Quote Originally Posted by camouflage View Post
Haha - c'm on mate, had always bad luck before picking up the crappy ones or paying too much for pretested.

So I think it is time for me............
i hear ya. everyone deserves a good chip once in a while and i have had an un-usually long and bountiful string of un-lucky chips...hopefully that changes with E8500/E8600s. you just happened to get lucky with the right chip...nothing could be worse than spending a G on a CPU and getting a dud.

BTW, any idea of what max FSB is on air/water with your beast? i don't think i have seen any screens showing that particularly but may have missed it.