**Official e8400/e8500 Retail OC Thread

[Hughyhunter]

I'm thinking about going higher as well

I need new ram for benching, my ram craps out at anything above 4.4ghz . With the 3dmark in my sig, i was giving the cpu far more volts than it needed. I can make it into windows at 4.5ghz with 1.4volts (still overvolting i think, didn't try less) but my ram was extremely unstable.

Very nice score. I managed 197** at 4.5ghz (I needed 1.6v though to even get into windows) with 2 8800GT overclocked. I have Vista... You?

e8400 Q750A196 1.1125vid

for 4050(450x9) need 1.368v bad luck

This isnt bad luck... this is the norm. I need 1.38 for 450mhz. Anything lower than what you are talking is good luck. Anything above 1.4 is bad luck.