Intel 4.5GHz & 5GHz LinX Stable Club

[LennyRhys]

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It definitely wont do 4.5 ghz with HT under 1.4v, but it seems good for 4.6 Ghz on 1.425v with HT off. I'm running it at 4.66 with minor instability so putting it down to 4.6 should be fine, but I want to try and get it stable at 4.66 Ghz and 1866 Mhz ram which is the best that my build will run at on air.

I'll get myself a 4 pin to 8 pin ATX connector next week and see if that helps as I'll have 4 more CPU ATX pins powered.

I'm surprised a monster CPU like the 980 works without 8-pin EPS, LOL Your batch 3118 is new (mid 2011) which I've not seen before on a 980 - it looks like a great batch. The seller told me the 980 I bought is 3003A957 which is actually a 980X batch number, so I might be getting an extreme CPU by mistake?! LOL

Technically you are not using "air" cooling - a Silver Arrow would probably perform quite a bit better than the Kuhler 620 with a heavy load like the 980.