pangingIII thats awesome pl 8 1/1. for the longest time i was having problem running pl9 1/1 at 500 fsb. but now im able to do it at pl9. now im going to try pl 8 500fsb 1/1. it,s sad that my maxII can only run pl 10 1/1(thats the lowest pl it can do at 500 fsb 1/1).