E8400/8500 degradation myth possibly busted?

[jonny_ftm]

Interesting, based on what you're saying at some point the "warm up" to stability
for my cpu will eventually over time become more difficult at the same vcore possibly
indicating real degradation. So to test this I will keep my vcore at the 1.328v and
frequency at 3970mhz for the next week or so to see If this degradation will occur.
I will also run SuperPI, Prime, OCCT, games, and benchmarks as much as possible
to place a lot of stress on my system.

Or just increase a bit your vcore and see if it solves your "warm-up" issue. I'm sure, at some vcore, the problem disappears indicating that your CPU is in auto-suicide mode
If you confirm it enough soon, you could save some overclock headroom of it. If you continue killing it, you'll loose it + its resell value
In anycase, your feedback is welcome, as it is another proof of Intel ing us without competition (no need to flame me Intel blind lovers, ok?)