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[Cortexian]

@ soccerbummer1104

Increase your VCore voltage to 1.4 then try. I'm running at 2.6 GHz stable right now (I know I can go higher, but I don't need the power right now) and I've had it at 3.0 GHz stable for a week before.

[soccerbummer1104]

im in the bios, but im new to it all. what exactly do you do to overclock? ive just been using asus overclock in the bios, but 15 % makes it semi unstable, and thats 2.7 ghz, and 20 % causes it to bsod. so what are the guidelines, cause google says about 10000000 different things

[legionaire45]

im in the bios, but im new to it all. what exactly do you do to overclock? ive just been using asus overclock in the bios, but 15 % makes it semi unstable, and thats 2.7 ghz, and 20 % causes it to bsod. so what are the guidelines, cause google says about 10000000 different things

Wait, so you're using some kind of auto-overclocker or something?
*cough* newb *cough*
jk jk. Manually tweak your front side bus until you hit a point where it causes instability. I generally like to try 50-100 mhz intervals. Then up your voltage a little and see if it helps. then just keep on tweaking your front side bus until it is as fast as it will go and still be stable.

Your memory may be limiting your overclock, so try lowering your memory multiplier and seeing if you can go farther. A good tool for testing to see whether your memory is causing problems is called memtest, you burn it to a CD and boot from it and it will stress-test your memory and tell you if there are any problems with your OC relating to your memory.

While unlikely, you may be in a similar situation to me, where your board either won't go above a certain speed because it is getting too hot, doesn't have enough voltage or simply has some kind of front side bus hole. If that is the case, and I doubt it is because you're using a Striker, you'll have to get a different board.

Also, not all chips OC the same.

[soccerbummer1104]

k i got it up to 3.6 ghz actually, but it idols at 51C's so im a lil scared to boot it up. (says in bios, but it is compoletly stable) so ow im looking for a good water cooling for my cpu. i dont need it for the north bridge, unless it would fit on a complex heat pipe, so what is an excelent cpu water cooler? (would like option of adding mroe stuff to it later, so a nice pump would be great.)

[Xetsuei]

Swiftech Apogee GT

If you want a complete kit, this should be good:

Swiftech H20-120 Premium

[legionaire45]

As for pump, go for a Laing D5. They work well, I own a D4 myself. The D4 and 5 are both 12 Volt DC pumps, which means you can plug 'em into your computer's PSU instead of having to plug your pump into the wall each time you turn it on. It also performs very very well.

Swiftech's version
DangerDen's version

They are the same pump, just with different branding. The setup that Xet posted up there also has some pretty good stuff in it too.

[Cortexian]

And yes legionaire45, the Striker comes with an "AI-Overclock" feature which lets you overclock 5%, 10%, 15%, and 20% I believe. Never works for me though... Tried it out when I first got it, after setting it to %5, PC wouldn't even POST.

[MNC]

Not really, but close with my awesomes 800 Mhz.

[soccerbummer1104]

aight, i still need a radiator, coolant, and a good cpu block.

heres what i have so far.
pump- http://www.dangerden.com/store/produ...?productid=175

reservoir (tell me if i need dif one )
http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=52

tubing
-(5ft) http://www.dangerden.com/store/produ...?productid=172

[Xetsuei]

Swiftech Apogee GT for your cpu block. You probably wanna get more than 5ft of tubing.