Quote Originally Posted by spoolindsm127 View Post
What I found to be fascinating was the die size; 22nm!!



From my experience skul, that happens purely due to too much heat. Maybe not necessarily just the CPU, but the surrounding components as well.

A trick I found is to do the run with the pc near a open window on a relatively cool night. It's like cheating to make your rad stay cool but hey, it works. I'll admit that was how I got to 4.5GHz . I did mention ambients tho haha

P.S. PPCs has the EK full MB block for $79.95. Both acetal and acrylic versions
i actually don't seem to have any heat issues at all. CPU stays in low to mid 80's during load and i have a full mobo wate block aswell. i think i might toy with the PWM freqs though and see if that'll help... though i highly doubt that's the issue. everything on the board stays around 35-39*c most of the time. as for my rad, i use a stupid huge Mora3 Pro 9x120mm rad which has prooven to be good for daily clocks and silent fans... but when i do load prime95 and leave it going for about 5-8 hours, it does seem to get heat soak. startin to think my two 4x120 BlackIce GTX xtreme 480's would be more effective for these high loads for extended amounts of time.