ASUS Maximus Formula SE

[Nuckin_Futs]

Nuckin futs and others when you are quoting CPU PLL voltages are you quoting the voltage you are setting in bios or the bios hardware managers given voltage?

At the moment I have PLL at 1.72V

I am and have bean reffering to as reported in CMOS Power Management. For my mobo, the lowest BIOS set of 1.5 + 1.612 fright off the top so that's a starting point. 1.60v set should get you over 1.7v

Can someone clear something up for me? why is it that everyone's FSBT seems to be drastically different?
Some people can leave it at 1.30v at 400 FSB, where-as some people claim that anything from 1.34-1.40v is recommended for 400 FSB and above.
Is there a definite value here that we can all stick with?

FSBT is directly related to hte CPU PLL, so if not upping the FSBT a lil with the PLL and too low a GTL volt ref, it is not gonna' return as stable or high CPU and system FSB for overclock. The quads are already limited to higher FSB OC, so you need to make use of PLL, FSBT and CPU GTL to get it up a bit more. 1.712v reported is a good average for a quad to beyond 450 w/ an FSBT of 1.5v and of corse the max GTL for us on this mobo is only 63x. DFI lets us up it to 73x or above, so a 500x7 on that mobo is a lot easier to reach.

If at least wanting to try it just to know it's possable, do so w/ only 2 slot occupied for best results. You can put them back in later and lower as need be but just so you guys know this is what hinders a higher CPU and system FSB overclock.

CPU speed 4.3ghz , 477 x 9

Wow, you got a good one like mine. So you should be able to get 500x w/ lil mod easily. Why not make use of lower 7 or 8x multi for better FSB?