Quote Originally Posted by [XC] Synthetickiller View Post
Thanks for that bit of wisdom. I've never clocked on a board where the board was the safety issue, always the CPU.

So an i5 quad pulls as much voltage as an i7? I thought the i7 would push the board harder, or rather the i5 would stress the board less, ergo allowing a higher OC. Thats why I went i5.
It will stress the board less than an i7. If you want to be truly safe then 3.6Ghz is what I feel comfortable enough telling you to run. You can go higher if you wish, but long term it's probably kinder not to push the FETs to 90%+ all the time.

Regards
Raja