Sabertooth LLC all over the place ?

[Kenrou]

So got myself a Sabertooth 990fx r2.0 to replace a badly ageing Crosshair V Formula (non Z), setup my fav OC and notice the LLC going haywire. 1.428v at Ultra High goes all the way to 1.452v causing many heatz (i don't like heatz). High undervolts by roughly the same amount while Extreme gives me a whooping 1.488v.

Is this normal for a Saber ? my crosshair at Ultra high made roughly par with the voltage which was perfect, and now i cant stabilize my OC.

Thoughts ?

AMD FX-8370, 4.7ghz (23.5 x 200)
CPU 1.428v - CPU/NB 1.250v - CPU/VDDA 2.5V
NB 2600mhz / HT Link 2600mhz
Noctua NH-D15 - 2x140mm stock
SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 980 Ti
16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro - 9-10-9-27 2T 1866Mhz
2x Samsung 850 EVO 250gb
EVGA SuperNOVA G2 750W Gold
Fractal Define R5 Black - 8x Fractal Design Dynamic GP-14

[Kenrou]

Shameless bump for anyone's INFORMED opinion ? is the LLC on all Saber's the same or do i need to RMA ?

[Nate152]

Hello Kenrou

If your overclock isn't stable give it a little more vcore or drop to 4.6GHz. Try to keep LLC at medium as anything higher will overshoot the voltage you set.

[Kenrou]

Its not about the OC being stable or not, its the amount of LLC voltage at each setting. On my old Crosshair Ultra High generated +.01 above what i put in manual voltage, with the Saber the same setting gives +.025 and the setting just below -.025, with nothing in between. Maybe its just me that got lucky with the boards and never had to struggle much with vdroop, but this seems strange.

My question was : is this the norm with all the Sabers ? if not i am still in time to trade it for another Crosshair.