It's definitely not what I would consider a winner of a chip. I thought I would take a chance that all of the L8xx batch might not be such overclocking duds. I just didn't think I would get such a voltage hog. RMA time I suppose (luckily I have a 15 day return option at Fry's).

Is the VID printed anywhere on the retail box? I know how to find it once in windows with programs like Coretemp- just wondering if there is a way to find the diamond in the rough without having to install the cpu...