Having trouble with C2D E8400 @4Ghz

Trull

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Hey guys, I'm having some trouble getting my E8400 (C0) stable @4GHz. I have voltage set to 1.42v (1.44v without load) and it's still not running stable... I get 1-3 second freezes and APP CRASH when gaming (BF3).

I've seen people get to 4GHz with much lower voltages... even on air. I have a Noctua NH-D14 which is supposed to be one of the best, and on top of that I have around ~0.04v vdrop and ~0.02v vdroop which didn't happen with my older E6750 (I'm not too familiarized with these concepts).

So what's the matter? Do I have a shitty E8400? Is there nothing I can do to lower the vcore?

Memory is set to 5-5-5-15 @2.1v (DDR2-800), by the way.

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you might need a slight bump to the fsb to help lower the vcrore and maybe more mch would help if it is the ram making it fall over or you could try loosening the subtimings on the ram.
 
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