I didn't mean to imply that Vdroop is literally gone. With the earlier bios I had to set Vcore at 1.575 to end up at 1.51 under load. Now I have bios Vcore set at 1.55 to end up at 1.51 under prime 95 load - a substantial improvement which I hope will allow me to go a bit higher - perhaps to that elusive 4.0ghz. We will see tomorrow.