ok, so i tried out running my cores at different speeds for the first time... it was interesting >.<... i HATE AOD, random lockups and freezes and hangs all the time... anyways, it turns out i have a bad core #1... all of my other cores were able to successfuly run at 3.1 stable but the moment my core #1 was set at anything above 2.956... i lock up... =/. just my luck... im being held back but just one lousy core, lol