Quote Originally Posted by joebloggs View Post
Unfortunately, I'm running RAM at 1066 mhz now, with fsb on 1600 (3:2). It is stable with an 8x multi. But the chip needs 1.4v in BIOS, (cpu-z windows idle reports 1.456). If it needs this much voltage for 3.2ghz, then I'm not realistically going to get 3.2ghz am I? It is very sad.
If your cpu passes small fft's for at least 2 hours, then there's a chance that your cpu is stable. It might be something else causing instability.