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Gerom

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    Gerom got a reaction from ARikozuM in What Sdd to buy   
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    Gerom reacted to Shrake907 in MSI Z97M-G43 + Pentium G3258 OC issues / Any help?   
    UPDATE: 4000 MHz @ 1.250 VCore on intel stock heatsink is good enough for me. Thanks all who replied/helped!
     
    I am running into issues trying to overclock my G3258 on a MSI Z97M-G43 Micro ATX motherboard. MoBo set the voltage of the chip at 1.136 out-of-box, but I previously owned a system which ran a G3258 stable at 1.040 VCore (Stock speed of 3.2 GHz), so I set the new chip to 1.055 VCore and I can do everything just fine including light gaming such as TF2.

    I tried a modest OC of 3.8 GHz @ 1.125 VCore and it hangs before being able to go into the BIOS with a small [A2] in the bottom right corner of my otherwise blank screen. I have to reset the CMOS battery every time this happens and it's getting a little repetitive. 

    Anyway, my goal is 4 GHz with a low VCore on the intel stock fan since the previous system was stable at 4.2 Ghz / 1.120 VCore.

    I have an unorthodox configuration of RAM, since I salvaged two sticks from my build from 2010 (2x2 GB G. Skill F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL.) The 2x2 sticks were hardly used due to the i5 750 / P55 chipset disliking the kit, which I promptly replaced with DDR3 1333. The third DIMM slot is occupied by a single 4GB stick of G. Skill F3-12800CL9S-4GBRL. The timings on the RAM are the same (9-9-9-24-2N). These all passed several rounds of mem-test.

    I have a quality Enermax 530W 80PLUS Gold power supply.

    I flashed the BIOS to the most current version which ironically states: "Enhanced Pentium G3258 compatibility" while I'm having these issues.

    Any help would be most appreciated!
     
    (PS: Sorry for the weird formatting, I posted on MSI's user forum and copy-pasta'd it here.)

    Thank you,
    -Steve
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