ASUS P5W DH - Problems + Fixes Thread

[sesdave]

I keep wondering what causes different CPUs to run hotter or colder.

I can't beat my overclocked E6300 down below 44C, but it doesn't go past maybe 55C under Orthos stressing. I do only use Auto vCore, and so far that seems stable enough, but I can't help think that when an oddball crash happens, like my antivirus announcing that it needs to send off an error report, that it comes back to some of my BIOS decisions...

Its luck of the draw - my e6600 idles at 48c. Good cooling makes a big difference. What is your setup and BIOS settings. How long have u run orthios with current settings. If your memory is XMS rev2.1 same as mine it has promo chips and they dont clock much at all which may hold your CPU back 1:1 . If they are earlier the willbe microns and need more volts to go above ddr800. As you say it is probalbly BIOS settings causing spurious failures ..