The high VID thread.

[Loser777]

Let's make a thread for people to post and vent about their high VID chips...

My story:
March 2008, I buy a Q6600, but before I popped the chip in I returned it because it was an L804 and there was plenty of talk about how L80Xs sucked
June 2008, I buy a second Q6600, only to find that it has a VID of 1.3125v and does 3.6GHz only with 1.51+v
July 2008, I get rid of second Q6600 and buy my third... it had a VID of 1.2125v but I soon realized that it was a cruel joke... The worst kind... I was encouraged by it reaching 3.6GHz with 1.384v... then it wouldn't hit 3.7GHz no matter what. I eventually broke down and blamed my 750i and sold that to get a P5Q-E... only to find that the chip still wasn't stable (huge ass amount of time and effort wasted)
August 2008, I get rid of the third Q6600 and buy a Q9450, only to find that it has the highest VID possible- 1.25000v

I'm giving up on this sack of bull.
I've also lost quite an amount of blood from wrestling with Intel's pushpins from hell and the razor sharp fins on my HSF.

I know there are a lot of you guys out there who have had bad experiences with chips... Let's share.