I would have done 6 core instead of 2.

^^^Yup, I should have, but while testing the motherboard on air, had cores disabled to check on efficiency at somewhat higher clocks, thats what started the degradation. Chip not able to do even 5.4G 6c6t now after LN2 and higher vcore while just a couple of weeks ago it was able to do 5.88G, . So its not as rapid as Hipro suggested but it surely is there...

Edited June 22, 201015 yr by thebanik

So far with my chip with 6 cores is running pretty sweet.. My cb was really low with 2 core.. so I didn't even have the option.. have you heard anything about doing 6 core 6 thread have degradation compared to 6 core 12 thread?

my stupid chip has same cb and cbb with 2, 6 and 12t. i had been running 6c6t for quite a long time, and that didnt degrade it for sure

I meant the cb on 2 core was really high -120 area... sorry to hear about the chip brotha...