I got a 7700k and am wondering how in the hell you get a stable 5.0 overclock at 1.3v like I see all the reviewers doing. I was only able to get a stable overclock at 1.4. This produced unacceptable temperatures in the low 90s with my h100i when testing with realbench. I was able to get a 4.9 at about 1.35v and my fan still has trouble keeping the heat away from the 80s. I tried a 4.8 and it is still unstable at 1.275. I feel like I have been cheated, like I have gotten the worst chip for overclocking in the world. I see all of these reviews that show great overclocks and mine is stuck below average.
It is very sad when I play a CPU bound game like Battlefield one. I play at 120fps. When I overclock to 4.9 I can see values of 99% GPU utilization in my gtx 1080 often and the fps is quite steady and sometimes dips into the 90s. However, at stock speeds the 99% value scarcely seen and you have to watch the value for 10 seconds to see the 99% value. Now the fps drops to the 80s or even 70s resulting in large framerate swings.
It is so frustrating! At 4.9 or 5.0 I experience either game instability which happens every one to two hours or I get overheating issues where the temperatures go into the low 90s!!!
I don't know what to do. Perhaps I need to learn to delid my processor...
Am I going insane or is Battlefield One the most shittily optimized game in existence?