E8400: I just pulled the trigger...

jcniest5 · 01-19-08, 05:52 PM

Well, I got an email from MicroCenter saying they have it for $50.00 off their regular price so I pulled the trigger on it. It's running nicely, a nice bump from the E6600. One thing, though, core 1 runs like 5-9 degrees hotter than core 0, is that normal? Unlike the E8400, both cores on my old E6600 runs about the same degree (+ or - 1). Should I take it back and get a different one?

Madpistol · 01-19-08, 06:05 PM

My cores on my E6600 do that as well

right now, core temp is saying Core0 35, Core 1 39 (idle)

I wouldn't worry about it. The processor sounds solid.

balex99 · 01-19-08, 06:18 PM

What speed did you have your E6600 at? I am doing my best not to upgrade until Nehalem.

jcniest5 · 01-19-08, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Madpistol

My cores on my E6600 do that as well

right now, core temp is saying Core0 35, Core 1 39

I wouldn't worry about it. The processor sounds solid.

I think I will exchange it for sure. When I run Orthos, one core runs like up to 12 degrees (fluctuating) hotter than the other one. Doesn't sound normal when they are that much of difference in temperature. What do you think?

jcniest5 · 01-19-08, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by balex99

What speed did you have your E6600 at? I am doing my best not to upgrade until Nehalem.

Whether I OCed it or not, both cores run about the same temperature (with 1-2 degrees difference, max).

Madpistol · 01-19-08, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by balex99

What speed did you have your E6600 at? I am doing my best not to upgrade until Nehalem.

Same here

3.2Ghz @ 1.29 Vcore.

Madpistol · 01-19-08, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jcniest5

I think I will exchange it for sure. When I run Orthos, one core runs like up to 12 degrees (fluctuating) hotter than the other one. Doesn't sound normal when they are that much of difference in temperature. What do you think?

If there's that much of a difference, there's definitely something wrong. I don't know what though. It is possible that the HSF you're using is off center and thus cooling favors one side of the CPU. I would reseat your HSF and see if that helps. If it doesn't, I'd exchange it for sure.

K007 · 01-19-08, 06:39 PM

Haven't seen alot of feedback from the E8XXX stuff...they look like really good bang for buck processors.

jcniest5 · 01-19-08, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Madpistol

If there's that much of a difference, there's definitely something wrong. I don't know what though. It is possible that the HSF you're using is off center and thus cooling favors one side of the CPU. I would reseat your HSF and see if that helps. If it doesn't, I'd exchange it for sure.

I'm completely pissed off at the tech support manager. He said there are too many variations with that temperature difference that he couldn't exchange it for me. It could just the way I applied the thermal paste or mount the heatsink. One core running hotter than the other is not defective, he said, therefore he couldn't exchange it. I told him I made at least three times adjusting or reseating the heatsink, same result.

I guess the IHS isn't flat or Intel didn't mount it too good, so contact with one core isn't as good as the other one. The tech guy at MC said I should bring it to Intel if I feel it is defective. So, I'm stuck and I know one core will die sooner because it's running 10-12 degrees hotter the other. He said one core will just have about 12% less life than the other one. That's still not defective, he continued. I told him 3-5 degrees difference is acceptable, but 7-12 isn't normal. Regardless, I guess his arrogant plays too much affect, so he wasn't buying into my logical reasoning.

Will wait and see. I'm sure I will have my saying one day.

hemmy · 01-19-08, 08:00 PM

You should have exaggerated the truth

LORD-eX-Bu · 01-19-08, 08:00 PM

how did you apply the thermal paste and install the hsf? could be a defect but it sounds like user error.

I would contact intel, they've always been good about making things right

LORD-eX-Bu · 01-19-08, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by hemmy

You should have exaggerated the truth

or in other words lied, correct?

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