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6900k, 4.6@ 1.410vcore. Do i keep it?

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As per title, you guys think it's safe for 24/7?

Am reading a lot about a supposed 1.4 'wall', but no offense to you all, the more i read (ie not forums, but actual pages), the more i see just how much is superstition, guesswork and so on.
So no longer sure on what to accept and what not to, lol
edit: Then why ask? It's what one does when lacking the facts to decide on their own, what else can one do :)

Forgot to mention; temps are well below 75 Celsius during stress tests. Round 30 in normal circumstances. Also, my bad. 24/7 as in only Speedstep on, all C states off, sleep off.
 
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Save is 1.3v on air, and around 1.4v on water...
 
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Save is 1.3v on air, and around 1.4v on water...

Thanks :)
Admittedly, 4.5/4.6 makes zero difference, i know. But what with the mobo being new, i thought i'd try for higher out of curiosity you know? Didn't honestly expect it would boot, let alone stay stable.
 
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The newest Bios helps a lot with to high voltages. If you fix the voltages,it is't e problem. The mobo does'nt start,clear cmos and start with default settings. My cpu start at 1,5v/4,5 ghz but it isn't stable.It is a silicon lottery. Its a z-mobo,than you have enough air for going up with voltages
 
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Perhaps i wasn't as clear as i originally thought, my apologies. Am already stable.
Am more interested in understanding the reasoning behind said barrier(s)* than anything else. As stated, yes, i know everyone says 1.4, hence the OP. I also know that this being the internet, 99% is just mindless repetition of what is available elsewhere.

*the one actual Intel document i've come across that mentions it is extremely dated and obviously referencing an entirely different architecture.
 
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i thought the wall is 1.52


and we're gonna make mexico benchmark it

edit: doesnt every architecture have the document?

edit2: everything is 'safe', everything is totally arbitrary, these are pieces of metal with electrons moving around

what you dont know is prolonged lifespan, nobody would, unless they always ran at a number for a long enough time to see failures

we dont know what intel's guideline is based on (actually, i havent read these docs word for word to know if they mention)
 
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i thought the wall is 1.52


and we're gonna make mexico benchmark it

edit: doesnt every architecture have the document?

edit2: everything is 'safe', everything is totally arbitrary, these are pieces of metal with electrons moving around

what you dont know is prolonged lifespan, nobody would, unless they always ran at a number for a long enough time to see failures

we dont know what intel's guideline is based on (actually, i havent read these docs word for word to know if they mention)
Thats what i mean. I haven't chance to write something like this,because my english isn't so good :)
 
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These voltage "walls" are there becouse of electron migration(to prevent it). So becouse for example the 14nm process is a lot smaller than say 32nm, the max voltage has to be smaller. In theory...
 
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