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Not liking the CPU's temp @ 100C, I got the XT1264 CPU cooler, running @1400RPM-2400RPM when needed. The board now is running nicely @ 180x21 (turbo mode) for 60% CPU & 180x20 @>60% CPU. Idle with XT1264 Maxload with stock Intel Cooler Maxload with Kingwin XT1264 The BiG FAT...

Actually it's 1.3, my mistake. I think the latest one is 1.4 for NON-SLI. Unless we can put a giant CPU cooler and heatsinks for the chipset, i7 will reach 100c so fast with anything above 3.6 Ghz. I monitored the cpu temp. Other than video encoding, nothing will cause the cpu to reach 100%...

Update to bios V1.3 and OC on bios doesn't work. It doesn't save the new setting at all. Went back to V1.1 and OC through BIOS OK. Vcore = +.05v = max 1.3V PQI = +.05v DDR3 = 1.55V Safe and sound @ 182MHZ BCLK with temp =82C @ 100% CPU utilization. Cheers,

I have 965p-ds3 v1.3 and it doesn't work.

I'm lowering the Vcore and PQI to +.05V. Now max Vcore is 1.3V and DDR3 @ 1.55V and I'm using the Handbrake to shrink Crank Blu-ray now, it's running fine... We'll see if it hangs anywhere in the process. Cheers,

JCNiest5, I think the cpus that Intel ships to employees are special ones... ;) #3838B595. Any how, @190 MHZ, the CPU temp is too high at 100% CPU load and sometimes it does hit 100C and BSOD when I use RIPBOT264, with Handbrake it's maxed @94C which is still too close. The best is 185MHZ...

Disable EIST, leave everything alone, try 190mhz @ +.1 & 1.6VDDR3... Still very stable. Slowly but surely,

You're right, I really like to see the voltage I'm setting instead of +.1V because I don't really know what's the base voltage that they use. Well, it's MSI and not GIGABYTE. Anyhow, thanks to CPUZ, I can see the voltage of the cpu and again, I don't know how accurate these measurements are, but...

Thanks for the info, I'll see if I can return the CPU. Here are the setup for 185MHZ with 4 programs running Never bsod after turbo mode = off and I never raise vcore over .10 I'm still using bios V1.10 that came with the board. Have not upgraded to 1.14 yet. Cheers, MyRIG

What's the D0? The system now is so solid, when I didn't disable the turbo, @180mhz bclk, I would get the bsod after a few minutes running Handbrake. With this setup, I run handbrake, suprip, Imgburn DVD and ripbot264 all at once... this is an amazing computer... I'm totally speechless...

JCNiest5, Thanks for the tip. I don't really want to push the new rig too much, I leave the EIST enabled, disable the turbo mode, raised bclk to 180mhz, +.10 for both PQI & VCORE, DDR3 @ 1.6V. Encode space chimps blu-ray to MKV in less than 3 hours... I'm happy. Here is the temperature while...

This board is great for the money. It's fast. I shrink blu-ray movies to DVD5/9 and mkv. I'm amazed at the i7 and this board. Handbrake 9.3 transcode 19GB m2ts to mkv 9000kbs 1920x1080 for less than 3 hours. My E4300@3GHZ took more than 8 hours. I can't believe my system is less than $500.00...

Hello all, I just upgraded my computer to i920 with MSI X58 PLATINUM, it's a nice board for a great price. Just OC it lightly to 160MHZ = 3360MHZ. It's so fast compared to my old E4300 OC to 3GHZ... :) i7 really rocks!!!! MyRIG

It does everything, BTW, get a 750Gb hard drive and you're all set. Since it has eSATA, you can always add more storage. The case is a little bulky to me. I like the ones that look like a receiver or dvd player. Cheers,

Find out what you want your HTPC to do. I think you need a good remote, software to configure what you want your remote to do. MyHTPC