| The best PS's(ka-ching, ouch!) permit only 1% tolerance for the 3.3v rail. IHMO, 3.6v is too "hot." Unless you want to overvolt whatever runs off of the 3.3v line. In the days when PC-133 RAM was popular, some folks overvolted it by choice, in aid of a better overclock.
Candidly, I'm not sure what the 3.3v is used for in DDR systems. Maybe the extra 0.3v does no harm. But it is a lot more than 1% above spec.
Modern AMD boxes suck a LOT of Amperage from the PS. Nonetheless, some people get by with 250W power supplies. How? Beats me!
The fact that MBM can get values wrong doesn't help. Trusting what Hardware Monitor in BIOS reports before trusting what MBM reports is a given. Trusting a Multimeter is even better.
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