Finally I started OCing on my new build (see my sig for spec)

This is my first OC project on the Intel camp, I was on the AMD camp for the last 2 build. So I am pretty much still on the learning curve now

First thing I notice is that this board have soo many options in BIOS and is pretty difficult to start with. But with the hint from Anandtech (Their S2E review comes with a OC tutorial for this board, I don't know why they did that but it is a godsend for me), I have a good starting point.

I started with RAM first, I cranked up FSB to 1600 while lowered multiplier to 6x. Ran memtest86 v3.4 for a round, seem ok.

I cut a corner a bit and try to boot into Windows for a Orthos run. but I was greeted immediately with BSOD :P I Increased CPU Voltage to 1.2v and that solved the problem. Ran Orthos for an Hour without issue, then I went back to BIOS for more.

I set to 1800 FSB, multiplier still at 6x. Run 3 round of memtest and seem ok. I decided to take this, don't wanna stress all the way to 2000 MHz at this moment. Then I crank multiplier back to 9.5x and intent to stabilize on this setting (CPU @4275 MHz, RAM @ 1800 MHz 9-9-9-28).

Tried to boot into Windows, greeted with BSOD again. Pump CPU voltage to 1.3v, boot is ok but Orthos failed immediately. Pump again to 1.35v and 1.4v, Orthos could run for 30 minutes before Core #1 gave in.

Tried several small pump and I found that I need 1.43v to have a Orthos-stable setup. Run for 10 hours and I was satisfied with it. But I see that CPU Core temp was as high as 72c, and the max CPU temp reported by the chipset was at 65c, is it ok??? MCP temp is good, it pretty much stayed at 57c as I have a fan blowing to the SB, not from the top but from the side, i think it is a good setup and I will show some photo once I finish OCing.

Then I tried to run 3dmark06 with Orthos in the background. Seem good but it lasted for several round only. It failed when it try to start a test and showed a black screen.

Then I tried to run 3dmark06 alone and I hit the same issue. Hmm, finally saw something challenging in this OC project :P

Now I dropped to 9x to see what will happen. If the same thing occur then I can safely bet it is a RAM issue. Let's see how it goes