Quote Originally Posted by Pisklink View Post
I think these high vdroops are becoming larger with each step because the electrical circuit gets less capacity to deliver the set voltage. Maybe you could try a v-mod?!?



Maybe you should try to post with only one stick of memory if you didn't try yet.



I'm totally clueless at this point as well. I would expect that lower bclk would put less stress on every component connected to it and therefore providing more stability.

Did you already do a google search for extreme OC results on a R2E, performed with nearly the same cooling solution as you are using?
I would think that if certain voltages are offered the manufacturer would have made sure to use adequate components to avoid circuit limitation issues. It would appear that is not the case

On that note, I did try posting with a single stick of DRAM with the same results. I do not think any of the sticks from the triple channel kit like higher voltages. Insted of more stability I end up with significantly less stability. Furthermore, I also noticed that if I loosen the timings past 9-9-9-24-2T even a single stick will no longer boot and the board just hangs at DET DRAM. Upper and lower ceiling on timings it seems...or???

In terms of the BCLK that is exactly what I would think as well. Lower BCLK == less stress overall but appears not necessarily. I will follow up on your suggestion and do a bit of a grind through Google to see if I can find any further details on R2E OCing other than what I know to date.

While I was doing this I fiddled with Uncore on my everday overclock and now I have Uncore set to 4.32GHz for everyday use but that requires roughly 1.6V at load on part of QPI/DRAM to be stable. Maybe the issue is really that for Uncore as high as 4.6GHz I need in excess of 1.8V on QPI/DRAM? That seems awful high...

Could it also be that the system would just behave better if I actually had some DRAM that was designed to run between 1.9V and 2.1V that's clocked high like for example the Corsair Dominator DDR3-2133C9DF sticks?