Quote Originally Posted by Pacha View Post
I've seen on the quad database that apparently all the new L8xx are at 1.325V VID and that oc sucks too.
Other people have confirmation of that? I'll be testing my L804A tomorrow maybe or a bit later.
Pacha, those are some nice shots of before- and after-lapping. One thing I noticed on your PCB code, it starts with 2L7 instead of 357 like we see here in the U.S. most recently - I have yet seen any L80x with the 2L7 code, which used be shown on those glorious batches of the year 2007 production. So it bodes well for you.

As a data point, I just finished testing a L804A Q6600 which inevitably sucks. The VID is 1.325v and runs quite cool under 3.0GHz. It only needs 1.175v for 2.8GHz OCCT 2hrs stable, T < 47C on all 4 cores with my lapped Big Typhoon. Unfortunately, it requires 1.325v to stabilize 3.2GHz (all cores < 58C), and a whopping 1.425v for 3.4GHz. Didn't want to go even higher as I wasn't inspired at all. The chip was returned back to the store.

Keep us posted with your results!