Currently my highest stable OC is 4180MHz, my specs are

E8500 (440x9.5) using Cooler Master Hyper 212
Asus P5Q Pro
2x2gb Kingson 800Mhz value ram

I set the vcore at 1.3625v at the bios, 2.0v for the ram and 1.3v for the nb, those are the only voltages I change.

Now I'm trying to achieve better OC, I bought new rams, Corsair dominator 2x2gb 1066MHz

I'm typing this post with my cpu clocked at 4.275 with 1.4v set in bios, I don dare to go any higher than that, but the OC is unstable I ran intel burn test and the residual (norm) don't match, havent really tried anyting else.

Any way to help me achieve better oc? Is it safe to set a higher vcore? since intel lists the voltage range at 1.3625v max.

CM hyper 212 as stated above, lol

Full load temps are around 70, except intel burn test which it will reach 96 and then the thermal throttling kicks in

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Don't think I'll run it at 1.5v, I'm scared already at about 1.4v+ still can't get stable oc at 4300mhz, buying a better cooler and will try again once i receive it.

Really gotta try that some time, if really fried my duo time to get quad , or maybe just get e8600, 10x multiplier

May I ask how much vcore you set?