Penryns, Wolfdales and Yorkfields batch #'s. Oh my...

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Let's compile some batch numbers for the 45nm processor and the setting we've used to overclock them.  The more detailed the information the better.  It'll really help people in the future I think.  Let's see what would be good information.  You can actually include the Kentsfields too.  The Q6600 seems like a great overclocker.  A screenshot would be nice too.  4 hours into Orthos or Prime95 is fine I think.  This is for the Intel 45nm processors.  But the 9850 Phenom is welcome too. 
1)  Name of processor (E8400, E8500, Q9300...)
2)  Batch number
3)  Pack date for your processor
4)  Overclocked processor speed
5)  Vcore (The actual vcore in windows when the processor is idle and not when you're running Orthos or Prime95 when the vcore drops down)
6)  NB setting
7)  SB setting
8)  FSB Termination voltage (If you had to set it that is)  (Be careful with this one.  Remember for the Penryns the absolute max is 1.45v)
9)  GTLREF (If you don't know what this is...  http://www.thetechrepository.com/showthread.php?t=87)
10)  Any other voltages you messed with
11)  Memory brand
12)  Memory timings and Mhz
13)  Memory voltage
14)  Operating system
15)  Power supply
16)  Which MSI motherboard did you use?  (I assume you wouldn't be here without one )
17)  Temperatures of your processor
18)  Version of the BIOS you're using
19)  CPU cooling solution you used
20)  And anything else you think would be helpful.  Like if you dance some sort of rain dance to get your processor to POST. 
You don't need to post all this information, but if you have them, might as well.  It would help.  And you don't have to do it in order either.  These are just to help remind you.
I hope I didn't miss anything.    Let me explain the Intel batch numbers.  It'll go something like Q807A125.  The Q8 means that the processor was defused in 2008.  Like the whole dry lithography processor thing...  The 07 after the Q8 means that it was the 7th week of 2008. That means sometime in the third week of February.
The A125 part means that this was the 125th batch of that particular week.  Some people report that the lower the number after the A, the better.  I guess a simple explanation would be human nature.  Nobody wants to be working on Fridays so people get sloppy. 
Anyways, I'm not entirely sure that the patch number alone is enough.  Because processor that are on the outer edges of a particular wafer aren't as good as processors that are at the center of the wafer.  At least that's the way it used to be.  So two processor from the same wafer (A125 for example) might have completely different results.
We would need quite a lot of batch numbers to really know if there is a bad batch out there that you should avoid at all costs. 
I'll edit this first entry in this thread to include the cpu name, batch number, cpu speed and vcore of all the entries.  Or someone else with moderator privileges can do it for me.  :-D
LOL I forgot the batch #'s
Some numbers:
1)  Q807A125:  E8400 with VID of 1.10 volts overclocked to 4.0ghz with vcore of 1.325 volts, northbridge 1.450 volts, southbridge 1.6 volts, 2x2GB ram at 2.0 volts and 889mhz
2)  L803A756:  Xeon X3350 overclocked to 3.3GHz (8x412.5) with vcore of 1.192 volts, northbridge 1.25 volts, southbridge auto, FSB termination 1.230 volts, ram at 825MHz @ 5-5-5-15 2T with voltage of 2.1 volts.
Note:  Setting your FSB termation voltage higher than your vcore effectively disables an Intel stability feature.  Not a biggie I don't think.  I'll post a link to what exactly.
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http://edgeofstability.com/articles/dfi_p35/gtl/gtl3.html
Another issue that most users are unaware of is the relationship between VCORE and VTT. To reduce the amount of ringing at the driver, Intel has added a weak pull-up device to the output buffer as mentioned above. This device turns on at the beginning of a low-to-high signal transition, substantially reducing the impedance mismatch between the output buffer and the transmission line. As a result, the amount of overshoot and ringback is significantly reduced. The source terminal of the pull-up device is connected to the core voltage supply. This causes the logic high voltage to rise above the GTL termination voltage for one cycle. After one bus cycle, the pull-up device is turned-off and the output will stabilize at VTT if the output remains in the logic high state. But when we raise VTT above VCORE we have effectively removed the pull-up device from the circuit.
3)  q802a594:  E8400 overclocked to 4.005ghz (FSB 445MHz x 9 Multiplier) with a vcore of 1.376 idle, northbridge setting of 1.36 volts, southbridge voltage of 1.56 volts, front side bus termination voltage of 1.375 volts, ram at 2.1 volts running at  5-5-5-15 and 445MHz (890mhz effectively)
Hope this give you future overclocking pioneers out there some idea about where to start.
4)  Q748A123:  E8400 overclocked to 3.75 GHz, vcore 1.256 volts (setting of 1.2625 in BIOS), northbridge 1.38 volts, southbridge 1.68 volts, Memory timings and Mhz = 1670 MHz @ 7-7-7-20, Memory voltage = 1.88v, using MSI X38 Diamond

Answer 1

I'm still only half an hour into Orthos, but this seems to be stable...  *Knock on wood three times*  I'm using the 1.0 BIOS too.   
1)  Processor name:  E8400
2)  Patch number:  Q807A125
3)  Pack date:  04/02/08
4)  4.0 ghz at multiplier 9 times 444.4 mhz system bus (I actually just set the FSB to 1778 mhz)
5)  Vcore:  1.296 volts idle actual
6)  Northbridge:  1.35 volts (seriously...)  It hasn't crashed yet...  *Knock on wood*
7)  Southbridge:  auto
8)  FSB Term:  auto
9)  GTLREF:  auto
10)  all other voltages except for ram left on auto
11)  4 sticks of 1GB Patriot PC2 6400 rated at 4-4-4-12 at 2.2v
12)  4-4-4-12 at 2.3 volts running at 889 Mhz  (what can I say?  It was $30 ram... )
13)  2.3 volts
14)  Vista Home Premium 64 Bits
15)  Antec Neopower 650 Blue.  3 12-volt rails each rated at 19 amps each with no over currect protection apparently.    All the rails come from the same place I think.  So they're just one 12 volt rail with their own circuitry.  Defective circuitry at that...
16)  P7N Diamond nVidia 780i chipset
17)  At full load:  Tcase is 43, Tj core0 is 58, Tj core1 is 54.  (yeah...  The difference between the Tcase and Tjunction is way too high *Shrug*)
18)  1.0 BIOS 
19)  Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme (Air cooling)
I think that's it.  I'm only an hour into Orthos.  Haha, it was 30 minutes when I started this...  I'll post a screenshot as soon as I figure out HOW to post a screenshot.
Daloona's suggestion about how to overclock really helped:
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The first you seek the highest cpu speed without upping Vcore, leave it on 0.000 or auto, pref 0.000 if available.
Stress cpu, small fft's for at least 8 hrs to be sure.
Then try to reach the cpu speed you want to , by upping Vcore.
Stress cpu, small fft's for at least 8 hrs to be sure.
then go further and try to get sytem stable at wanted speed with tweaking NB ans SB and fsb vtt, starting with NB and maybe fsb vtt.
Stress cpu and ram, blend for at least 8 hrs to be sure.
Leave your mem on standard settings or according to vendor specs, but do not oc them.
If system is stable, note the settings and start all over again from stock, only this time try to oc mem with it to keep a 1:1, or other (see below) fsb:dram ratio.
But dont forget oc-ing mem means upping Vdimm .
Mine is warrantied to 2.2V, but be sure you do not overvolt them, the highest is best @2.1Vdimm or lower, unlesss, like me, you cool your mem
On a certain point your gonna loose mem speed eventually due to looser timings and undervolting, so search for the optimum between your mem and cpu at a good fsb:dram ratio. ( I like fsb:dram @1:1, but 3:5, 5:6 and 8:9 are good also)
This is how I did it, and it took a long time but its running great and I enjoyed the work.
Dont forget to test a lot and long with Orthos/Prime95 blend and small fft's and watch those temps with HWmonitor, Everest or CoreTemp.
It really helps to isolate each thing so you can test what voltages you actually need to increase.  Wish me luck that I'll actually hit 4 or 8 hours with Orthos. 
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh196/heleniumautumnale/Screenshot40ghz275hour.jpg