e8400/e8500

[Revs]

[jcossin]

Hmm, 3.6GHz is alright but that's what I've got with my e6750 (450x8). I was really hoping to see that 4050MHz (450x9) was easily achievable, but it sounds like not without generating some crazy heat eh?

[kazna]

Originally Posted by jcossin

I was really hoping to see that 4050MHz (450x9) was easily achievable, but it sounds like not without generating some crazy heat eh?

Heat is gonna depend greatly on how little voltage your specific chip needs to reach 4ghz. My e8400 does 3.8 (422x9) on 1.28v, but some have needed as much as 1.4v to hit 4.0.

[ViN86]

Originally Posted by jcossin

Hmm, 3.6GHz is alright but that's what I've got with my e6750 (450x8). I was really hoping to see that 4050MHz (450x9) was easily achievable, but it sounds like not without generating some crazy heat eh?

i think the issue was the voltage, not the heat. these chips hit 4GHz easily, but many of them require 1.35V+ which (if i recall correctly) is beyond Intel's recommended range.

ive heard some stories of people's chips ****tin the bed due to overvolting.

[Revs]

I've had mine up to 1.47v and it was within temp limits, but only just. At 4.05Ghz the voltage was 1.41v and well within temp limits, but I run at 3.6Ghz just to stay within voltage limits too.

[jcossin]

Well I just ordered up a E3110 (same as e8400) for $180, so let's see how high I can take it when it shows up!

http://www.tankguys.com/product_info...oducts_id=1816

[Libertysyclone]

Originally Posted by Revs

Oh yes. I depends how you do it though. I find you're better with as high a FSB as possible.

ie, 450x8 (3.6Ghz) would be better than say 400x9 (3.6Ghz)

As you up the FSB, everything else speeds up to. The memory (bandwidth) and therefore the graphics and of course the CPU.

Revs couldn't be more spot on here!

You have to remember that pretty much all data transferring in the Computer is going through the FSB This is a big reason I am going to the 790i, there have been people seeing high 500's on Stock cooling.

Which means if the board doesn't give me any higher stable clock on the CPU (q6600@3.825Ghz) That I will be able to drop the multi to 7 which equals a 2185Mhz FSB compared to the stock 1066...

(Math...3825Mhz/7x multiplier=546(real FSB)x4(intel fsb is "Quad Pumped")=2185Mhz FSB)
3825Mhz/9x multi(max on a Q6600)=425(real FSB)x4(quad pumped)=1700FSB

I included this because it confused the crap out of me for a long time..

In Cinebench I pick up 1000+ points on my GPU score just by turning up the FSB, I believe that the FSB is a big bottleneck for the GPU's and also Quad Core procs. I notice FPS increases as well as responsiveness of the system.

[Revs]

Originally Posted by jcossin

Well I just ordered up a E3110 (same as e8400) for $180, so let's see how high I can take it when it shows up!

http://www.tankguys.com/product_info...oducts_id=1816

wow, that's so cheap. They're a lot more here. The P35 is a good, high clocking chipset for sure. Looking forward to your results

[v3rninater]

Do these chips work in an EVGA 680i?

[Revs]

Yeah. You might need to update your BIOS. You'd have to check.

[AngelGraves13]

I have a Core 2 Duo E8400, but I don't mess with overclocking. I've got a nice Zalman fan on there with Arctic Silver 5, so if I ever want to...I can. I just don't feel the need to overclock and void warranty and have errors and such in games.