Originally posted by: Diogenes2
FWIW ? I picked up a 6420 to put together my 2nd C2D rig .
Could not get this 6420 stable at 2.8, even with volts up to 1.5 ..
MOBO is GA-965P-DS3 3.3
RAM is OCZ2P8002GK which Is stable to 1000mhz, however I was
leaving below 800 to find stable CPU OC ?
I may pop it in my sig rig later, just to make
sure it is not a non CPU issue , but it doesn?t seem
likely at this point..
I've noticed there doesn't seem to be a lot of people praising
the OC ability of this latest batch of chips..
See, thats where you went wrong.
1 chip never = another chip. This means, because on chip A i got X overclock, Chip B will give me the same.
THATS TOTAL BS. Chip A and B can hvae the same week/bin. But i promise you the max chip A to B will be off by serval mhz.
NO CHIPS ARE EVER THE SAME.
Also, what is your PSU? What is your Cooling? Whats your BATCH? Your missing a lot of variables which is leading me to believe your an overclocking noobie.
<i dont mean this is a downgrading sesne, just mean you must be new if you take offense to this statement i appologize>
Cooling/RAM/CPU/BOARD/PSU
ALL of these are required to overclock. IF one of them is WACKED, it will throw your overclocking off WACK as well.
Lastly, NB needs voltage when you overclock. That will inturn make it HOT. Read the complaints about people with gigabyte DS3 boards and NB cooling. Im guessing thats where 1 problem for you lies.
Also u failed to mention any temps, or programs used to overclock.
Go back to google, and read a overclocking guide.
OVERCLOCKING IS NOT PLUG AND PLAY.
I dont understand why people think it is. Learn to do it properly, or dont do it at all. A very small % of computer owners overclock. If you dont know how to, DONT ATTEMPT IT.
BAD OVERCLOCK =
Loss of major amounts of time
Loss of major amounts of data
Possible damage of hardware
Possible hours of headache because of overcooked hardware leading to errors.
READ up on it.