This is intiresting. On a whim, I decided to install Vista Ultimate on the E4300 and see if it was any better. Threw in a new drive and installed, configured,updated, instaled 2xFAH500Client. Just installed SpeedFan and got a surprise. Temps are 56c. 4c difference between XP and Vista.
I'm not going to do any more tonite but I think that is something that should be looked at. Is Aero the cause? Dreamscape? Ihe only difference is operating systems. Would mean you could
OC to a higher degree with XP than Vista.
Edit
It's 8hrs later and temps are now at 52c. If everything is consistant, if I go back to XP temps should be 48c. I'll plug that drive back in later today. That is the one thing I realy don't like about this Biostar board. Only 1 IDE connector so I have to swap drives or combinations depending on what I'm doing.