Quote Originally Posted by burningrave101 View Post
I don't think temps are the limiting factor on these i7's unless you are either running the Intel stock cooler or using a real high vcore. I'm at 3.8Ghz with 1.3v testing right now and Prime95 Blend isn't even pushing me over 65C with aircooling. I still stay under 80C with 4Ghz and 1.4v+ while running LinX as well.

Personally I think the limiting factor is the memory controller and it's becoming unstable at high clocks. I know it has to be something like that in my case because I can get 190x21 stable but 211x19 won't work for me and the lockups and BSOD's look memory related.

I've also noticed that a lot of the people with the highest overclocks are running 3x1GB of RAM instead of 3x2GB. Would be interesting to compare overclocks between running 3x1GB and 3x2GB to see what if any difference there is. Also note that some people are running Vista x64 while others are running XP or Vista 32-bit, especially if they only have 3 gigs of RAM. That does make a difference because it's going to be harder to get stable on Vista x64 due to the 64-bit excecution.
I agree with you 100%. This is why i hate that intel has put the on die memory controller on these chips. It just like when i was overclocking socket 939 AMD's. Alot of my overclocking problem were due to a weak memory controller. Only way to test this theory is set the multi to the max and mem to the lowest and see what happens.