alright, i need some brain storming ideas.

i'm using the 980x now and did get increased results all around but i still seem to be hitting a similar wall that i was with the 930.

currently i can run 4.5ghz, 1800mhz mem @ CL6 (6-8-6-24-72) timings. this IS an improvement over the 4.3ghz, 1700mhz mem @ CL7 (7-8-7-24-72) timings using the 930...

at this point, CPU speed isn't my issue, it's trying to get the memory speed faster.

according to ROG connect, bios will boot through upto 1900mhz but windows will crash... understandable and can be worked around eventually... the problem i see though is as soon as i push it past 1900 to 1950 and 2000, RC poster detects memory but hangs on CPU regardless of what clocking it's at, even at stock clocks.

my settings:
vCore - 1.375v (stable at above mentioned stable clocking, i've tried upto 1.5v)
uncore - left auto (i've tried manually setting based on mem speed, still no luck)
data link - left auto (i've tried bringing this up just a tad but any time i do windows crashes)
DRAM - 1.643v (tried upto 1.675v)
QPI - 1.375v (tried upto 1.5v)
PLL - left auto
Ratio - 30x150 (many other combos worked for above mentioned stable clocking, but no luck for 2000mhz)
C1E - disabled
TM - disabled
Memory timings - 6-8-6-24-72 (i've tried loosening upto 10-10-10-24-88)
QPI LLC - enabled
OC power - X power
LLC - full calibration...

funny thing is... ya i'm trying for 2000mhz on mem but the 980x seems to be hitting a wall at 4.65ghz... or either it's the CPU or it's windows just not accepting it... regardless if i use 1600mhz on the mem as stock speed or OC it... the anything over 4.5ghz here just isn't booting...

any thoughts at all?

like i said, i can go 4.5ghz, 1800mhz mem stable... and i KNOW the cpu can go higher. it's temps are 30*c idle and 59-60*c 100% load w/ HTT turned on but i simply can't get it to boot any higher than 4.5.