Quote Originally Posted by C-N View Post
Have you got the PI Blacks or the std G.Skills?

I think you are pumping too many volts to the ram, I would lower your vdimm down to at least manufacturers maximum 2.0 ~ 2.1v & I'm sure you'll find you can run even lower.

Do you need 8GB of ram? why not start with just 4 & see if you can get it stable then work on from there.

I would manually set your performance level back a click or 2 (back to 7 ~ 8) I would also expand the Memset timings tab by clicking on the arrow to the right of the letters "spd" so you can see what timings & PL the other bank are running too.

Depending on your ram I would also slacken the timings off till you get stable, try 5.5.5.18 or 5.6.6.18 tRFC 52 ~ 62 ish.

My 2x2 4GB kits of OCZ ram like the RCOMP, Skews & Fine delay step degree to be played with to get the best out of them but I think you need to find a few more mhz first before you need to worry about these.
Ok I'll start from the top.
Standard
I've lowered it sense I posted this and I've also got the CPU back to 3.7
No I don't "need" 8 but I bought it so I'm attempting to use it. (I plan on trying 2 sticks later)
I left the performance level to "auto" and that is what it turned out to be.
When I checked the other bank it matched the other one dead on.
I ordered a Q9650 today so I'm going to see what it will do as soon as it comes in. I've heard folks getting it to 4.2GHz on air...We'll have to wait and see.