Quote Originally Posted by didineedthis View Post
hello and

your set up is close to mine,

i am running at 3.6 stable on air .
just try altering your vcore to around 1.48-1.50,and your memory to the reckomended vaults 2.2v for ballistix 4-4-4-12-2t in bios , leave everyhing as it is, and put a 40mm fan over your pwm1 and see how you go. you can put another 120 fan on your cooler ,set them up 1 pushing the air and the other will pull the air through.

there are not 2 boards alike ,but these settings are working for some.

regards
steve


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Quote Originally Posted by didineedthis View Post

Well, we have a different heatsink. GeminiII, but yours is suppose to be better. I am also running 3.6Ghz on Air.. no extra fans anywhere besides in my case (RC -690).

This is my advice to you... something still sounds a little strange with your temps. What is the Room Temp? Don't relie on UGURU for temps... download core temp and see what your "true" temps are... usually UGURU understates your temps by 8 -14 degrees!!!! My UGURU said before I started to overclock that my temps was at 12-14C, which is not correct. The next thing to do is after you overclock to run Prime 1024... did you update to the latest bios?

Now my ONLY ADVICE is... DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE... read the last 20 pages or so.

Like I said, I am stable at 3.6Ghz, memory is at a 5:6 Ratio at DDR2 980 5-4-4-11 (using 4 x 1 GB Ballitix Tracer), and I pass Prime 1024 and my Vcore is set at 1.3950 (but I fail OCCT)... I started at 1.46 and then went lower... I think it is a little insaine for someone to tell you that it should be around 1.48 - 1.5. There is a lot more then just uping your Vcore.

I tend to build a system every six years... I am hoping that the only upgrade I will do is upgrade the CPU once and the GPU once and I want my computer to last. There are "ALOT" of people that have really juiced their computer and they don't realize that they can lower there voltages and still have stability.
Just remmember... it is really easy to overclock... the hard part is figuring out the "lowest" settings and still be stable.

Good LUCK

P.S.
Best person to ask about your heatsink is probably Ace... just make.
Thanks guys !!!

im now on 3.6Ghz at bios setting 1.45V ! ram at 1000Mhz at 2.2V 4-4-4-12

but i saw the voltage reading in uGURU for CPU volt is 1.40v - 1.42V ???

by the way, im not at bios14... should i go to beta 16 ?