Kiwi, i have the samep problem, first of all , this is my third board i put this cpu in, and in the first...it was 2h+ stable at 1.45 4,3 , And later on, i did put it in a Gigabyte board... now it suddenly required little more..from nothing to more vcore just like that.. needed then 1.47 approx..same clocks...

And now in my brand new premium board... it needs like 1.50 , dont get this Either i have to swallow the apple and accept that it HAS degraded..

i have benched in several times with hiigh vcore, not for days though, some hours, from 1.60-1.75 for a while.

maybe ill just keep it now at 1.45 and it will get back to normal?