Quote Originally Posted by MAXLD View Post
Have you tried other multipliers?

I have a E8400 (+ P5K-E) wich is also a bad one for 4GHz and I tried it also in a P5K Premium system with watercooling on it. Nothing really helped.
I'm using mine right now with 4GHz @ 1.41V "cpuz" (1.4375V bios) to keep it barely stable, and with a x8.5 multiplier. At "x9" it's Orthos unstable and I have sound problems too with my X-Fi at that configuration.
I tried also other multipliers but I had no low voltage good results either.
I don't think it's the motherboard, ram or settings, it's just not a good one for overclocking...
With so many good cpus out there, i guess eventually someone have to take the weak ones, it's just bad luck...
I don't think I have a lot of more room left with my ram. So if I drop the multiplier, I'll probably hit a wall with my ram. But I guess I can try that too.

I just tried rearranging all of my wires, speaker wires, etc... in case it was a non-computer related thing, and I think the popping/crackling noise is less! Doh, if it was a non-computer related issue I'll feel stupid, maybe just when I reinstalled everything, the wires are in a place where they're picking up interference?