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Originally Posted by .Renn.Sport
E8400's multiplier is 9x to reach 4ghz my FSB has to be 444.
divider can't divide anything above 400FSB to work with ram at 800
either way I have to over clock the 800 ram or just buy faster ram
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Yeah you can't below 1:1. I would get from PC2-8000 or PC2-8500. That way you can get up to 500-533 which is insane and not recommended unless you're on water.
A friend of mine with a TRUE 120 got a stable overclock at 3.4 or 3.5 (i can't remember) and he's idling in the high 30s. If you want to overclock I would definitely look into a better heatsink and possibly some faster RAM.
As for temperatures try to keep it below 70 on FULL load. 40-45 idle is fine. Everest should be accurate but if you are unsure use Realtemp or Coretemp as well. To stress test, someone mentioned Prime95 which is good (orthos has mutli-core support) or Interl Burntest (i've never used it but I hear its good)