Z77a-gd65 no multi drop in idle with fixed vcore ?

Hi all, I am trying to oc my 2500k on the z77a-gd65 with a normal multi oc and fixed vcore, eist always enabled. interal pll overvoltage auto, intel turbo off, vdrop auto, digitial compensation auto, cpu core ocp expander auto, cpu core switching freq. auto. Ce1 enabled, intel c-state enabled, c state limit auto. Also I think they dont grip once fixed vcore.
Problem is: My multi doesn't drop in idle but hangs fixed at what ever multi I put in. Is a normal multi OC with a drop to 1.6 ghz in idle no longer possible in ivy bridge ? My SB did that just fine.

You obviously have a CPU with a good VID. Not everyone is that fortunate. It's your OC, do as you please. I OC most of my processors when under full load to sit at or just below the industry suggested maximums for them (CPU V. set on 'Auto') and experiment with the VDroop settings to ensure stability. With Sandy and Ivy, that is 1.400v's, or less when under load. On CPU V. 'Auto', worst Ivy CPU currently here will do 45X, another one does 46X, best Sandy here will do 51X. Heat, voltage requirements (VID), clock speed variations attainable between CPU specimens is rather large. Only a few rigs here have 'raw' OC's on them and run manual set CPU V. all the time. 
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So, if you use your machine for mostly gaming (why oc otherwise) one can actually save more with manual vcore if this is lower at full load than the auto (especially for me as I get 4.4 GHz with a 2500k on 1.156 vcore, which I will never get down to on auto vcore.).
Rendering, Audio - Video creation, OC'ing the CPU is 'very' beneficial to performance.

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