**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

[maxwolfie]

Seems like there has been some good overclockers.

1. What would be the general concensus for max vcore with good air cooling (i.e. good HSF, lapped HS etc), 24/7 use? 1.4v? 1.45v? Even 1.5v?

2. Also, because my BIOS reads different to CPU-Z, and on top of that, I have a buttload of vdroop to account for as well, should I be setting this voltage to my BIOS, or to CPU-Z idle or CPU-Z under load?

If I set my BIOS to 1.5v I'm likely to get 1.49v in CPU-Z idle and maybe even down to 1.45-1.46v load.

3. There's been a lot of drama about temps, should I bother keeping an eye on temps at all? Currently under 100% CPU load my hottest core is maxing out at around 65c, according to CoreTemp. Generally I like to keep my CPU's under 70c, but since my thermal paste is still settling in I think it's normal.