Quote Originally Posted by skuldarin View Post
i've been running 1.38-1.39 range on my 980x for months on 2 different chips, it's within range even from intel's specs. intel says 1.4 at the chip is the line but REALLY... it's more about heat. as long as your temps stay respectable, it really doesn't and hasn't mattered. i've see people run 1.6-1.7 range and still be fine. it's when you run that high and then do clock speeds so high you need to use LN2 to cool your system, that's when it degrades 32nm's. though come 2011 chips that are 22nm this fall, i would carry your worry then... but really 1.4-1.41v is your safety limitation, not 1.35.
are you talking about vcore or qpi? i would like to know what do you think about 24/7 vcore on 980x/990x