Quote Originally Posted by sfdmalex View Post
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.

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.
You just nailed the coffin. Seems like... case closed?