linderman

well a couple of comments for you


in the ram settings


change you ram divider also listed as SPD value in the bios to a value of... "2" this will give you a 1:1 ratio on your ram to cpu instead of the 4:5

next change your ram timings for now to 5,5,5,15 yours are set at 5,6,6,18

also change your TRC value from 1T to 2T

make sure your ram voltage is set atleast to Vdimm 2.0 volts but 2.1 volts would be better

as far as how far you can push this cpu I am thinking 3.6 volts dont see you getting as far as 4.0ghz some fellas have attained that clock on watercooling but they sure as hell dont leave it there 24/7 !!

I am not a real big fan of the OCZ 600 watt power supply for your rig / the OCZ line is much better than the generics on the market but yet they are not on par with numerous models which are on the first and second tier shelves for qaulity

First Tier = Seasonic & PC Power and Cooling

Second Tier= Corsair / Antec Trio Power / Thermaltake Toughpower Silverstone / Enermax Galaxy

Third Tier = OCZ / Coolermaster Real Power Pro / Mushkin /


you need a 750 watt unit to power your rig when overclocking !!

I would sell off the one you have on ebay and get the Corsair TX-750 watt or Thermaltake Toughpower 750 watt

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linderman

once you get too 400mhz x 9 = 3.6 and stable with Orthos stress test for 3 hours

then we can sneak your timings down to 4,4,4,12 and run it again



just booting into windows and not crashing while gaming is NOT a stamp of stable or safe overclock !!

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budlee-burton

i was using the Prime95 to torture test is that okay??

linderman

as long as you run a stress tester that works both cores you are fine


many fellas like to run two instances of single core prime

its just easier to run one instance of orthos and it will work both cores ?

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budlee-burton

Well my PSU is in the dog house and has had some serrious telling off as i made the suggested RAM mods and when i load up the computer say

Overclock failed or Overvoltage failed!!

i'm guessin this is the PSU not havin enough power in it

budlee-burton

i was looking at the PC and power colling PSU's and they are owned by PCZ and they are powered by OCZ technology so surrely they are the same PSU's just different brand names e.g. skoda's are now re-badged VW's

linderman

PC power & cooling is an elite line-up of units.

PC power & cooling was a smaller company that has their own top flight engineering department.

OCZ is a larger company which did not have a PSU engineering department.


OCZ bought PC power & Cooling along with some consentual terms of agreement.

Dont be mislead into thinking an OCZ power supply is of the same quality as a PC Power & Cooling

OCZ's are good but they are third tier in my book and PC/PC is the top shelf

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budlee-burton

Awesome i have an 860W on the way :D will be back in a week or so as it'll be a while before it arrives