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MeltdownPrelude · 04-08-2009, 09:21 PM

I have an e6850 CPU that i've been trying to overclock. When i bought it a year ago i read many many many reviews saying that it was the latest epic legend of OCing, many people breaking 4.0 on air.

Im not that ambitions but -

I cant even keep it stable at 3.6. Hell, i cant even run orthos for more then 20 min at 3.2. I cant, for the life of me, figuer out what im doing wrong.

To start, i ran my computer at all stock settings with orthos for 24 hours with no errors just to be sure all my hardware is fine.

i have an MSI 680i mobo and 2gb 800 ram set to 5.5.5.15 it is not linked to my FSB.

Ive take small steps with my voltage from stock settings up to 1.52v and never any higher then that as its listed as unsafe by intel and all other users i read about never had to go higher.

My temps are always perfectly safe, i've never seen it go over 52c even under load. Regardless even at only 3200mgz my computer locks up after 20-30 min of orthos no matter what i set my volt to.

Am i missing something or am i the only poor ******* on the planet to get a dud e6850?

04-08-2009, 09:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
MeltdownPrelude Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 41 OS: XP Pro	e6850 failure I have an e6850 CPU that i've been trying to overclock. When i bought it a year ago i read many many many reviews saying that it was the latest epic legend of OCing, many people breaking 4.0 on air. Im not that ambitions but - I cant even keep it stable at 3.6. Hell, i cant even run orthos for more then 20 min at 3.2. I cant, for the life of me, figuer out what im doing wrong. To start, i ran my computer at all stock settings with orthos for 24 hours with no errors just to be sure all my hardware is fine. i have an MSI 680i mobo and 2gb 800 ram set to 5.5.5.15 it is not linked to my FSB. Ive take small steps with my voltage from stock settings up to 1.52v and never any higher then that as its listed as unsafe by intel and all other users i read about never had to go higher. My temps are always perfectly safe, i've never seen it go over 52c even under load. Regardless even at only 3200mgz my computer locks up after 20-30 min of orthos no matter what i set my volt to. Am i missing something or am i the only poor ******* on the planet to get a dud e6850?