I think you miss earlier mention, but normally try to below 60c and not above 70c that is the safe temp for full load

Bro, how come your RAIDO- stripe so low, mine i am getting 150-160MBps

I am using 640g normal, n one 640g blue, both WD

General_odin maybe you can try setting your hd accoustic to loud ( 254 ) instead of some come default at 128 accoustic. Go to winaam website to download the software.

Normally when you oc you disable the cie n eist function, n overclocker doesnt care about electricity consumption

The best way to have a better temp is to lapped your heatsink n proc if u know how to do it, just like mine when i was using true n Q6600 my temp reach 70+ when prime but after i lapped my proc n heatsink the temp was 56-58c when prime, the real answer is either your heatsink n maybe your proc ihs is concave or convex.

Go to vr-zone n look for oc forum, there is a very clear instruction of how to mod the mobo for vdroop.

14-4-4-4 at what speed or what is your fsb n multiplier

Cannot be that much different, maybe you lap one month didnt pay the bill.

I am quiet heavy usage on my quad n night time with 2 ac on, my electricty bill also touching RM200 only n forget also water heater n 40in lcd tv on for more than 7hours per day plus many light on at night.

Your ram can't go for 12-4-4-4 or 8-4-4-4 for that speed, even said that if u want to go for 1000mhz @ 15-5-5-5 u have to increase your ram voltage to 2.1, those guys are using high performance ram they can go for that setting or they are lucky they have a good ram chipset. you dont have to ask at what speed you can go for, you can always try yourself with trial n error becos every mobo n ram chipset performance is different morever there is nothing safe for oc, how to classified it's safe, safe mean it will con off. nobody can tell u when it will die or con off, only thing as always said take care of the temp. n voltage, just dont over do it.

This post has been edited by Dickong: Apr 12 2009, 02:44 PM