Quote Originally Posted by Leeghoofd View Post
Yeah I got that but doesn't anybody think about how you shorten the boards, CPU's lifespan with such high clocks and voltages...and my point is what's the total benefit in day to day use ? I like to play on PC's, OC them mess about, but to me there's not much difference in my online gaming with a quad at 3.5 or one running at 3.6ghz...

It might be cool for benching but some really want to use these settings day in day out... and then they come back with a topic like "board A sucks ass", "RMA takes too long", "got B board","B died on me in half a year", "RMA sucks again..."

Some here are really thinking they buy high grade stuff, build it and hopla I can run 500FSB now till I get something new...

Hope you get my point...
I am sure people think about shortening the life of the board, but this is XTREME SYSTEMS where people pump 1.9v into an $1100 CPU (QX9650) and burn it up for the sake of benching. The only people that will complan about it are people that want their cake and eat it too. 500FSB with a dual core should be a breeze (assuming the CPU is capable) and by that I mean with little vcore increase. I had a DFI-P965S and an Abit IP35Pro that would reach 500FSB with no voltage increase at all (except to the CPU of coarse, and that was 1.52vcore on an L629B E6600 running at 8x500). 500FSB with a quad will surely beat the hell out of the board. I run 464FSB x8 with a quad and I do not have to bump the NB voltage at all. If I go to 475 I need to bump it some and today I was messing around with 500FSB and fried one of my sticks of Crucial 10th Anni RAM. I am not sure what exactly caused this to happen but I believe upping voltages was somehow tied to it. Can't complain though as I intend on stressing my components because it is FUN and almost an addiction.