Greeting All,

First time poster here. Also fairly new to OC. Quick question...just upgraded my box to the P5Q Deluxe and a Q9550 (C0, of course). I am targeting a 100% stable 24/7 OC of 3.4 GHz. Actually, I've got that, but I think my Q9550 may be a dog...or a vcore blackhole to be more precise. I had to up the VCore to 1.315V in the bios to get it prime stable. Does that sound reasonable? I haven't touched any of the more esoteric settings like the CPU PLL, etc...does that help reduce VCore requirements. One thing I did was make sure Load Line Calibration was off...my first attempt got me a much lower vcore with LLC on, but when I read the technical details about the purpose of vdroop, I decided it wasn't worth it, even if I had to run the volts much higher. Just looking for some advice about lowering the vcore and still keeping the stable OC.