My specs
before my system was
q6600 @ (333x9) 1.45vcore
asus p5n-e sli
Zalman 9700 HSF
OCZ 6400 Titanium (5-5-5-15 1t) 2.0
Geforce 260 215
Antec 900
500W generic power
This was running pretty rock solid except for occasional system hangs during gaming (I am guessing it was vdroop) I didn't pencil mod it. But because I wanted to acheive a higher overclock, I upgraded to this--->
q6600 @ (400x8) 1.5vcore
asus p5k-e
Zalman 9700 HSF
OCZ 6400 Titanium (4-4-4-15 2t) 2.0v
Geforce 260 215
Antec 900
500W generic power
My problem
-my 2nd core failed while running prime 95 at 7 minutes
-CPUID reads my PCIE link width at 1x but supports 16x, so I set my pcie at 110 (is this okay??)
-when I play GTA4, the computer reboots itself in 1 minute in to the game
My thoughts
-not the power
-video card PCIE is kinda fishy
-but at the same time, it failed prime95... so must be a CPU problem as well
-maybe I should loosen my timing?
What is my problem? Preferably, I want to hit 3.6. I can boot with 3.6 but it will crash during stress test and gaming.
before my system was
q6600 @ (333x9) 1.45vcore
asus p5n-e sli
Zalman 9700 HSF
OCZ 6400 Titanium (5-5-5-15 1t) 2.0
Geforce 260 215
Antec 900
500W generic power
This was running pretty rock solid except for occasional system hangs during gaming (I am guessing it was vdroop) I didn't pencil mod it. But because I wanted to acheive a higher overclock, I upgraded to this--->
q6600 @ (400x8) 1.5vcore
asus p5k-e
Zalman 9700 HSF
OCZ 6400 Titanium (4-4-4-15 2t) 2.0v
Geforce 260 215
Antec 900
500W generic power
My problem
-my 2nd core failed while running prime 95 at 7 minutes
-CPUID reads my PCIE link width at 1x but supports 16x, so I set my pcie at 110 (is this okay??)
-when I play GTA4, the computer reboots itself in 1 minute in to the game
My thoughts
-not the power
-video card PCIE is kinda fishy
-but at the same time, it failed prime95... so must be a CPU problem as well
-maybe I should loosen my timing?
What is my problem? Preferably, I want to hit 3.6. I can boot with 3.6 but it will crash during stress test and gaming.