Quote Originally Posted by Demo View Post
Nice chip if I have to say so, are you using LinX with AVX or Prime95 v26.6 for stability testing ?
I believe 4.5Ghz will be great for everyday usage/gaming.. probably very minimal difference even with the 500Mhz more per core as with the games today we are limited by the GPU.
It passed 20 loops or runs of LinX and sat through 3HRS of Prime95 blend testing. I don't go hardcore on the Prime and LinX testing, but enough that I feel good about it. I gamed last night for hours on those settings and didn't have one hiccup. I lowered the vcore to 1.425 this morning and it seems to be just as stable at the same speeds.

Also, I was reading where some people claim running a PLL of 1.7v to 1.72v actually reduces the vcore needed for stability...in some cases. I haven't tried it yet and it seems like a load of BS to me, just wanted to run it by you guys first.

EDIT: Meant to add that I'm running the F3D BIOS. I couldn't get stable at 5GHz with the F4 version from Giga's website without running a much higher QPI/VTT and slightly bumped VCSSA voltage. I switched to F3D and everything went much smoother.