Quote Originally Posted by C-N View Post
Im on B2 but I don’t think it will make much difference, I get CPU-Z crashes maybe 2 in 10 fail to start but work fine 2nd time I just figured it was due to trying to open CPU-Z early before the rig was fully loaded. I don’t get this problem if I'm a bit slower to open programs after reboot.

I think the not going into BIOS is BIOS specific some of the BIOS's I have used go in easier than others some like me to hold del down some like only one tap some display "prepare to enter bios" when del is hit some don’t. I find using IDE rather than AHCI to be better for entering BIOS especially when you are messing about in BIOS many times. You can always switch AHCI back on when you have settled on some settings & don’t need to enter the BIOS quite so much.

As for OC settings most boards/chips appear to do 4.5G on auto maybe a bump in vcore, why dont you see how far you can get save it in BIOS & start changing things to see what works for you. If you get stuck there are plenty here self included just tell us what's happening or not & we'll see if we have an answer.
When are you getting your B3? It's alot more stable. Only seems to ever boot loop if you try to S3 with PLL enabled (which disables the PLL when powering back up and causes boot loops and could potentially require a cmos clear to get out of, then the board goes right into windows instantly as if nothing ever happened).

Also, my costa rica 2600k hasn't "degraded" yet with the fixed LLC1...no idea if that's because of no more overshooting, or because of a better chip...