mind to show us a cpuz screenshot? i guess the earlier stepping of i5 is the same as i7 C0/C1 which requires more voltage to reach a certain clock speed

lol don't be too over ambitious. try lower oc and post up some stable prime/linx results

when will you be permitted to post then? kinda anxious to know your finding in oc'ing the P55

This post has been edited by metsatsu: Aug 30 2009, 11:28 PM

if u read all, only one of them have his mobo and cpu survived. the rest weren't that lucky. so i guess this has to do with the vss and vcc connection eh. plus too much pressure from the cooler that causes the problem?

yah from a new consumer point of view, we may think that it is simply the socket's problem. LGA1156 CPU has 175 pads for VCC and LGA1366 CPU has 250 pads for VCC. Imagine that the power draw that the LGA1566 requires is the same as the LGA1366, how much stressed would be placed on those smaller number of VCC/VSS pins contact on the LGA1156.

but however they found out that it all happened to only FOXCONN socket, but not to another manufacturer LOTES (used mainly by evga). apparently is due to some pins not in contact at all! now foxconn is well aware of the issue.

not at all. give it a try to see if u can gain any stability from it.