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a) the temps were within 10C of throttling/shutdown levels b) The rig works great without OC... and we still dont know if it actually is damaged and thats wats making the noise during the OC c) id rather not put toothpaste coz its not "better than nothing" d) I wouldnt hav run it if it wasnt...

All my memory settings were on auto..... According to intel... max temp is 85 after which throttling/shutdown happens So i ran it at around 75/76 and was v wary. It hit 80 once... but thats it. and Cheex.. i have reinstalled the HSF with AS5 and temps are now arnd 45C. I live in the...

The temps hit 80 on load.... but i did not load it during that time knowing that it was too hot. But still... how can it work fine at full load without OC and make some weird noise at 20 fsb more? Also... i'm not sure the noise was from the procesor... could the problem be with the power supply...

Sorry guys... this is a rewording of my previous post... i dint get many replies but definitely need some expert opinion here :( My rig is: E6300 on stock HS and fan Asus P5b EVGA 8800GTS OCZ Gold 5400 1024x2 Antec Basiq 500w Without OC... it ran Prime95 on torture for 3+ hours...

How can the fan get unbalanced when i increase fsb by a mere 30? Also... the system is stable without even the slightest OC... Thanks for the help in advance..

Well... this is a long story... so i'll get to the bottom line quickly. My rig is: E6300 on stock HS and fan Asus P5b EVGA 8800GTS OCZ Gold 5400 1024x2 Antec Basiq 500w When i initially built this rig... i needed to remove the HS as the DVD drive wasn't fitting in easily ( got it after...