Quote Originally Posted by Tyke View Post
Even when everything else (Memtest and Prime95) is running OK I still get corrupt files. Are you checking for file corruption using SFC in windows?
If you are saying that your windows installation is corrupted based on what sfc reports, look @ eternal's post in the 790i corruption thread. I don't rely on it, am on xp anyways(sfc in xp does not report back anything). I don't reinstall my OS until and unless the os tells me something is corrupted(look at my screen shot in the 790i corruption thread).


If I get a lockup or BSOD, I try different settings. Fortunately for me, the instability happens rather quickly, unlike a lot of other people who are prime stable for 3+ hours but they are not 3D stable, in a sense that their games lockup or BSODs.


Long story short, don't rely on sfc. Test for yourself, if sfc reports the files are corrupted, go to default speeds and run sfc again. You will find to your amazement that the corruption that sfc reported before is gone.If the file on the disk is corrupted, it's corrupted no matter what speed you run.


Also, on a different note, my settings for 450 FSB were not stable. Prime95 freezes the system after running good for 20 minutes, so I dropped my FSB and upped my multi. I am currently @ 410x10 @ 1.4 Vcore.I will post back the results.