Gigabyte EP45-UD3P - out of the box and almost auto setting -> boot @ 620FSB easy.

[bingo13]

same here man
my gem E8600 is dead

Now wait a minute, I thought it was impossible to kill a 45nm chip even though I have seven 45nm paper weights on my desk...

I blew this board out in two days, figure that extra ounce of copper must have kept it too cool....