Dent I had the best luck on the 333 strap with my REX that I bought off of drnip. 266 is nice but I had issues with it running tight PL and high bus speed with it. Freezing the NB can gain you some fsb AND maybe run tighter PL. I can't remember all the volts but I think I was at 1.4-1.45v VTT, 1.7v-ish on NB, GTL's -40 -40, PLL 1.7v-ish and that took me all the way to 638-640fsb. I think I was 220+ benchable, but I was only on dice so I hit the limit for the temps. Don't forget your NB clock skew and CPU clock skew. I think at super high fsb I was around 400/200 or the other way around; I can't remember the order. Once you peg that out start playing with the clock delays on each rank and channel. Those are in the advanced memory settings.

Wow good stuff there Chuch, thanks!

Seems I was way low on the vnb, and need to delve into the gtls

Yeah you gots to put a little more work into that there setup of yours! lol It's a challenge but rewarding in the end.

Ya unless you get a really awesome board you are prolly going to have to run 1.8v+ NB to stabilize it for 3d. Remember X48 chipset has to handle the fsb, pci lane traffic amongst other things. It has a little more stress that X58 platform.

You know chuchnit, I have sold much of hardware in my life time and selling you that mobo takes the #1 spot in hardware sell regret. Was still regretting it this week when I couldn't find one for sale and had to settle for a Black Opps. I'll get over it one day just not today, lol. :confused4:

Well just so you know, I kick my arse almost daily for letting it go myself. By far my favorite board to overclock ever.

DUKIE BOUGHT MINE :( +2 to regret

Well I feel better that there are others out there like me. We need a support group! lol

Word of advice Joey, don't let that girl go. You'll regret it!

Check the various F/S markets closely this weekend you may see something to mend that broken heart. ;)

Oh yeah! I guess I have to look out as well! BTW: I always focus on the NB volts which I run on water and the CPU skew can give you a gain as well. From 0-200 you will need to try what your CPU likes. NB volts i tried 1.5-1.9V :good:

BTW: there was a one of them for sale 2 weeks ago on eBay and it went for $560. I said this is fucking crazy and didn't buy it.