Quote Originally Posted by tomcug View Post
I've just installed E7200 and so far it works great. I'd like to ask you what's the maximum safe voltage. About that Q9450 stability issues, you can try 1,45V just for a few minutes of testing. I'm sure that your CPU won't die. Intel doesn't make any troubles when it comes to RMA.
Always was a unwritten rule in overclocking, what voltage can be rised upto 10-15% above nominal without troubles So nominal is 1.225-1.25V and you can set to ~1.4V.