Quote Originally Posted by Chumbucket843 View Post
it'll be interesting to see if anyone could/would whip up a bios that could bypass the bclk limit. the limit is purely artificial. i could see it making sense when comparing bloomfield v. lynnfield so i think the limit could be very restrictive.
Well according to the slides, there is no limit, but the whole system will get instable. Just look how fast S1336 systems get instable when you increase pcie frequency above a certain point. sata controlelr crapping out comes to mind and other stuff.

It might be possible that the clock generator it self in cougar point is capable of much more then 2-5%, but if everything else craps out there isn't much point to it.