4.3 or 4.4 what would you choose

[kbalaz]

So playing around with my overclock again and have noticed a rather large difference in voltages from 4.3 to 4.4.
I can set 4.3GHz @ 1.18V and it runs stable. At 4.4GHz I need to set it to 1.22V to keep it stable. Is this normal behavior for a 4770K? Luck of the draw on the chip? Any thoughts?

 

[Davva2004]

4.4ghz at 1.22v sounds fine. You may even scrape 4.5 if you're still using the D14 in your sig.

 

[kbalaz]

4.4ghz at 1.22v sounds fine. You may even scrape 4.5 if you're still using the D14 in your sig.

Im just wondering how much more performance I am going to notice. Other than achieving the "number" I am just curious about the big jump in voltage to achieve the "next step" 1.18-1.22 for 1GHz? does that sound normal? I have tried to get 4.5 out of it and can't get anything stable. I can do 1 and 2 cores at 4.5 and 3 and 4 cores at 4.4 and get it stable at 1.25V. Temps at 4.3@1.18 using OCCT avg. about 54C and 4.4@1.22 avg. 64-66C. I guess the question I am asking does it usually take that much of an increase in voltage to get to the next mark?
Yes I am still using the D14 as well.