E8400/8500 degradation myth possibly busted?

[CrazyNutz]

That's good to know that it didn't do anything to yours. I had read the same thing at the OCX site about PLL possibly causing damage, but I don't think anyone knows exactly how much will do it. The Intel e8 spec says 1.55v max for PLL but there's probably still some head room over that.

My comment about the bioses was more in general. The fact that the PLL & VTT (fsb term) voltage ranges never changed from 65nm to 45nm seems weird. People are bound to assume that the bottom settings are low.

The PLL voltage for the 45nm did not change from the 65nm, but the
VTT did. For the 65nm VTT is 1.20v, and for 45nm VTT is 1.10v.

EDIT: Sry I just realize you were speaking from the bios perspective, However
on my P5K-e the bios does change the Vtt range from 1.20-1.60 (65nm) to 1.10-1.50 (45nm)


E8000 spec document says:

Vtt min: 1.045v typical: 1.10v max: 1.155v
PLL min: -5% typical: 1.50v max: +5%

There is also a section that states:

Absolute Maximum
Vcc 1.45v
Vtt 1.45v