I also think that it's the first revision of the boards (rev 1.0) and maybe isolated incidences of the rev 1.1? I know I have rev 1.1 of 990fxa-ud3 and a friend I know has rev 3.0 or 4.0? I have my 8350 @ 4.7 1.48v, my friend has his FX-6*** series at 4.7 or 4.8, stable. I'm wondering if the problems associated with Gigabyte boards might have been exaggerated or at least maybe they have been addressed by the company?