Quote Originally Posted by hazardous View Post
what kind of vtt and gtls settings are you using on 500x8? I've got nearly the exact same setup and i can do 485x8 rock solid, but 490x8 is unstable regardless of the cpu voltage (I have tried 1.3 plus). I know i havent hit the fsb wall yet.

using 1.2v cpu
vtt 1.25
gtls 67 etc
1.2v i could boot into vista but not prime stable had to set mine 1.275

Cpu VID 1.275
MCH 1.45
CPU VTT 1.27
ICH 1.11

rest all default.