When I was originally reading through the reviews, they all claimed that every single unit tested pushed past 400, making the motherboard a total best buy.
I used to pull similar numbers myself back when I was running my own stress tests. Now that I've seen these screenshots, I really need to set aside some time one day to try it out myself.
neonowl67 said:8, 9, 10... I've tried everything... it stays stable up to 250 FSB, but after that, it's a total system freeze. Clearing the CMOS was my next move, but nothing changed. I honestly think he's hit his limit. I ran into two guys over at PCMag who had the exact same processor; their ceiling was 2.55 GHz just like mine at the default 1.35V voltage. If you bump it to 1.40V, you can squeeze out 2.66 GHz...
Your motherboard is faulty. It's the same board, same issue. It just won't stay stable past 252.😠
I'm going to have to retire this thing over the summer.
Kyle Sanchez4 said:Just wanted to share that I'm hitting that same processor speed at 2.75 GHz with voltages set to 1.2V in the BIOS—which actually measures out to about 1.168V in reality. You might want to give that a shot...
What software did you use to measure those readings? 😁
As far as my CPU and I are concerned, you could technically drop it down to 1.6V (though I wouldn't suggest it!) There is actually no need to lower the voltage at all unless you are specifically looking to reduce power consumption, keep temperatures down, or extend the overall lifespan of the hardware.
Like I mentioned before, just try dropping the voltage by one increment at a time and run a stability test using Prime95 or Orthus. If everything remains stable, you can try lowering it again and testing once more...
I would suggest trying to lower the voltage. You can adjust the voltage settings within the BIOS and then test the system stability from there. That's essentially how you find the limit—by seeing just how low you can go. It should help drop those temperatures, which theoretically extends the lifespan of the processor.
1. Let's see if this works. If you think you can just tell someone, "Hey, I overclocked him to 3GHz," while only bumping the FSB to 333, then you're mistaken ☕ 2. Google 👍
