Quote Originally Posted by aussie-revhead View Post
Also guys, I have been benching my Asus P8P67 EVO with all voltages other than vcore and vdimm left at default, which if any will help stability at high overclocks?



andres and friends - my current 2600K can complete superPi 1mb at 56x with 1.63v but it needs near that to pass 3D at 5400 and 1.575v at 5200, is this common? Should I keep looking for a better one? Or just up the volts as needed for benching? How far can you go for benching on water before there is a big chance of killing the cpu?

well thats very nice my current 55x does the same at your same volts...and for 5400HT 3D bench didnt test this yet but my x54 one needs 1,62 for 3DM11 and 1,58 for 3DMVANTAGE---its ok while temps are good i guess that if you keep pushing on this volts will degrade a bit either way but not that big deal...i use my chips for benching to have some fun and 24/7 at 5GHz then. I would be happy with yours

cheers !
Sergio