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OK just been looking at purchasing a 2nd hand cpu to save a bit of money, but I must say I am entirely put off by the whole shebang of how they are advertised which leads me into thinking this is really a bad Idea. The cpu in question I have particularly been looking at is the Intel E8500 a well known cpu for overclockers and yet gets advertised in many ways of disbelief. A couple of examples are as follows:
1. E8500 never been overclocked comes with original stock fan and heatsink never used.
2. E8500 4 months old selling due to upgraded to quad core, thought I would sell it instead of gathering dust as 18 months guarantee left on it. This chap I emailed to see if it actually came with the stock fan and heatsink to which he replied of coarse, but tomorrow I am putting the Zalman 9500 Pro up for sale.
Now surely this is pure crap, because as in both cases they have used different heatsinks and fans rather than the stock which surely means that they have overclocked these cpu's.
I am not being funny here but why on earth should anyone change a heatsink and fan that comes with the exact specifications to run the cpu from Intel in the first place. Answer = To Overclock the damn thing. Now am I right or am I missing something here.
A year ago I was in some forum when some chap had a problem with is PC keep shutting down after 30 seconds or so of switching it on. He said he had replaced the the heatsink and fan with some fan-dangled thing with lights on that cost him some £50 which he thought was a good thing. I checked out the spec on this heatsink and fan, and the fan was running at 1200rpm slower than the stock fan that came with the cpu. What the hell does he expect the cpu to do. Some people man.
OK if you want to put new fandango-ed piece of crap on the cpu with lights on or whatever at least check the spec. To me anybody whoever changes the stock fan on a cpu of the calibre of an E8500 must be doing so to overclock it, am I right or am I wrong. Because some of these guys are quite frankly taking the P with there 2nd hand prices when you can get a brand new one for £50 - £60 more. The same can be said for quad cores as well when it comes to prices.
1. E8500 never been overclocked comes with original stock fan and heatsink never used.
2. E8500 4 months old selling due to upgraded to quad core, thought I would sell it instead of gathering dust as 18 months guarantee left on it. This chap I emailed to see if it actually came with the stock fan and heatsink to which he replied of coarse, but tomorrow I am putting the Zalman 9500 Pro up for sale.
Now surely this is pure crap, because as in both cases they have used different heatsinks and fans rather than the stock which surely means that they have overclocked these cpu's.
I am not being funny here but why on earth should anyone change a heatsink and fan that comes with the exact specifications to run the cpu from Intel in the first place. Answer = To Overclock the damn thing. Now am I right or am I missing something here.
A year ago I was in some forum when some chap had a problem with is PC keep shutting down after 30 seconds or so of switching it on. He said he had replaced the the heatsink and fan with some fan-dangled thing with lights on that cost him some £50 which he thought was a good thing. I checked out the spec on this heatsink and fan, and the fan was running at 1200rpm slower than the stock fan that came with the cpu. What the hell does he expect the cpu to do. Some people man.
OK if you want to put new fandango-ed piece of crap on the cpu with lights on or whatever at least check the spec. To me anybody whoever changes the stock fan on a cpu of the calibre of an E8500 must be doing so to overclock it, am I right or am I wrong. Because some of these guys are quite frankly taking the P with there 2nd hand prices when you can get a brand new one for £50 - £60 more. The same can be said for quad cores as well when it comes to prices.
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