Quote Originally Posted by KTE View Post
45nm dies and degrades quick. 1.45V is the limit air without definitive damage and you have no way to verify temps, but they will be very high with >1.4 on air as stock is around 50C loaded at 3GHz 1.1V. I've already returned the first batch we had at work since they all read completely wrong temps, now waiting for the 2nd one.
You won't kill the chip for running 1.5V for a short while. The degrading and dying part only comes about if it's prolong usage.