OC Z77A-GD65 with i5 3570k

Hi, just wanted to check with you guys regarding my settings and values.
I'm running the 10.8 Bios and running Mushkin Redline XMP1866 1.50V 2x4GB, Noctua DH14 air cooler, Creative Xfi Titanium, Seasonic SS-620GM (Bronze) in a CM Stacker 2 case.
On VCore Auto and 45x turbo multiplier (core ratio limits are default 38/38/37/36), my idle VCore is 0.960V and on load it's 1.300V (1.28 on CPUZ).
While playing with the droop from 100, 87.5, 75, and 50, the voltage is still the same.
I'm in the tropics with high humidity and ambient temp of 28C(it's 34C outside -_-) so with both stock and OC settings idle temps are 44C and during prime95 small FFTs it goes to 93C.
I was running a P8Z77 V-Pro before but it was faulty. On that MB this chip on offset vcore used to run 45x at 1.25V, and at 44x it could run 1.15V (temps were sub 90).
Do I have no choice but to go for a fixed VCore?

Aside from the Noctua cooler, I have 2x120mm exhaust fans at the back (1 is positioned at the Noctua cooler so it's like a 3 fan 2 radiator sammich), 80mm exh on top, 80mm in on side, and 2x120mm intake at front (2xCM HDD bays). The psu is located on the bottom of the tower drawing in from below and venting out back.
PS: I loaded default values and reflashed the bios and now the VDroop control is working.
EIST/C1E enabled, Long/Short/Turbo limits/durations increased. SA is 0.97, pll at 1.81
Now at 45x with 87.5% droop, VCore at 1.29 on load
While running IBT on High, temps are 90 97 97 93 across cores (0-3). 1 and 2 peak at 100.
With 75% droop temps are lower by 3 degrees but I get WHEA errors.

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Hello all, its been a while since i was last on the forum (and never on intel side lol).
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Quote from: RemusM on 15-November-12, 19:14:37
You should already start to save some bucks because you're going to "upgrade" the PC again.
And very soon.
How come? what is coming?
Quote from: Bernhard on 15-November-12, 20:36:17
Your friends neglected to tell you that you needs some pretty serious cooling for that amount of OC on an Ivy CPU.
The fact that your BIOS multi is inhibited but the turbo multi still allows to set anything up to X60 may indicate a problem with the BIOS itself. Have you tried a full CMOS clear with battery removal ?
Did you update the ME firmware at the same time?
If it is the -GD65, have you tried the second BIOS by manually switching to it. That should still have your old BIOS, unless you flashed both.
Don't worry we already decided to get one of the best air coolers Noctua NH-D14.
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Also i'll whip out a GPU and do a battery pull for the CMOS then use the secondary bios if that fails. As i haven't flashed both (unless they get done at the same time.)
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https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=108079.0
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I do apologize for so many questions, but I’m very scared to put this rig together with so many z77 chipset issues around… I’m just trying to avoid “ I told you so” from my wife… LOL I’m concern about error 55 (memory not installed), in some cases CPU installation issues. I’m coming from several years of AMD builds… so IB it is very new to me…
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MOVED: MSI Z77A-GD65 with Intel Xeon Processor E3-1245V2 - 3.4 GHz

This topic has been moved to Intel Core-iX boards.
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