Well my conclusions are teh following:
Ive had supposed degradation...
Which was narrowed down to my board being droopier then the first day I installed the chip. At first the droop was quite big, but it got real bad the next few days.
Vdroop mod done, no more vdroop.
System still not stable. I run OCCT and discover that my voltages are all over the map, some bad spikes too. Vcore not stable even though I have the vdroop mod.
I install a new PSU, voltages dead stable, perfect line over a one hour period. Vcore dead stable too.
Now runs like a champ at the old voltages.
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From this I can narrow down:
First make sure you have a good PSU that can handel the load, logic says, get more then you need so you never load the PSU hard enough for it to actually work to its full potential.
Then makesure your Vcore is stable, if you have a good PSU which you are SURE is working fine then any vcore instability is the cause of the board, hence perform the appropriate mods to make sure your board is stable.
Here is my vcore after droop mod and psu change
http://www.is-mad.com/upload/userfil...0h05-VCore.png
My voltage graphs are the same, cept for the 5v, which is running substatially lower then 5v (whatever the reason).
My previous Vcore was this
http://www.is-mad.com/upload/userfil...2h15-VCore.png No Vdroop Mod, old PSU
http://www.is-mad.com/upload/userfil...0h25-VCore.jpg With Vdroop mod, old PSU.
And the volts were even more all over the place.
http://www.is-mad.com/upload/userfil...0h05-VCore.png With Vdroop mod, NEW PSU.
So, my system was unstable as the Vcore was a mess, jumping around like crazy, requiring me to bump up the voltage more and more to a point were the voltage is so high that any drop in voltage cant be low enough for the system to crash. The moment I stabilized my Vcore via psu and motherboard mods the chip is working fine at the expected voltage.
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*Old PSU = Enermax 495W
New PSU = Corsair HX Series 620W
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