E8600 upto 4 ghz but how far can I go?

[samit]

my vCore currently 1.30 allows me to mount till that. I am already on a 4.00 ghz and wonder if I can rise above? How? it's just for an estimate but I doubt that it is possible that I'll have to test it? I know that getting started with an4.85 ghz then the vCore must be of 1.65 and in idle temp of 85 degrees! yet to start as a 5 ghz should I change my fan ...

[T.J.]

I can not answer for the max frequency because each cpu is different. For the max vCore being given that this is a 45nm cpu burn in at a 1.45 V.
And if you have the intel rad then yes for the 5 Ghz it will change.

[techman]

4.5GHz should be easy for E8600.
With 1.35Vcore at BIOS, it stables at 4.5GHz easy.
try to tweak your mobo a bit.
bump up ur nb voltage to 1.55V, if you use full bank memory then more than that. I'm using 1.63V NB right now.

[Team Leader]

You want to disable speedstep, C1E and/or EIST in BIOS. They are power saving features that are unnecessary when testing your overclock. Once you get a stable overclock established then if you want you can re-enable them.

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