[Nitro (old)]

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hmm.. ya i was looking at that.. wasnt sure if asrock was trustworthy, but ya, i will consider this board.

more trust worthy than the Biostar you posted 

[|ALPHA|Mission85]

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CPU TEMPS SHOULD always be Reported in .C not .F
and ALWAYS stress both cores when measuring temps

ya, my last post of my temps are in C instead of F.

And when i did prime95 for 1 hour, it was running 2 instances, one on each core.

[Muffie]

i got a 4200+ 939 thou

i can get her up to 2.9ghz on air, but my ram is shit. I know i could go higher if i had better ram

[Hayame]

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i got a 4200+ 939 thou

i can get her up to 2.9ghz on air, but my ram is shit. I know i could go higher if i had better ram

[sarcasm] lolz go download more ram  [/sarcasm]

[GlaD-don]

Run the Intel Burn Test. It supposedly doesn't work with AMD CPUs, but it did for me on an old Barton.

http://www.xtremesys...ad.php?t=197835


This will REALLY heat up your CPU, but it will also guarantee stability if you pass it, because I doubt anything tougher exists. If all the values returned match, you're stable. If your temps stayed below the maximum recommended, you're safe. IBT will get your CPU hotter than any other test out there. Prime95 is a crap test imo. I've had overclocks pass 8, 10, 12 hours of Prime, but crash minutes into playing fking UrT. IBT always knows.





You can't OC without voltage control, basically. If your voltage automatically increases with frequency, you'll hit unsafe volts in no time. If it doesn't increase, you'll be unstable soon.

You need to consider that your CPU may just not OC well. Your motherboard is crap, granted, but OC is NEVER guaranteed. Those 2 cheap boards aren't going to be much better. If you're willing to spend $70 on a new board and $80 on a new CPU, why not buy the DFI board?