ok guys. finally got my stuff yesterday.
first let me say how much this thread has been a help to me.
THANK YOU ALL Jor3lBR especially. im positive that i wouldnt have done it as easily without this. i couldnt be more happy.
after some minimal tweaking i was able to get to 445x9 @ 1.23v windows 1.26 bios (LLC enabled). ran prime last night for 8 hours strong, but at the start of the 8th hour cores 2 & 3 had rounding errors. no biggie. probably not enough mch voltage, or the advanced timings on my ram.
i was getting kind of greedy i guess, when i was trying 4.25ghz and 4.5ghz... it would post at both, but i was only able to get into windows @ 4.25, but then it locked up. im pretty sure i can do both, obviously i gotta keep going. but thats why i came here!
i know what you're thinking, post a bios template. well im at work right now and wont be able to do that until i get home (my memory is not that extensive) BUT DONT WORRY, so, until then....
oh and i thought LLC was supposed to compensate for vdroop? well, actually, i think it was worse with it disabled. yeah, everything @ stock (1.2vcore) bios reads 1.17
oh well im not complaining even my temps are great...during the prime test my peak was 50C (ambient ~17C)

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