Quote Originally Posted by bellinghamwa View Post
I am mentally preparing for my FIRST OC as I am still waiting on my E8500 and mobo (either 790i or Asus P5E3 Premium).

Can the E8500 maintain a 1600 FSB with 1.3625v?

Will I need to increase the voltage of the anything else?
You should be able to set FSB to 1600mhz (set the memory to sync of course with stock timings) and not even touch the voltages on anything. I have mine set to 1800mhz and just barley bumped the NB/SB. You can even set the volts below auto or stock and run at 1600mhz. I cant remember what stock is but I set mine to like 1.26 @ 1600mhz FSB and it was very stable.