Revisiting an older thread here - below are my two posts from page 5:
Initial OC effort and H/W-
MSI P6N Platinum
CPU: Intel C2D 6600
Memory: 2048 MB of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-800
Video Card: eVGA 8800GTS 640mb ACS Nvidia
Hard Drive: Seagate 7200.10 500.0 GB @ 7200 RPMS
DOH !!! Orthos dashed my hoped there .. had the temps up to 53c and failed after less than an hour. Voltage at 1.46 at this point.
Sitting at 3.4 now with a 1.44 CPU voltage. It was running Orthos for over 2 hours so I'm closer to my 'safe and stable' setting than I was last night with my initial go for broke overclock. I'd like to bump the voltage down to 1.42 and run Orthos overnight. CPU will creep up to 53c running Orthos but won't top that, so I'll assume an extended gaming session won't push the PC like Orthos will.
Edit: 3.4 appears to be the comfortable point for my setup, at I was able to lower the CPU voltage to 1.42 and run Orthos for hours before calling it a success. I realize 24 hours would be a better time frame, but I want to keep my temps and voltages lower than my initial test. I would have loved to have gotten 3.6 stable but 3.4 is nothing to sneeze at, especially for the older games that I play.
Edit II: OK, since I last posted, my Buffalo RAM has bit the dust, replaced by Super Talent DDR2800 RAM ... I'm shooting for 3.6 again and assuming the RAM is my problem. Can anyone recommend some 1000 or 1066 RAM that would run closer to spec at 3.6ghz for this board ??