Quote Originally Posted by GAR View Post
Your setup is stable at the lowest voltages at 450fsb????

I got the same setup, my cpu has a vid of 1.1275, same ram, same cpu but i fail prime blend with any setting above 427fsb i think i got a dud board maybe??? i have an asus silent knight 2 cpu cooler. my cores idle at 29-32c loads at 50c weird, very wierd, im thinking of getting a new board, maybe i got a dud????
It could also be your cpu. My cpu does 3.4Ghz stable at 1.08v. The best thing to do is start all over, everything low and start raising your fsb till you get stuck. It'll require a lot of reboots but start with vcore first, if it doesn't cure it, move to fsbt, then nb. Move in 2-7 FSB increments. The whole key to this is to know your hardware first, that is cpu and ram so their settings don't interfere with board settings.

Quote Originally Posted by 003 View Post
Zucker, I really hate you. I want that Q9450 of yours. Oh well -- I'll have to settle for brute force. My VID is 1.2250.
I jumped a E8600, 10x multi proved too tempting. I'm watercooling my chipsets too, it helps for stability at higher fsb/clocks.