Quote Originally Posted by kuziu View Post
MSI does not need such a large voltage, 1.5V set in BIOS is 1.47v idle and 1.51v load Everything I measured a digital multimeter

Gigabyte has been rather over-voltage set to 1.45V in the BIOS, and the program shows 1.44v idle and 1.42v load, and it really is more than 1.45v as measured Bullet forum, proved that the programs underestimate the reality is more than the value set in the BIOS
Ok thats interesting. So MSI is undervolting then from sensor....I just saw a post from someone saying their MSI board (GD45 I think?) was running at 1.32 idle and 1.38 load cpuz....

Anyway clear the cmos and see if your card is at X16 again.
I still think it's a RAM problem with your board or maybe you have a bad board. Most people I've seen in forums say the Gigabyte boards clock slightly higher than MSI series...so there is a compatibility issue with your system.

You don't have any 1.5v RAM to test?