P67A-GD65 2600K - Help overklocking with auto Vcore.

Hey!
What I want to do is to reach a stable clock of 4,5ghz while having Vcore set to auto. Why I want to do that is ofcourse for the vcore to be as low as possible during idle, afterall since I leave my computer on 24/7 it spends most of the time in idle.
Right now I'm at 4,3ghz with the settings I will list below. I'm not ready to declare it to be stable just yet, but it finished 9,5h of Prime 95 Blend overnight. Read alot about BSOD's when it's idle though but so far I'm good in that aspect aswell.
When I first tried 4,3ghz I got BSOD with the code 0x124. Read up on it some and took my PLL Voltage off Auto and changed to 1,550000 and it's been fine since then. If I try 4,4ghz though I get the same thing and lowering PLL Voltage again did nothing and obv I can't just increase the Vcore since I want it on auto. Any tips on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
BIOS 1.15B5
Overclocking
CPU Base Frequency [10kHz] [10000]
Adjust CPU Ratio [34]
Adjust CPU Ratio in OS [Disabled]
Internal PLL Overvoltage [Auto]
EIST [Enabled]
Intel Turbo Boost [Enabled]
DRAM Frequency [AUTO]
Extreme Memory Profile (X.M.P) [Enabled]
DRAM Timing Mode [Link]
Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
VDroop Control [Auto]
CPU Core Voltage [AUTO]
CPU I/O Voltage [Auto]
DRAM Voltage [AUTO]
System Agent Voltage (SA) [Auto]
CPU PLL Voltage [1.550000V]
PCH 1.05 [Auto]
DDR_VREF_CA_A [Auto]
DDR_VREF_CA_B [Auto]
DDR_VREF_DA_A [Auto]
DDR_VREF_DA_B [Auto]
Overclocking/Advanced DRAM Configuration
2,9,9,9,24, the rest on Auto
Overclocking/CPU Features
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
Active Processor Cores [All]
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]
Intel Virtualisation Tech [Enabled]
Intel VT-D Tech [Disabled]
Power Technology [Custom]
C1E Support [Enabled]
Overspeed Protection [Enabled]
Intel C-State [Enabled]
Package C State Limit [No Limit]
Long Duration Power Limit (W) 120
Long Duration Maintained (ms) 1000
Long Duration Power Limit (W) 130
Primary plane turbo power limit 0
1-Core Ratio Limit 43
2-Core Ratio Limit 43
3-Core Ratio Limit 43
4-Core Ratio Limit 43
Screens of settings:
Greenpower - web.comhem.se/tnt/Greenpower.JPG
Overclocking 1 - web.comhem.se/tnt/Overklocking.JPG
Overclocking 2 - web.comhem.se/tnt/Overklocking2.JPG
CPUfeatures - web.comhem.se/tnt/CPUfeatures.JPG

Quote from: Soilworker on 14-September-11, 22:49:36
Tried the settings you recommended and I think they would be stable, but for 4,4ghz my vcore was 1,432 under load and I dont feel comfortable with it that high. Tried turning Vdroop back to auto and then the Vcore under load was 1.298 but that seemed to be too low as I got a BSOD with 0x124 after only ~2mins of Blend in Prime.
Also, when disabling Turbo Boost the options for individual cores and for the "duration limits" 120/1000/130 is no longer there. Changed it to the values you said before turning boost off though but I doubt it did any difference?
Yup! Stop: 124 is not enough CPU V. Your CPU is unfortunately not going to play nice it appears. Just a guess, but have the feeling 4.2 (maybe 4.3) is going to be it's limit & keep around the recommended maximum of 1.400v's at heavy load. To be honest, after the durations disappear after the disable, I don't know if those settings are then still in affect. Recommend to keep the VDroop set to 'Low'.

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I am thinking of buying some cheap 1333 CL9 RAM to see if I can manage to get into the UEFI and see if I can tweak something into making my RAM work. I went on to the G.SKILL forum and found an interesting thread about RAM incompatiblities. Could this be causing the constant reboots?
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