Identical CPU's, stock voltage, and overclocking

tviceman

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I am going to have in my possession two i7 2600k CPU's very soon. One is for me and one is for my brother. I want to keep the one that has better overclocking potential (either by way of hitting higher clocks or being a few degrees cooler at an equal overclocked setting) and give the other one to him.

Without running 4 hours+ of stress testing for each CPU, generally speaking (and assuming all other things being equal), when comparing two identical model CPU's (in this case, two i7-2600k CPU's), will the one with a lower stock voltage under load at stock speeds MOST LIKELY be the better overclocker?
 

exar333

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Cannot tell until you really start to test them. The lower stock voltage MAY be better, but you just don't know for sure.