Ok I am going to give this rig another shot, after two bad bios chips on the board. I have read a ton of things about how the general population is stuck at 2.7ghz, but then I read some stopping around 2.9-3.0. I have read something about the northbridge speed being a limiter? Its the stuff in my sig, I have it in my basement where the ambient is about 18C, and I have tons of air flow in my case. I had my 5000x2 BE running at 1.60v and still under 60C at full orthos load.

So what I am wondering is what are the basic bios settings I need to be looking at beyond fsb/voltage/memory timings. I have heard about this nb speed or nb multiplier?? What other things do I need to consider that I didn't have to with my old X2/590sli setup?