I haven't even ran memtest at any settings. I don't think its my ram because I have 6 gigs of crucial ballistix and have tried every single stick in 2x1 combinations and I get the same result every time. I get 3.3ghz easily so hopefully all goes well today as I will attempt once again to hit 3.6ghz. Funny how a 80$ MOBO can easily hit 3.6ghz but a 300$ Mobo has issues. Maybe I should downgrade BIOS but it scares the out of me :P I think what I have is user error and not the actual hardware to be honest . Since I'm a noob maybe this board was not a good decision for me.