Originally Posted by vaatem12

Yeah, you think since my fsb at 471 is too high i need a new PSU? my current 550w logisys psu really isnt for enthusiasts more for...mom and pop

Originally Posted by Heru

Whats the problem? Why are certain body places considered bad, like gentles. Is you do with them? I just don't get it, I see nothing offending about a rear end, beasts or gentles.

Originally Posted by NoGuru

I would not. You would be pushing that chip really hard, and you don't want to smell smoke.

Originally Posted by supaspoon

Well, I think a better way of putting it is to test by a process of elimination. Using these methods you are ruling out certain variables from being potential 'problem sources'.

NoG pretty much clarified what I meant w/ turning down the cpu multi. What I was getting at about the p95 tests is this:

When you run prime a little window pops up and asks what kind of test you want to run. This usually defaults to a "blend" test, which does test your cpu, but it also is testing your chipset and memory. Generally, any number of little problems will be indicated by failing a blend test. This is good for testing 'overall' stability, but it's not much use in figuring out 'specifically' what the problem is. This is where running a 'small ftt' test comes in handy. When that window pops up, choose small ftt's instead of blend. This test focuses on the cpu instead of your overall system. By running the two tests and knowing what they test, you can figure out the general area of a problem by which test does/doesn't fail.

For ex: Fail on small ftt tests - need to adjust cpu related settings such as vcore/vtt. But.....if you can pass small ftt's, but are failing the blend test, then you know the problem is not your cpu, so you can focus on the nb/mem.

The general idea is that you can try to narrow down the general area your problem is coming from. That way you don't have to simply randomly throw numbers at your board, which may work eventually, but is very inefficient.

Originally Posted by richardbb85

yea true

not sure what else i can do then

Originally Posted by richardbb85

i only run Small FTT test

just failed at 3.9ghz with 1.54v

Originally Posted by vaatem12

Its not that its just i had a completely specific ammount of money. and didnt have enough for psu and 550w is def. sufficient for the time being. but could that possibly be the reason why im maxing at like 465 fsb even at 6.0multiplier @ 2.8ghz? possible my psu is blocking me going passed 465 fsb?