Is mine fine?

3570K at 4.5Ghz, 1.285V. Core temp running Prime95 averages 70 for few hours.

Actually I need to increase vcore to 1.31 for stability.

Temperature still averages 69-70 but max for for 4 core is still lower half of 70++ with Prime95.

For gaming and cpu intensive work still average 50 to lower half of 60++..

Idling temp is upper half of 30++..

Using CM Hyper 212 Evo - push pull setup.

How long should we run a stress test ? I don't want to leave it whole day running Prime95 cos I dun subscribe to long stress test run where there is possibility of damaging the cpu.

Is there any reason why people should run lower vcore ranging from 1.1 to 1.2?

I'm using normal 1333 Kingston RAM btw, how could this 1333 RAM speed affect the overclocking process?

Thanks. I think I am contend with the current setup at 4.5ghz. Pretty stable.