Quote Originally Posted by jagt View Post
Blah, I give up. I've tried every thinkable combination now, and I just can't get this board stable over 450MHz FSB with my G0 Q6600. So it's either a board limitation, or a CPU FSB limitation. As mentioned before, I get lock-ups in Windows at everything over 450, and it's extremely annoying. My goal was 463x8, but it doesn't seen possible. Isn't 450MHz a very low limitation? I see most people getting like 470+ out of their quads...

Anyway. I basically have two choices now:
1) 450x8 for 3600MHz with a 5:6 divider for 1080MHz memory.
2) 415x8 for 3740Mhz with a 4:5 divider for ~ 1040MHz memory.

Does FSB over 400MHz make much of a difference? Which combination should I choose?

having 4 sticks natrually will reduce your fsb headroom. the hightest i can get it stable(tested 3 hours prime) is 462fsb. I settled for the fsb in my sig. and yes higher fsb will give better performance, but in gaming its really nothing that drastic, i would be happy with your settings. Or take two sticks out and sell them, and then run higher fsb. 480+ of course on air u can only take it so far if its your 24/7 rig.