Intel 4.5GHz & 5GHz LinX Stable Club

[Sam_oslo]

well my new i7-970 seems to be a great one for sure
i was having trouble getting it stable,random failures at all vcore
ranges,then i remembered to use the x17 uncore(my E760 hates x16)
when running x8 memory.and if i keep it below 60c i can get through
20 runs w/1.36v,but once it goes above 60c it needs 1.37v it seems.

http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=1669892

21x215@4503 HT ON w/1.36v
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That's a good one . That's a good vCore for 24/7 on a 6-core.

With the resent 34% price-drop, these 970 are good and "affordable" alternatives to SB now.
I'm not sure about the production date on this chip, but those produced after Intel's move to 990x can have a really good OC-headroom.