With my experience, after about 1.35 vCore the temps of the 8600 go insanely high. These are the max temps I feel comfortable with, as I'm more concerned with vCore then the actual temps. I can get 4.5 stable at 1.37 vCore with temps that hover around the 60. While, here you can see the temps top off around 70 at 1.42 vCore. So, once you pass 1.33 vCore, prepare to have a furnace.



My goal is to get 500 * 9.5 = 4.75 If I can do this, I'll be happy. I was shooting for 5.0, but this chip get too hot.