Quote Originally Posted by Dadi_oh View Post
I'm with you there. OC for high benches is a fun challenge but I almost always back it off to lower voltage and lower temps for 24/7. To be honest I can't really justify a quadcore for the way I use the machine (gaming, video encoding (using the GPU not the CPU), folding). I just like the challenge and staying just far enough off the leading edge to avoid going broke :-)

That E8400 must have been E0 stepping. I couldn't get my E8400/E8200 C0 stepping past 3.8GHz even with over 1.45V. Just hit a wall....


no my E8400 was CO stepping also i had it running 4.1ghz for about 48 hrs. i didnt like the near 67c temps i was getting so i backed it down to 3.6 and left it.
no a friend of mine got the EO E8400 and he has had it up to 4.5ghz on air. and running at 4.1ghz daily. but he has gotten the Q9550 as well now...

gonna shoot ya a pm dont want to go off topic here