Hmm, I'm running my Q6600 at 1.52v, VID is 1.3v so the "overvoltage" is only 17% (and this under ss).

While I wait for my E8400, I'm wondering... if the VID is say 1.1v and I put 1.5v into it, the voltage increase would be 4/11 or 36%. That's quite a hefty whack for any component. 1.7v would be 6/11 or 54%. Perhaps as the VIDs of these CPUs gets lower and lower, we need to consider overvoltage as a percentage and maybe not get too surprised if they degrade with +40% or +50% volts?