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Yeah, the rig came with the core multipliers set to 28 - and several Alienware techs suggested, "off the record", that I change them to 30. I guess thats how they have their Alienware Area-51 setup because I believe it uses the same MB.
Too bad I cant change more voltages in the Bios.
They do offer an OC'd version option of 4.0 Ghz if you buy the Area 51 ALX. The only differences between my Aurora and the Area-51 ALX (Besides cost) is that the Area-51 comes in a bigger case so that it can hold multiple large video cards and the Area-51's power supply is 1000 or 1200 watts instead of the 850 watts I have.
Also the Area 51 ALX has more pretty lights on it and weighs almost 50 pounds more. You can order it with two HD 5970's in crossfire (and each 5970 is already dual GPU). I can do without the lights and the extra weight but I do very much wish I had dual 5970's instead of just one. But it wont fit.
Here's my overclock, it's the same settings as in my signature except this time I set the CPU fan to auto instead of 100%.
I tried OCing my CPU once, and at 3MHz above stock it crashed
EDIT: It also won't start up if I drop it DOWN 3MHz as well...
That's what I get for buying a bargain component.
(Perhaps this also has something to do with the Prime95 crash?)
Also, the motherboard does not have a log.
~Lordbob
It hasn't been OCed at all before (though it could have been damaged installing my water cooling).
I was referring to my CPU. I bought the Q8200, which (from what I have read) can't really be overclocked, though should be a solid CPU. I am also not feeling to great about my motherboard, it could be causing these as well...
I can tell there is SOMETHING wrong, it has just proven next to impossible for me to flesh out. The computer runs normally 99% of the time, and then I do something routine and it crashes, or if I run Prime95 for over 2 hours it crashes.
~Lordbob
You did say you ran memtest right? Have you checked your hard drives?
Yeah when you have intermittent issues they are very hard to track down. A little patience and note keeping goes a long way here.
Good luck.