The Maximus Formula Thread - Help/OCing/Guide/Rampage conversion

[fordf250]

I'm convinced this board hates high vCore. Can anyone verify this? It seemed like my 680i could muscle in a stable 3.8ghz @1.68v but this board doesn't want to do much over 3.6ghz @ 1.64v.

Can anyone verify this syndrome? I know anand published diminishing success with higher voltage cpu's, but what about you guys?

I can run 3825mhz with q6600 needing 1.725Vcore. This mb is very stable over 1.6V. E6600 will run 4g at 500fsb with 1.65Vcore.

[iadstudio]

I can run 3825mhz with q6600 needing 1.725Vcore. This mb is very stable over 1.6V. E6600 will run 4g at 500fsb with 1.65Vcore.

Then I can't figure it out? My machine crashes over 3.6 and I've ruled out the memory, just the CPU or mobo to blame. I assumed the chip couldn't handle high FSB but I can get 400 x9 no problem, but 370 x8 is not stable where it was on a 680i. I actually had 375 x10 stable on the 680i at 1.68v real.

I'm definately giving my cpu enough juice and the mobo voltages are even a little high for dual core. When I lower the mobo voltages, it makes things worse. I even loosened the board timings to ensure that wasn't the culprit.