e8400 E0

[gurusan]

so how are you E0 guys clocking?

 

[Big.Wayne]

Yeah I'm interested too!

I'm thinking an E8400 would maybe clock better than an E8600, maybe not pure CPU MHz but higher overall FSB and a better balanced clock?

 

[DavidS14]

I'll let you know when my MB/Ram turns up on Monday

 

[Lt Goody]

Only got mine running at [email protected],took it up to 3.8 at stock volts but i can't get it to idle less than 39C even with tower tuniq on full?

I've read a few things about people having the same problems,is it anything to worry about?

 

[EvilOne]

That temps fine, as its hard to cool idle temps as its already quite low. Just make sure the underload temps arent too high

 

[Big.Wayne]

i can't get it to idle less than 39C even with tower tuniq on full?

I find the idle temps are down to how good your case cooling is and not so much the heatsink.

 

[iCe-BLaZeD]

many of the e8400's (mine included) have messed up sensors on the cores.

mine in particular reads a minimum of 42/46 (coretemp) at idle when infact its lower, however at 4.1ghz load temps are around 55-58 (orthos)

 

[Thermo]

Just picked up a new E8400 with the E0 (SLB9J) stepping. Pack Date is 09/25/08.

 

[DavidS14]

My E8400 is at 4.1Ghz with a peak temp of 60°C after 8 hrs of Orthos small FFT's, only gets to 58°C on blend, that's with a OCZ Vendetta 2 and a Noctua P12 fan. I know the chip will do more as I cocked up on the bios settings and was messing around in Vista until I started CPU-Z and saw I was at 4.25GHz but I'll wait until I take my old rig apart and transfer the water over.

I can knock 2°C off with a higher rated fan but I like it quiet

My CPU's VID is high @ 1.25V and I need 1.326V under load for it to be totally stable (P5Q-E, 2x2GB Corsair 8500).

Checked my sensors with RealTemp 2.84 which now does a heat up and cool down and logs the temp sensors so you can see if they stick or bottom out and mine are OK

 

[Bones]

excuse me while i thread hijack a little here, but does anyone know whether this CPU will run and overclock fine on this board please

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31

 

[linktoinsanity]

excuse me while i thread hijack a little here, but does anyone know whether this CPU will run and overclock fine on this board please

Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L Intel P31

It should run fine, but I'm not sure about how well it will overclock.

 

[Bones]

thanks matt, the chip just arrived (its a E0). Looking forward to getting home and have a go at clocking it.