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So I managed to get hold of the following kit last week:
- Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
- AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T "95W Edition" 2.80GHz (Socket AM3)
- Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
EDIT: Oops, I should probably mention what type of cooling I'm running; an Akasa Venom.
I've got it all installed and running Windows 7, and I'm starting to look at the OC potential of the kit.
So far I've managed to get:
- FSB: 250MHz
- CPU: 3.5GHz
- CPU-V: 1.325v
- HT: 2000MHz
- DDR: 1333MHz (as the 1666MHz divider caused it to fail P95 on stock RAM volts).
However, on an overnight run, one core failed on Prime95 (after a few hours) while the other 5 worked flawlessly.
I've only changed the voltage on the CPU, nothing else, so where should I be looking to go from here? Add more CPU voltage and try to get all 6 cores stable? Try to get the RAM working closer to 1600MHz? Do I need to increase the NB voltage?
I'm not too sure about what to do now!?
EDIT: I'll post some CPU-Z screenies later as I'm at work atm.
- Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
- AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T "95W Edition" 2.80GHz (Socket AM3)
- Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
EDIT: Oops, I should probably mention what type of cooling I'm running; an Akasa Venom.

I've got it all installed and running Windows 7, and I'm starting to look at the OC potential of the kit.
So far I've managed to get:
- FSB: 250MHz
- CPU: 3.5GHz
- CPU-V: 1.325v
- HT: 2000MHz
- DDR: 1333MHz (as the 1666MHz divider caused it to fail P95 on stock RAM volts).
However, on an overnight run, one core failed on Prime95 (after a few hours) while the other 5 worked flawlessly.
I've only changed the voltage on the CPU, nothing else, so where should I be looking to go from here? Add more CPU voltage and try to get all 6 cores stable? Try to get the RAM working closer to 1600MHz? Do I need to increase the NB voltage?
I'm not too sure about what to do now!?
EDIT: I'll post some CPU-Z screenies later as I'm at work atm.
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