I will start off the overclocking with a little FSB action. So far, these are just initial results, right out of the box with the Fusion block still on. Eventually I will put water in the Fusion block and perhaps a little more cooling on the NB after that. Here is a photo of the initial setup:

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And of course, a complete break down of the hardware used for these results...
  • MB: ASUS Rampage Extreme (BIOS 0206)
  • CPU: Intel C2D E8600ES (Q814A526)
  • CPU Cooling: Rosewill RCX-Z775-EX
  • GPU: Biostar 8600GTS
  • NB Cooling: Stock w/Fushion block
  • SB Cooling: Stock
  • PWM Cooling: Stock
  • PSU: Silverstone Zeus 560W
  • HD: Seagate SATAII 80GB 8MB NCQ
  • OS: Windows XP Pro SP2

These next couple results are basically within minutes of first firing up the board. The goal was to get 600FSB stable and these were the first two shots on the way to that.

Stable FSB on Air w/E8600 - SPi 32M :: 600MHz PL9 @ 1.41vNB
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Stable FSB on Air w/E8600 - Dual SPi 32M :: 600MHz PL9 @ 1.48v
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In all honesty, the vNB along with other voltages could probably be lower but I was just hunting to get a gauge for where the board was going to be at. Remember, these were both within 20 minutes of first turning on the board. Needless to say, it is quite easy to get this board clocking. There will be far more to this section in the future as the cooling progresses.