ASUS Striker II Extreme

[Deathspine]

so we can assume it is the cpu that is the culprit here a bad chip that needs to much vcore to overclock .Oh well i will have to find away to RMA it back now aint gonna be easy as it runs fine at stock and intel only garantees it to run at stock 3ghz at 1.25 max.This might seem harsh but im gonna have to do the extreme on the chip that it does not start again.Meaning not overvolting it or overheating it but something else which i will not mention here.And all i will say is it died dont no why they can check it for what they like there will be no eveidence of overvolting.Thats just how pxxxed of i am being sold a crappy chip at that price i could have built a whole pc for the price of this chip and probally overclocked it to 4ghz no problem.

Here are my current settings as I slowly work my way up to 4ghz.

QX9650 Overclock @ 3.8 CPU max temp 62C
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Required System Specifications
PSU ( Power Supply Unit ) = Corsair HX1000 ( 1000W )
CPU = Intel Quad Core QX9650
RAM = OCZ DDR3-1600 Platinum Edition 4GB Kit ( OCZ3P20004GK )
HDD = Western Digital Raptor ( 150GB x2 Raid 0)
VGA1 = PNY GeForce 280GTX 1GB
VGA2 = none
VGA3 = none
BFG Ageia PhyX card
SPU ( Sound Card ) = AuzenTech Auzen X-Fi Prelude
NorthBridge Cooling = Bitpower water block
SouthBridge Cooling = Bitpower water block
CPU Cooling = custom water cooled with Swiftech water block
RAM Cooling = OCZ Memory Cooler
nFORCE Chipset Drivers Version = nVIDIA nFORCE Drivers v15.23
ForceWare/GeForce Drivers Version = nVIDIA ForceWare v177.83
Sound Card Drivers Version = X-Fi Prelude RC7
BIOS version 0901

BIOS Settings
Extreme Tweaker
CPU Level Up = Auto
Memory Level Up = Auto
AI Overclock Tuner = Manual
CPU Multiplier = 9.5
FSB - Memory Clock Mode = Linked
FSB - Memory Ratio = Synch
FSB (QDR) MHz = 1602
MEM (DDR) MHz = 1602
LDT Frequency = 5x
PCIE Bus Slot 1 & 2 MHz = 150
PCIE Bus Slot 3 MHz = 100
SPP<->MCP Ref Clock, MHz = 200
SLI-Ready Memory = Disabled

Memory Timing Setting
P1 = Enabled
P2 = Enabled
tCL ( CAS Latency ) = 7
tRCD = 7
tRP = 6
tRAS = 18
Command Per Clock (CMD) = 2T
tRRD = 1
tRC = 27
tWR = 10
tWTR = auto 25
tFAW = auto 25
tRD = auto 15
tRTP = auto 15
tRFC = 88(72)
tREF = 7.8us

Over Voltage
CPU Voltage = 1.368V
Loadline Calibration = Disabled
CPU PLL Voltage = 1.60V
CPU VTT Voltage = 1.36V
Memory Voltage = 1.86V
NB Core Voltage = 1.52
SB Core Voltage = 1.55V
CPU GTL REF0 Ratio = -36mv
CPU GTL REF1 Ratio = -40mv
CPU GTL REF2 Ratio = -40mv
CPU GTL REF3 Ratio = -36mv
NB GTL REF Ratio = auto
DDR3 CHA1 Ref Volt = auto
DDR3 CHB1 Ref Volt = auto
DDR3 CHA2 Ref Volt = auto
DDR3 CHB2 Ref Volt = auto

CPU Configuration
CPU Internal Thermal Control = Enabled
Limit CPUID MaxVal = Disabled
Enhanced C1 (C1E) = Disabled
Execute Disable Bit = Enabled
Virtualization Technology = Disabled
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep(tm) Tech. = Disabled
CPU Core 2 = Enabled
CPU Core 3 = Enabled
CPU Core 4 = Enabled

Spread Spectrum Control
CPU Spread Spectrum = Disabled
PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
MCP PCIE Spread Spectrum = Disabled
SATA Spread Spectrum = Disabled
LDT Spread Spectrum = Disabled

Problem Description
Stable

Hope that helps, for more help check out the Asus Striker II Extreme thread in the "Intel" thread by BenchZower.