Gigabyte H55 + X3440 overclocking woes

[MAC]

Trying disabling 2 cores and then see whether it will pass LinX any higher.

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Originally Posted by MAC

Trying disabling 2 cores and then see whether it will pass LinX any higher.

I may try this but it is folding @ the moment.

I've ordered a Maximus III Gene to see if it does better. I have to change the color scheme of my system now though.

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Well the Maximus III Gene sure does fair better than the H55M-S2H. This X3440 doesn't clock like my i7 920 unfortunately. But hopefully I should be able to get it folding@home stable @ 4GHz.

[MarcusXP]

Try a good quality Asus board. The CPU can overclock well. It's the mobo that is holding you back.
Personally.. I always had bad experience with Gigabyte mobos.. even top models.

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Originally Posted by MarcusXP

Try a good quality Asus board. The CPU can overclock well. It's the mobo that is holding you back.
Personally.. I always had bad experience with Gigabyte mobos.. even top models.

If you look at the post above you.... It sure looks like an Asus board to me.

[Fudd Rucker]

Originally Posted by MarcusXP

Try a good quality Asus board. The CPU can overclock well. It's the mobo that is holding you back.
Personally.. I always had bad experience with Gigabyte mobos.. even top models.

Ive found the complete opposite myself, while ive had no issues with most asus boards with OC, ive found gigabyte gives me the best results when it came OC.