Quote Originally Posted by aGeoM View Post
ok, I give up. I was lucky not melting the board when I did 2900Mhz @1.53v
You really can't expect any IC which is above 20W TDP max to run cool on air with that voltage now, can you?
Yep, it'll be idling (no CnQ) above 45C alone.
KTE, OCing in my point of view, isn't lowering nothing, more CPU/NB/HT/MEM MHz @ the most stable configs, finding the balance (G spot ) it's my gold, for 24/7 use and smooth as silk gaming.
Same here but that's different to how you find the max oc for a CPU. I work backwards from max to find max stable
That's why I'm a litlle frustraded with DFI compared with ASUS/MSI, she's cold like Artic waters, maybe that's why I'm getting so low temps.
The board makes the CPU cool?
Quote Originally Posted by justapost View Post
For CnQ to work you need the phenom drivers for winxp (no need under vista), CPU and NB voltages and "CnQ" must be set to "AUTO". Then choose the proper windows energy profile and the frequency should drop to 1.15GHz at ~1.05V.
This is a board limitation I guess, since your boards alter the VID and changing VID means CnQ won't work (won't drop). If you're using boards which change volts only, CnQ should work with any voltage as long as you set default VID.

Undersea: MSI 790FX and GBT 790FX/X run 1066 mode fine for a while now.