MSI z77 mpower boot loop-cold start

Just got this PC put together a few days ago and I havent had luck keeping it at 4.5ghz @ 1.360v.
System Specs:
i5 2500k
z77 mpower @ latest bios version
16gb Corsair Vengeance 1866mhz
msi GTX 670 power edition oc
750w Corsair psu
256gb samsung SSD
Corsair H80
I can get it overclocked to 4.5ghz @ 1.360v and while running prime95 for 24hrs it was 100% stable, temps never went over 70C. I have set the I/O voltage to 1.2500v, the System Agent voltage to 1.105, the RAM memory voltage to 1.60v. XMP enabled @ 1866 9-10-9-27.
The problem is that it runs fine until I shut it down for 15 minutes then try to boot it back up, it boot loops 5-6 times then resets everything in the BIOS. The motherboard shows a code 60 as soon as it powers up, then it shuts down again, then powers back up then it gets stuck on A2, then again shuts down and starts back up and shows 60 again, and then A2 again, does this 5-6 times until it decides to reset everything and it allows me into BIOS again. It's driving me INSANE. Does anyone know what the heck is going on? I want to be able to shut it down when I go to sleep and be able to turn it back on without overclocking it again in the morning, ya know?
It works perfectly fine when I restart the computer, only happens when it sits turned off for more than 5 minutes.
  Appreciate the help in advance.

We have similar boards and I cannot view your screen shots: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=162043.0
Try an overclock based off mine and see if it is better.
If you want to do an muliplier change oc, post better screen shots so I can see what you have set.
**PS: Don't mimic my ram settings, just enable xmp. Also, you won't be able to get this stable at 1866 w/ 4 sticks unless you are lucky. Esp with a Sandy cpu.
Do your testing with just 2 sticks in dual channel, then put the 4 in and if you are lucky you may be able to set it to 1600 9-9-924 / 2t.

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