Hi
I have a 3500+venice core great little chip
I run mine at 2.6@1.55v
I have run it at 2.7 stable but volts had to be 1.65v( that made me nervouse)
I also got it to post at 2.8 but needed 1.7v
so 2.6 is just fine
I have a big typhoon cooler on it
my ram is corsair value and a BFG motherboard