Quote Originally Posted by Prodigys View Post
You hit the spot.
This is why the Q9450 stinks so much, for 45nm cpu's you can do 1.42V max for 24/7 i think, otherwise they degrade fast. Besides that, with the 45nm quads FSB wall of 440-450 in my mind, it can reach only a bare 450 x 8 or 3.6Ghz.

My Q6600 rocks , only 1.384V on 4Ghz and max suicide on that voltage is 4185Mhz, i want to see a Q9450 or Q9550 do that .

Anybody intrested to buy ?
There's a huge thread about E8400s degrading @ 1.3v...
What is usually safe for a Q6600 24/7?
1.5v?