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    NEED HELP, getting serious amounts of BSOD's

    I've been getting BSOD's like crazy over the past week and am unsure what my problem is. I've run overall system tests and at first my memory failed but after trying some things I realized it only fails when my memory is in the first yellow RAM slot. I get BSOD's in Vista and XP. I musta...
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    Recommened me a PSU

    I don't hear anything from it, it works wonderfully. Only problem for you is that it's not modular but personally if you get modular you are sacrificing a little bit of stability/performance.
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    Recommened me a PSU

    This is a great PSU with a huge 54A single rail. I've used it on many builds, it's got everything you need. Silverstone OP650
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    E4400 - mild OC - am i ok on the temps?

    How much AS5 did u put on? Best way to apply it is to apply a rice grain size in the center and then clamp the HSF down tightly. Also, on average it takes about 200 hours of use for the AS5 to cure where you actually notice the temperature drop. Once you finally get an aftermarket cooler...
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    E4400 - mild OC - am i ok on the temps?

    If you're on stock cooling I suggest you get an aftermarket HSF.
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    Water Cooling Suggestions?

    First of all, you said it your self. That is a custom kit put together. Yes that kit is very good but the pump on that is not the greatest. Considering the setup I have outperforms that kit and I spent less on it pretty much backs up what I was saying. Not to mention my main point was that...
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    Temps hotter than they used to be

    Well you can buy a lapping kit for about $15. It's basically a process by which you sand the base of the HSF down using multiple grades of sandpaper. By doing so it makes the surface much shiner but more importantly, flatter. Flatter means better contact with the IHS of the CPU which in turn...
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    Temps hotter than they used to be

    I'd suggest remounting with a fresh application of AS5 and you may wanna consider lapping that TT. I had a TT on my last e4300 build and after I lapped it my temps dropped about 5C.
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    6420 Disappointment

    Sounds like it's something other than your chip affecting your OC. First off I'd def. get a better cooler. Considering I have my chip at 3.2 on 1.32v and got up to 3.6 on 1.5 you shouldn't be having a problem getting to 3.0Ghz. Post your setting in your BIOS. List what options you have...
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    Max Oc'ing on stock cooling (E6420)

    If you're gonna be on stock cooling I wouldn't push it any further than 2.6. If you want to be able to push it to 3.2-3.4 get an aftermarket cooler.
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    e6420 OC's @ 3.086

    I can run at 3.2Ghz at 1.35v so there should be no reason to be that high for that OC. I can run at 3.6 with 1.5v and I'm on water. If you're on stock cooling, I dont' recommend upping the voltage any higher than 1.35.
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    Tjucntion Temps??

    That TJunction reading in CoreTemp of 85C is just telling you what the limit is supposed to be b4 the cpu shuts down due to overheating. It is the same on everyone's computer that has a Conroe chip. It is not your actual temperature so rest assured you are fine.
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    Water Cooling Suggestions?

    If you're gonna go cheap on a watercooling kit you are wasting your money. You might as well get a good air cooler instead, because they can outperform cheap watercooling kits. If you're gonna go WC you should not buy an already put together kit. You should order a pump, resevoir/t-line...
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    OCing C2D with Clockgen

    Yes, but you'd be the one screwing it when you do it from within the BIOS. When you use software, things can happen beyond your control. In the BIOS, things don't "go wrong," the only changes that occur are the ones that you make.
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    OCing C2D with Clockgen

    Because when you let software control your hardware, you are susceptible to the same things that can affect any piece of software on you computer(ie. virues, spyware, crashes, compatibility issues, etc.). Therefore there are things that can affect a sudden change in your OC and that is never a...
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    Using Core Temp with Vista

    Have you tried running TAT to see what your temps are?
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    OCing C2D with Clockgen

    OCing using software is a very bad idea, I highly advise against it.
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    TAT and Speedfan reporting very different temps

    Not sure about the stock HSF because I've never used them. I can tell you this, if you're OCing an e4300 past 2.4Ghz you want to get an aftermarket HSF so that is you're biggest problem right there. As for Coretemp's Tjunction, that is just the value that is assigned as the maximum temperature...
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    TAT and Speedfan reporting very different temps

    TAT reads TJunction, Speedfan reads TCase. TJunction is about 15C higher than TCase on average. Either way those temps are too high. You want to keep your TJunction temps below 65 and TCase below 50. Are you on stock cooling?
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    April 22 nd Upgrade Project

    No problems what-so-ever. I loved my e4300 setup. But I was offered a good price for it and I've been wanting to go water cooling so I took the money and bought a whole new system.
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    April 22 nd Upgrade Project

    G. Skill RAM is amazing. On my last build with an e4300 paired with a GA-965-DS3 I used this ram G. Skill 2x1GB F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ and it worked great. I just built a new system with the 6420 and an ASUS P5B-Deluxe and upgraded to this RAM G. Skill 2x1GB F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ because it's been...
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    PCI-E Frequency OC Testing | DS3 Rev3.3

    I have the exact same G. SKill RAM as well, too bad I can't hit more than 370 FSB with my e4300. I also can't run it higher than 2.1v without it giving me a "fail" in the BIOS monitor.
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    E6300/DS3/G.SKILL/Tuniq

    CoreTemp and TAT read temps in the same way so either of those two should be fine. I use CoreTemp myself but I also have TAT installed and use it from time to time.
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    e4300 temps @ 3.1

    Those temps are definatley too high so something is wrong. First of all, what is your case airflow like? Secondly, determined if your HSF/IHS are concave at all? Because if they are at all I would definately recommend lapping them.
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    e4300 temps @ 3.1

    I'm assuming you are measuring TCase temps with Speedfan?
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    E4300 OC/Temps

    Personally I think Speedfan and CoreTemp/TAT are the best programs for monitoring temperatures. With that being said, they monitor in different ways. Speedfan monitors TCase temperature, which is further from the individual cores. For C2D's you really don't wanna go above 50C TCase...