Biostar proved yet again that it´s capable of ultra high FSB and some serious overclocks and efficiency with sweet E8500 CPU. This kind of benching rig cannot be paired with anything else other than a monster DDR2 kit. Corsair DDR2 PC10000 Dominators were used in this instance
Test Configuration:
Biostar TPower P45 board
1.88-1,92vcore, 2.68vdimm, 1.69vMCH, 1.47vFSB
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 Q740A497
2GB DDR2 PC10000 Corsair DOMINATORS
(645MHz 1:1 4-4-4-8 timings)
PCI GFX Card MX200
620W Corsair PSU
Stock heatsink on NB (LN2 cooled with small pours)
kingpin F1 Extreme Edition Solid copper CPU LN2 Pot
Big mamma 35L LN2 Dewar
160GB PATA
Windows XP Pro 32bit SP3
This CPU is a monster. It was able to handle -150C and it benchmarked at 6GHz 1M Superpi
Even though this board was a monster fsb clocker i was still fsb limited…..
Validation link http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=384946
Validation screenshot
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SUPERPI TESTING
1M SuperPi @6GHz
Time – 7,906s
8M SuperPi @5880MHz
Time – 1m 41,968s
32M SuperPi @5826MHz
Time – 8m 18,188s
The biostar tpower i45 arrived a while ago after building a big reputation of high fsb. This was my goal, to achieve the maximum FSB I could, initially I was hoping for 650mhz.
I put my setup on phase change with my mate Andy (tuchans) crucial ballistix and immediately we were able to achieve 682mhz fsb. AMAZING! Northbridge was still on air and cpu at -40.
Next up of course had to be an attempt at 700mhz, to do this we put the northbridge on Ln2 @ -188 celcius, the CPU @ -130 degrees celcius and even put LN2 directly on the ram with tin foil! The result an amazing 724mhz and the front side bus overall world record.
Setup:
Biostar Tpower I45 w/ nb pot @ -188
Intel E8500 cpu w/ cpu pot @ -130
Crucial Ballistix 8500 sticks
FX5500 gpu
Silverstone 1000OP

http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=378175
For more information please view the thread at i4memory
Test Configuration:
Asus P5B DLX DDR2 Motherboard (1226 bios)
(FULLY VMODDED)
**1.87vcore, 2.58vdimm, 1.71vMCH, 1.8vSB**
i have a bad OVP at 1.89vcore 
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 Q740Axxx
(-126C to -129C idle temperatures)
2GB DDR2 Crucial Ballistix
PCI GFX Card MX200
620W Corsair PSU
Stock heatsink on NB
kingpin F1 Extreme Edition CPU LN2 Pot
Big mamma 35L LN2 Dewar
160GB PATA
Windows XP Pro 32bit

……………to be continued
dinos22 tested Nvidia’s latest motherboard recently, namely, 790i Ultra SLI chipset with some amazing results. Nvidia worked very hard to improve FSB OC capabilities.
Test Configuration:
Nvidia Reference Board 790i Ultra SLI
(stock board, no mods)
Intel Core2 Duo E8500 Q745A703
(1.74-1.81vcore used)
2GB DDR3 Corsair Dominators PC14400
(1.96vdimm DMM measured)
PCI Express Nvidia 8800GT
620W Corsair PSU
kingpin F1 Extreme Edition Solid copper CPU LN2 Pot
Big mamma 35L LN2 Dewar
80GB SATA Hard Drive
Windows XP Pro 32bit
Looks like 5.7GHz (600MHz FSB) easy & with a bit of tweaking and wresting 5.8GHz may be possible. These are just some sneak peak results. More information and benchmark results will follow once embargo lifts later this month.
5.8GHz validation = 611MHz FSB >> straight boot from bios
http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=325161

Asus Commando takes on 45nm Wolfdale E8500 cpu. I decided to go back to Asus Commando as the motherboard was already prepared and insulated for Kayl Black FrozenSS 1/4HP phase change cooling.
- Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Q740A493T - Kayl Black FrozenSS 1/4HP - Asus Commando 1605 bios - 128MB Gainward FX5200 PCI - 2x1GB Team 6400C3 Micron D9GMH - 160GB Seagate 7200.7 SATA - 1200W Silverstone OP1200 or - 620W Corsair HX620 PSU - WinXP Pro SP2