so, im new to the whole intel scene (last one i owned was a pentium... yes just a pentium lol 75mhz ftw!) and im running 450FSB with 400 strap @ 1199 Dram Speed. ive got the e8400 and 2x1GB dominator kit rev 1.2. it seems like anything over 1200 dram speed causes my system to hang (even after tweaking the fsb to get 1220 dram speed) i have vdimm set at 2.2 (i think 2.19xxx real). but even after adjusting to as close as the stock speeds i can get while keeping 450fsb ive noticed that any timings below the stock 5-5-5-18 cause the system to hang on startup. the lcd poster hangs at DET DRAM when i use 4-4-4-12 for example. but a restart and resetting the sticks back to stock timings fixes the issue. this is my 1st set of micron chips (im assuming their microns) my old ddr2-800 5-5-5-18 set (not dominators, just DHX set) ran like champs at 600mhz 4-4-4-12, am i expecting too much out of these chips and more what im trying to figure out is what do intel's like, tighter clocks or higher speeds?