it but will eventually become unstable when folding after a couple of hours.  Granted the voltage is under 1.3v and the temps aren't an issue.

sigh I wish my old 5930K didn't die on me. So not amount of custom waterloop can fix the overclock ceiling? Or even using the pricey 5960x?

The only way to fix the "ceiling" is to:
 
A) Get lucky and get a great chip new out of the box.
B) Buy a used chip that someone already knows can overclock to the level you want.
C) Keep adding millivolts in the hopes that it will get stable before getting too hot.

Jest made a rig.  Its air cooled and I have a i7 6850K. But I think my Bios a not working.  I try to overclock by starting with the base point of around 1.28V give or take and every time I try the bios read the voltage is up and the temp is up a little.  So all is going will.  Then I try to start over clocking the CPU and save and reset.  The target is at about 4.2GHs or so but the clock go's down and the blck never moves at all. Its always at about 34x100 at the bar.  What going on???  Are the bios not working right.  Its 2.02 do I need 2.03 to work with a 6850k???

What board do you have?  Find the latest BIOS rev's here  >>  http://forums.evga.com/New-X99-BIOSs-9216-m2543420.aspx
 
Note that the Classified uses rev 2.03, while the others are use rev 2.02.

Hi,
 
Should I disable EIST and CPU C-States before following this guide?
 
 

Potentialism
Hi,
 
Should I disable EIST and CPU C-States before following this guide?
 
 

It's up to you.  I don't.
 
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