Quote Originally Posted by bluestang View Post
So as long as it stays in the low to mid 60's C in stress testing, then volts don't matter or won't hurt it? I have an E8500 E0 VID 1.250 that seems to want above 1.45 (BIOS) to get 8.5 or 9 x 500fsb stable. I haven't tried any higher to get it to work cause I'm afraid of the volts killing my CPU.

So I want to know if it's the volts or the heat? If I keep heat under control, do the volts even matter?
I don't know about the volts long term. I think 1.3625v is still the max according to Intel. I have heard some say 1.45v on the EO's. IDK but I wanted a 4.4-4.5ghz chip so if it has a short life I'm ok with it. As long as my temps are good its staying where it is.