e8400 cant go past 3.6ghz

[voklskier4452]

But I have already gotten a stable OC at 3.6ghz I am trying to move above and beyond that

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by voklskier4452

But I have already gotten a stable OC at 3.6ghz I am trying to move above and beyond that

Oops! Right.

Ok set it to 1760 which will give you 4.0 even and set your memory to 880

And the voltages as I specified.

Make sure you are also using a 9x multiplier.

[voklskier4452]

Okay I am testing your settings right now and after 7 minutes the first core failed in prime 95. the second core was still running happily So what now?

[enaberif]

Originally Posted by voklskier4452

Okay I am testing your settings right now and after 7 minutes the first core failed in prime 95. the second core was still running happily So what now?

Now you need to figure out how much vdroop you are getting.

Stop the prime test and grab hwmonitor and watch your voltage for your cpu before the test and after the test.

You may have to bump up your northbridge voltage a wee bit too.

[voklskier4452]

Using HWmonitor the CPU core is going from between 1.37-1.34
and just what setting is the northbridge voltage?
sorry for my ignorance

[enaberif]

http://www.guru3d.com/imageview.php?image=11611

SPP = North Bridge
MCP = Southbridge

Whats your SPP voltage at?

[voklskier4452]

The SPP is at 1.4 so I will try bumping it up a little bit..

[enaberif]

any luck?

[1Tanker]

If enaberif's advice doesn't get you stable, i feel you may still need a little more vCore. I would try 1.425v(BIOS), which should give you ~ 1.39 real(CPU-Z/HWMonitor). What is HWMonitor reading your vDDR as? GL

[voklskier4452]

okay I am gonna step down to 3.85ghz and see how that goes... But I took both of your advice.. I raised the northbridge to 1.45 and the vCore to 1.425. That gave me 1.4v in CPU-Z during idle and around 1.36-1.37 under load. I don't see a reading in HWmonitor for vDDR.. care to elaborate on which one you want?