Quote Originally Posted by Avid6eek View Post
I don't post much here, but I figured I'd throw this out there so everyone can get a better understanding of how the i7 overclocks.

Stock Intel heatsink:

Since I'm on the stock heatsink I disabled 2 cores to try and lower temps...saved me a whole 2C but doesn't allow me to OC any higher w/o causing instability.
Which motherboard are you using?

Have you tried to drop the multiplier to 12 and overclock the base clock to the maximum to see how much further it can go?