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I Forgot to mention those were while using Prime95
damn sorry!i ment to type 468 -.- its 9x468 ive corrected the 1st post
Message edited by Penetralia13 on 07-05-2008 at 09:59:44 PM
i ve posted images from my bios its my 1st overclock so dont be harsh on me 
until FSB 463 pc on 8 hours with Prime Blend was completely stable
MCH fq cant change to 200/266/333/400MHz
Message edited by Penetralia13 on 07-05-2008 at 10:12:33 PM
I'm no professional overclocker by any means but I really think you do not have enough voltage going to your cpu. I was unable to reach 4000mhz without surpassing intels rated max voltage of 1.3625V. On the box my cpu came in it says the max voltage is even lower @ 1.25v.
Take a look at this link and you will see that the guys that hit 4200mhz had a vcore of 1.45v. It's your choice if risking your cpu's useful life is worth that little extra performance. I have mine at 3800mhz @ 1.275v with no worries. Ran for 24hours Prime95; while prime95 was running I played Bioshock for an hour and did a 3dmark06 test, 0 errors. The only other voltage I increased was my ram, +1, which brought it to 1.9v and it's rated at 1.8.
http://www.legionhardware.com/docu [...] id=717&p=0
Edit: After posting I decided to give 4000mhz another shot. Currently running @ 1.3625v, Orthos has been going for 5.5 hours . But yea, 4200mhz will require a bit more juice.
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Message edited by RyanS2000 on 07-08-2008 at 06:45:56 AM
Message edited by RyanS2000 on 07-08-2008 at 06:45:56 AM
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L | Intel E8400 @ 4.0GHz w\ Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer | OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 4GB | eVGA 8800 GTS 512 (G92)
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rolf i was running orthos for 9 hours and then i received an error at 4.16GHz pretty weird huh
| RyanS2000 wrote : I'm no professional overclocker by any means but I really think you do not have enough voltage going to your cpu. I was unable to reach 4000mhz without surpassing intels rated max voltage of 1.3625V. On the box my cpu came in it says the max voltage is even lower @ 1.25v.
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That voltage is very low for 4.0+
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a vcore of less than 1.5 is considered safe.
The VID (which is what the box would be labeled) does not indicate the maximum voltage the CPU can be run at but rather the max voltage required/needed for your chip to run at its stock freq.
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