Quote Originally Posted by GenTarkin View Post
Well my chip sucks or my PSU is holding me back.... either way my chip isnt doing 3.5ghz stable @ 1.182v in bios (1.156 cpuz) on stock cooler ...
ugh this is so discouraging =(
If I give it any more voltage my video card shuts down with its LED displaying error on 12V EXT...so, Im wondering if its my PSU holding me....
Right now, Im hoping that 3.32ghz will be stable @ 1.15v
Yeah. 3836B043 is sucking now! My first impressions of it were good, but upon further testing, I believe it sucks. It wont do 3.8GHz stable at 1.296v, but my 940 will. On the other hand, the 3836B043 will boot into Vista at 4GHz with 1.296v, and the 940 won't!

So far I've tested:

3836B043 (920)
3836A394 (920)
3837A728 (920)
3838A332 (940)

None of them will do 4GHz Stable without at least 1.4V+, but all will do 3.8GHz at <1.35v. I've tested this on eVGA X58 and Asus P6T with 4 different kits of Corsair Dominator 6GB 1600.

I don't know how you guys are getting these things to do 4GHz at low volts like this. I am on a Noctua Air cooler, but my temps are only topping 74 C.

What happens is prime blend just freezes, and 10 seconds later BSOD.

Anyone know if Frys has any good steppings in right now? (Bay area).