So far I have done what was asked and set CPU voltage to 1.3v and managed to boot to the desktop successfully @ 4.5Ghz, although I have yet to stress test as i'm still running my memory @ 2133. I did enable XMP which sets the strap to 125Mhz with a CPU multi of 28 and that also booted successfully. Although changing the strap down from 125 > 100 fails to post and shuts off system and repeats an ON and OFF post loop.
Is the 125Mhz strap ok? I know you'll get a performance edge with a higher strap but is it safe for other buses on the system in the long term? I find it strange that XMP would do this if it is problematic?
Oh btw my memory is 32GB (4x8) Corsair Dominator Platinums 3000Mhz (CMD32GX4M4B3000C15)
Also this board is running Bios 1701 since I received it, but people say that's the wrong Bios for the USB3.1 version of the board? This is a new board after my 1st I had to RMA due to a missing pin on the CPU socket.
Regarding ROG Realbench, never used this program before since i'm used to using Prime95, which is apparently a no no for Haswell-E processors. Anyway, is there a specific amount of time to be considered stable with this program?
Thankyou for any insight you can provide...
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