wishmaster, good job. Congratulations on the new build and good luck with the magical 5.0.
Well I managed 4.8Ghz with it.
I also managed x50 5.0 Ghz. It booted and loaded everything in Windows without issue..
But, it wasn't completely stable though.
Under Intel Burn Test, it would freeze and BSOD on the very first test.
It was probably stable enough to get a CPUz Validation but ... thats cheating IMO if not truly stable.
I was sitting at x50 Multi and 1.4volts, (1.39 in bios) so maybe a vCore of 1.44-1.45 would stabilize it enough to get a few IBT runs in at that speed.
But, Im not sure Im comfortable with that kind of Vcore especially for a 24/7 OC.
That and at 4.8, it was already around 77C, and that was at a 1.36 vCore.
So once it started crapping out at 1.4 vCore I just stopped right there, since that was my personal limit for a bench run.
At least I know its possibly capable of it. From reports Ive seen, most need something around 1.5v for any stability at x50.
Im thinking maybe this CPU would run 5.0 at around 1.44-1.46ish.
~~~ Oh, and these benches were run with all 4 cores/8threads enabled.
I am think without Hyperthrteading it would probably be a bit easier.