I 100% agree wiht this statement. as well as the one up higher about anyone recommending a dual core for such a long period is short sighted.
I just got my quad and will never ever turn back. The speed is unbelievable. Everything loads flawlessly. i can still surf while running prime95 at...
Q6600 G0 @ 3.45Ghz (431x8) 1.3935v in bios 45 idle, 68 load,
Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme with 19cfm coolermaster fan
EVGA 680i SLI P30 bios
2x1GB OCZ System Elite PC6400 @ 950Mhz 5-6-6-17
EVGA Geforce 8800GTS 320MB
Its been running at this speed for 4 days now without a hitch...
try 333fsb. 311 might be a fsb hole. just keep playing around with settings untill it works.
i dont know if your board allows you to do this, but my 680i was set for auto on all voltages until i started getting hangs. then i started bumping up the volts notch by notch until it booted stable.
I have to agree on most of what he said except the voltage for ram seems very high. you should be able to pull off a nice overclock without that much voltage. i have mine at 950 5-6-6-17 (not performance ram) with only 1.9 volts.
also, if the CPU is a G0 stepping chip, than 1.4v is too high...
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