OC

what board?

I don't believe PLL settings are available on the P35-DS3x boards.

I´ve been having an OCing issue,

I´m able to get 3.0 on a e4500 with slightly above vcore default (1.33), however, from that speed on, any slight increases in clock speed, require upping the vcore. Reaching 3.1, requires the vcore to be as close as 1.4, making 3.2 practically a mirage.
This happens regardless of the combination of multiplier x clock i use. I´ve been told that CPU PLL could be an issue here and tweaking this parameter (within certain limits) could be beneficial.

Thanks for your help, jsc!

I had the same idea regarding CPU PLL, that it was ASUS specific, just trying out my luck...

On what concerns my settings, they are very similar to yours and temps are not an issue, i think, since at 3.03 Ghz @ 1.36 vcore, they top 50º C after 3,4 hours of orthos stress test. Maybe they could be better, but with a Coolermaster Hyper TX2, i´m happy

I wouldn´t want to stretch the vcore far from where i am at this moment, as i plan on keeping the CPU for a while, it´s just a bit frustrating seeing people reaching much higher clocks with 1.36 on this CPU, but then again, i know not all components are the same...

In my research up to now, i´ve come across some statements that the more recent C2D E4500 don´t have the OC potential of the previous ones (mine is 4 months old). Maybe it´s just that or my mobo doesn´t have the OC potential i expected it to have...

Thaks again, jsc