So,
In the Maximus XI thread, I have documented my woes and laid them beside several others while. After upgrading to the latest BIOS and then downgrading when it proved unstable, I'm now finding one core running 20 degrees hotter than other cores. I even had a thermal warning and shutdown right after booting at one point (And, I am on water with a separate flow meter that shows normal flow and water temps).
Does anyone have a theory why one core would suddenly spike 20+ degrees C? My fear is the core somehow got hit with overvoltage when BIOS 1105 was giving volts .1 of a volt too low (checked with multimeter). I even restored everything to original settings and I'm still getting the reading.
I9-9900k
4x16 Dominator RAM
MSI Trio 2080 (non TI)
Water loop shared with VRM.