Quote Originally Posted by cincyrob View Post
kinda half empty half full theroy. lol
the lower vids have been able to get higher OC's with less volts. thats the way im looking at it. on my E8400 i had to go as high as 1.40v to get it stable at 4.1ghz. i didnt keep it there but thats alot of volts i think plus it was a HOT sob...lol about 3.83ghz is where i would like to run 24/7 once i get my 1066 mem and a better mobo. sure im like everyone else i want that elussive 4.0-4.2ghz OC but i cant and wont run it there 24/7
Shoot at 3.6ghz im getting 66,832 mips out of it. that is awesome i think sandra is a great benching tool..lol
I'm with you there. OC for high benches is a fun challenge but I almost always back it off to lower voltage and lower temps for 24/7. To be honest I can't really justify a quadcore for the way I use the machine (gaming, video encoding (using the GPU not the CPU), folding). I just like the challenge and staying just far enough off the leading edge to avoid going broke :-)

That E8400 must have been E0 stepping. I couldn't get my E8400/E8200 C0 stepping past 3.8GHz even with over 1.45V. Just hit a wall....