Doobs - I'm on the most recent here -

DFI BIOS

But I think 3/17 version was just as good if not better. Only diff I noticed was that the may version seemed to send a tad more vcore with the same exact setting I had in bios with 3/17.

C-N - Geez, now you're really adding some funk into the mix! GTLs diff from CPU to CPU seems it might make sense as many people's suggested GTLs don't work at all for me. I need to set mine very low, even as the VTT and NB scale up. Over 500fsb, it's instant bluescreen if my gtls are wrong. mine work well from 58 - 63 for the full range of VTT and NB. For 24/7 500fsb - VTT 1.15 / NB - 1.42 / GTLS 59 59 59 and that is rock stable in OCCT and Orthos for me. When I get up over 580FSB it all needs a couple bumps.

About the drives, haha, I will do a compare with one fresh xp/raptor and see how it goes.