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High temperatures obviously ruin components but do high voltages too? Lets say i have liquid nitrogen cooling and my cpu temp is -199C does that mean i would be able to put 1.7V VCore through my q9550 or do i still need to keep Voltage low regardless of the temp??
I have 1333Mhz DDR3 Ram, thats 333 FSB Right? (1333/4 = 333) i know my board can handle more than that but do i need faster ram if i want to overclock well? For example to achieve 4Ghz i would need cpu fsb of 471Mhz but my ram is 333Mhz so they are not equal. Does this cause stability issues?
I ask because this is my first overclock and i want to get the most out of my cpu. I have been able to get 3.4Ghz but recently i tried 4Ghz and windows wouldnt boot. I can manage 3.6Ghz but even then it sometimes crashes in windows or when gaming. Not BSOD but freezing up. What could be the cause of this?
When i tried 4Ghz i left the voltages on auto, my board is good at setting its own voltages but do you think auto wasnt giving it as much volts as it needed? could that be the reason?
I have 1333Mhz DDR3 Ram, thats 333 FSB Right? (1333/4 = 333) i know my board can handle more than that but do i need faster ram if i want to overclock well? For example to achieve 4Ghz i would need cpu fsb of 471Mhz but my ram is 333Mhz so they are not equal. Does this cause stability issues?
I ask because this is my first overclock and i want to get the most out of my cpu. I have been able to get 3.4Ghz but recently i tried 4Ghz and windows wouldnt boot. I can manage 3.6Ghz but even then it sometimes crashes in windows or when gaming. Not BSOD but freezing up. What could be the cause of this?
When i tried 4Ghz i left the voltages on auto, my board is good at setting its own voltages but do you think auto wasnt giving it as much volts as it needed? could that be the reason?
