Quote Originally Posted by Leeghoofd View Post
Indeed most Strikers that went well were modified with aftermarket cooling...The NB heats up the heatpipe too quickly, adding extra heat to the other components too...

Are you sure 1.42 Vcore is enough for your CPU for 3.6Ghz ops ? also adding more CPU VTT helped with mine...

If 3.6 remains a no go, you can try eg 425 (if it isn't a FSB hole) with 8 multi to give ya 3.4Ghz, always keep ram in sync with FSB with the quads and don't push timings... so keep them relaxed at all times...

My max on my Striker was 3.4Ghz... with the stock heatpipe with added fans... now with the wolfdale even 475FSB is no issue with the aftermarket cooling and 2 x 2Gb dimms...

I've tested 1501 too with the yorkfield ( infact 1503 and 1601 too) and that gave good results too as 400FSB was bootable... but SLI was messed up with that release...

Keep us posted what gives man...
Hi leghoofd! Thanks for the reply!

My bios vcore is 1.525, sorry for any confusion. I have just tried changing it, see my reply to Nuzga.

What would you recommend for after market cooling for my MB then? Im using a tuniq tower 120 for my q6600.

It seems that tonight i am having really bad luck with usb init error messages so its taking me forever to change any settings as i can hardly get into the bios.

I really want to try and nail this 3.6 before retreating to anything lower

Why do you need to keep the ram in sync with the cpu though? does it make the system more stable? atm im running my ram at 900mhz as my fsb is 1800mhz. Im also using 555 15 timings until i get this sorted.