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I know it is a couple of days late but it does come with two types of screws flat head and thumb screw. Use the flat head in the tight area and the thumb screw in the open area. Link Personally it is a big risk to take leaving the screw off. One I would never chance.

Have you tried other settings like 400x9? or 450x8? Is there still FSB holes? And what voltage are you using to reach 3.6?

I agree with Blazer7 here. I have the QX6700 and the 680i Rev 1 board. I bought this board because of the features this board has and was suppose to be the mother of all board for over clocking yet I am unable to get far at all. It is like buying a Corvette yet the fastest you can go is 45MPH...

I am down for an upgrade for a 780i

Also from the site you posted. Just to let other know. Sometime people skip the reading.

Mr Blazer7, Thank you, I guess I need to learn to finish reading the articles.

I just found out that ASUS and Gigabyte joined forces last year. So why is ASUS able to update there Bios and Gigabyte is not able too?

Thank you Gary I will be playing with it tonight.

Yes it is Ctrl F1.

here is a screen shot @ 340 FBS. 340 FSB I don't have time tonight but tomorrow night I will take a couple of screen shots above 400. Now during stability test my temps get to 78º and above so I stop the test. Note: I am using Bios F3 unit the F4 is fixed.

Doesn't work on my Gigabyte 680i board.

Personally I think the Monsoon II would be good on a dual core system. I really don't think it can handle quad core system. I have replaced and add a second fan to mine with this Fan so I can get the overclock that I have now.

sskmercer, I have a question for you. Reading your sig you say the 680i is FSB limited. Just wondering if you have played with other settings. Example @ 400x8=3.2GHz I would crash before windows would load. But when I went to 425x8=3.4GHz 1.45v I was able to load into windows. <- Not stable...

I agree very good memory! When you get your system together can you let us know how good the 120 Extreme performs. Note: Just to let you know I am not saying that the 120 Extreme is a bad heat sink. In fact it is probably the the best air cooler out there. I am just stating the QX6700 is...

I have read good things and bad things (mostly good things) about the Ultra 120 Extreme but have not seen any one with one on a QX6700. If you have a link please share. I just have not found any type of air cooler to be able to keep the temps down while overclocked.