Current system condition.

Using the Windows 7 RC and things are very stable.

Processor speed- 3.1 ghz. Simply bumped the base clock up didn't touch voltages (see ram). Hyperthreading is off due to funky core assignments. Using a Zalman 9900 heat sink on the cpu with all fans bios controll for silencing. I must say there is a lot of cooling surface area on these next generation of coolers.

Ram- 8 gb. The 6gb wasn't going to cut it so I dropped in a fourth 2 gb module (I bought two 6 gb sets). My board supports a 4th module at 1600 ram speed (wierd huh?). Not running at 1600 mhz yet, I have the ram down clocked to 1200 ish for now. I am using the XMP 1600 profile for the ram which inserts known good settings for the ram including the voltages(works great so far).

Ran a prime95 stress test for 8 hours while I slept last night. Temps held below 60C with about 70F ambient in the room.

Next is bumping the clock up to achieve 3.5-3.6. Once cpu speed is set, raise the memory clock up as close to 1600 as possible while keeping a stable memtest. Then a final prime95 to validate the cooling/OC.

Edit: My I7 920 is the slow stepping, so I will stick to a lower/safer OC.