E8600 Prime Stable Overclocking Database

[Dee]

i'm pretty confident there are other options for dee. Your ram is running pretty fast & stressing the NB. You can give the cpu up to 1.40v actual, unless you're already doing that. you're ram could take up to 2.1vdimm which may aide in stability. Good luck but i doubt it is a bunk chip, seriously.

An easy way to tell is to see how "hot" it runs on air at a particular Vcore & speed - depending on your cooling.

Yep, already giving it 1.4v, this is why it's pissing me off. 4.33GHz shouldn't need 1.4v. RAM is OK, it'll run up to DDR1302 or higher and is rated up to 2.3v by CellShock. My previous RAM (Ballistix) was running at DDR1040 and I doubt that's stressful on the NB.

Really, I think this chip is bunk. High VID, and all the chips I've seen so far with this batch number have been pretty much identical.

Cooling is pretty good, btw. Maxes out at 1.4v under Orthos small FFT's at 60*C on the hottest core. Other core is around 58. That's the only good thing about high VID chips, they tend to run cooler.