Asking for advice and help, i7-2600k oc

[crazygunmanjoe]

First off; specs

i7-2600k
H100i V2 cpu cooler
ASRock Z77 Fatal1ty Professional-M
2 different brands of generic green pcb 2x4 ddr3 1333 speed ram, total 16gb
Asus Cerberus GTX 1070 Ti, non oc
Corsair TX850M PSU
2 SSDs, 2 HDDs with windows on a SSD that is nowhere near full
Fractal Design Define C case (Doubt this matters)

First off, either the mobo or the cpu is bad, as I can't seem to find a stable oc, not even 4,4 gHz. Sometimes it boots with a low or high oc, sometimes not. Right now it booted after like 15 retries and works like normal, that's the weird part. When it doesn't boot it freezes at the windows logo + loading wheel and then the PC resets and I can enter bios once more. Also, even as I set the CPU ratio to 45, it goes to 4600mHz and my BCLK is 100.. And even if I set the voltage to 1.45 in bios it goes up to 1.48 something V. The whole thing is really strange to me, I really want some help on this as I am completely lost.

I have the chance now to upgrade to a i5-6600k and a z170 board as it is available to me, but should I? Or is there any way to fix the problems I have to make my pc more stable? I will be posting a cinebench score below, and it is awfully low compared to other with the same CPU, same cpu ratio and same RAM speeds..

http://prntscr.com/lvxukx

Temps are fine, no thermal throttling.

I'm just sick of things never working as they should, maybe I should do the upgrade after all. I don't really need the features I get, I just want a properly working system for gaming, 1440p 144hz. Difference in fps is not that big when comparing a overclocked 2600k to a 6600k but if it actually would work everyday it'd totally be worth it.

Should be obvious that I am writing this out of desperation for help.

EDIT : As seen in the picture, the maximum cpu core clock is 4807 mHz but I had it set to 4700 in bios. Turbo boost is not available to disable in bios either?

SECOND EDIT : I disabled C3 and C6, disabled thermal throttling and set fixed voltage to 1.415 with a turbo offset of 0.035V and got these results : http://prntscr.com/lw0rnk

It was 99% of the time held at 1.44 volts, with an occasional spike up to 1.448?

 

[7664stefan]

Hey, seems that you were not lucky at the silicon lottery. Keep in mind that not every 2600k is good enough for 4,5Ghz. The vCore of >1,4V you apply I find quite scaring and too high.
The issues with the weird ratio between CPU clock and BCLK might have something to do with your alien mainboard. I have hear too often of probs with ASRock boards...this is why I am a believer in Asus.
If I was you I would strive for a stable OC of 4,2Ghz with lowest voltage first. Once you got there try the next stage without grilling your CPU with too high VCore. Might already now be the case that you have damaged your CPU.

 

[crazygunmanjoe]

Hey, seems that you were not lucky at the silicon lottery. Keep in mind that not every 2600k is good enough for 4,5Ghz. The vCore of >1,4V you apply I find quite scaring and too high.
The issues with the weird ratio between CPU clock and BCLK might have something to do with your alien mainboard. I have hear too often of probs with ASRock boards...this is why I am a believer in Asus.
If I was you I would strive for a stable OC of 4,2Ghz with lowest voltage first. Once you got there try the next stage without grilling your CPU with too high VCore. Might already now be the case that you have damaged your CPU.

As I was replying to this message, my computer BSOD. It was stable in R15, 4,7 gHz on 1,41 Volts, but when near idle it crashed. On a 4,2 gHz turbo profile right now, edited voltage to be below 1.4 volts though. It is currently around 1.32.

http://prntscr.com/lw1ah6

I am really really confused as to how this is supposed to work rn, and I might just end up selling this mobo and cpu now whilst I still can because I want as much fps as possible and this CPU just isn't cutting it. Not for 144hz atleast. Would you say ryzen or intel is the way to go for 1440p 144hz?

 

[7664stefan]

Really depends on the game you have in mind dude. For some your 1070ti migth deliver full 144FPS in 1440p, most likely for the majority of the games not and this is independent from your CPU.
With that rough OC you tried you might end of the day increase FPS by 1-3 and - this is my opinion - this is not really worth it and might be quite expensive.
Currently Ryzen is a good choice due to its good price/performance ratio. As an Intel fanboy I would probably still go for an i5-8600k or even i7 (for fun), where for a gaming rig the i5 would be my preferred choice. The better recommendation is surely Ryzen.

 

[crazygunmanjoe]

Really depends on the game you have in mind dude. For some your 1070ti migth deliver full 144FPS in 1440p, most likely for the majority of the games not and this is independent from your CPU.
With that rough OC you tried you might end of the day increase FPS by 1-3 and - this is my opinion - this is not really worth it and might be quite expensive.
Currently Ryzen is a good choice due to its good price/performance ratio. As an Intel fanboy I would probably still go for an i5-8600k or even i7 (for fun), where for a gaming rig the i5 would be my preferred choice. The better recommendation is surely Ryzen.

I'll look into a ryzen upgrade, idk if I can afford it rn but it seems like the better choice for sure, as intel cpus are so expensive compared to intels and I'd like to futureproof myself with the extra cores / threads I get with a ryzen.