As I said before, it took me a long time to get this run. When I run this card on my 2700k I have both the proc and gpu in the same water loop ( see red water loop going to card in pic). When I run this card in the xeon machine, just the gpu is in the water loop. It is easier keep temps lower so the card runs better. I didn't measure volts, so don't have the answer to those questions. I am just starting to try hard volt mods, but haven't put any easy volt reading mods into my cards. I do this (hwbot) for fun and escape, not for attention or money. I moved to this league so I could just keep having fun. I was Thrilled with this run and it drew a lot of negative comments. I was very disappointed. I don't like getting that feeling from my hobby...