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Cliff, the OC3D guy, Tom Logan, was in communication with der8auer about the issue because he could not reproduce it. They both said the same thing. Only under a certain set of circumstances which nobody, other than LN2 overclockers, would do could reproduce the issue.
You have to turn off the motherboard setting which allows the CPU to communicate with the VRM
You have to change the setting of how much voltage could go to the VRM from 100% to 140%
You have to turn off all the thermal throttling and overvoltage protections in BIOS. Which no sane person would ever do.
Even with all of that, it could only be reproduced in 1 test of prime95. To create the problem he described, you have to send 450-500 Watts through the VRM which it was never designed to handle.
All over the internet everyone is overclocking that CPU to 4.5-4.6 on 1.25V or less. This is a screenshot of the video he did to show his CPU throttling. Please explain to me why anyone who would like his CPU to last more than 6 months would run 1.7+V through a CPU for a 4.6 overclock?
The problem would not exist under any normal circumstances. His video about it made the Manufacturers have to say they are doing something about it. It would only happen for extreme LN2 overclockers who are used to dealing with those type of problems because of what they do. And they don't care if they fry the CPU or motherboard, they come with a stack of both.