Did I lose the silicone lottery?

[shields42]

I have an Intel Core i7-4770K and I can't push it past 4.2 without blue-screening. It is air-cooled with a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO and powered by the EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B2. I have pushed the voltage all the way up to 1.3 and I still only hit 4.2 and then blue-screen. I am beyond frustrated and am going to sell this one and get a 4790K and try my luck again. Before I do that, I wanted to ask if there was anything else I could do.

 

[delellod123]

could be your RAM. what kind of ram? Or motherboard. What are your specs

 

[delellod123]

and temperatures when stock

 

[shields42]

could be your RAM. what kind of ram? Or motherboard. What are your specs

Intel Core i7-4770K
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
I am running Corsair Vengeance Pro 1866 16GB (2x 8GB) DDR3.
MSI Z87-GD65 Gaming
MSI GTX 770 4GB Gaming/OC
EVGA SuperNOVA NEX750B2 750W Semi-Modular Power Supply
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB SSD

Stock temps are 32 on idle at 1.80GHz and 68 under load at 3.90GHz

 

[delellod123]

try running your ram @ 1600mhz. Are you over clocking with multiplier?

 

[Bearo]

try running your ram @ 1600mhz. Are you over clocking with multiplier?

Agreed, I had this issue too. I reduced my Corsair Vengeance 2133mhz RAM down to 1600 and it solved the blue screen issues.

 

[shields42]

try running your ram @ 1600mhz. Are you over clocking with multiplier?

The RAM is currently on XMP at 1866.

 

[shields42]

try running your ram @ 1600mhz. Are you over clocking with multiplier?

Agreed, I had this issue too. I reduced my Corsair Vengeance 2133mhz RAM down to 1600 and it solved the blue screen issues.

I don't know a whole lot about RAM timing/overclocking, but I dropped it to stock (no XMP) which I think is 1333. I still BlueScreen at anyting over 4.2GHz.

 

[TerryFawkes]

I have the same problem with the same CPU & MOB but different RAM.