Quote Originally Posted by x-built-Stan View Post
WOW - How hard are you guys pushing the NB? My system has been running now 24x7 100% (crunching) since I built it over a year ago. I did pull the heat sink and replace the purple junk with some ceramic, I also added two 30mm fans attached to the heat sink radiators. Since I run a liquid system, I was not getting much air circulation at the radiators by the CPU. I do push 1.425v on the NB.
Hi. I don't think I've been too hard on my NB. I used it all time at 1.45 vNB to don't push it too much. With my q9450 I was able to reach 3600mhz, but I needed 1.50 of vNB to get stable, so I left it on 3550mhz at 1.45. I also attached a fan to NB to prevent hot temps. NB temps were good, never go beyond 60ºC. My board has been that way for the 3 months I have this second one. I think I treated well my mobo, and it died anyway.