I am overclocking my Q6600 and have hit a wall staying stable at 4Ghz.
I can run stable at 3.6Ghz , but anything over that, the system will boot into windows up to 4Ghz, but any attempt to run Prime95 the pc restarts automatically.
Now I am thinking the issue is with my PSU. I currently have the Antec Phantom 500, it has 2x 12v rails.
12v1 = 17amps
12v2 = 18amps
for a total of 35amps.
I know the cpu is using 1 of the rails to itself.
Now is it possible that the cpu is trying to pull in more than 17 or 18 amps when overclocked above 3.6Ghz , and since the rails are capped at 20amps the cpu isn't getting the amps it requires, hence causing the restarts?
2007-09-27
09:23:54
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