Hey everyone,

Unfortunately it seems like I only get time to work on the rig on the weekends. Hopefully as my work schedule lightens up a bit, I'll be able to spend more time tuning.

Anyway, right now I'm trying to see how low I can go on vCore while maintaining stability at 3.6ghz. Originally I was at +0.3 in the BIOS (1.5v in Windows, idle) and now I'm at 0.225v in the BIOS (1.43v in Windows.) What I've found so far is that GTL Ref needs adjusting in tandem with vCore.

When I lowered vCore from .3 to .275, the system froze within two minutes of OCCT. Lowering GTL ref from 65 to 60 solved this. My experience does indeed support the notion that GTL Ref plays a big role in maintaining stability at high overclocks. As I learn more, I'll post further results.