Power limit I tend to keep high - I don't ever want the card to throttle because of using too much power (unless it was over spec of the slot & connectors.)
Core clock can cause the wattage to change, though - to confirm, note wattage draw at the wall, adjust ONLY the voltage, and check again, then compare.
Ok i'll keep the power limit as default (0%). I was going to leave it at -48 over night to see if it remains stable and drop it another 50 after that.
I am using the bastardized driver mix of 16.9.3 and 17.4.3 to get 6 to work in win10. Would that have any effect?
Probably not.