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***The Official Wolfdale 8200/8400/8500 Overclocking Thread ***
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Associate
more than likely 
Associate
That’s really up to you, if you got by fine before why bother now?
If you’re happy with the way your system performs at stock I would leave it.
If you’re happy with the way your system performs at stock I would leave it.
Soldato
These chips were bred to be clocked 
Associate
what core 2 isnt??
Well I think I will oc to 3.4, at the mo I did it to 3.2 after finally finding where the speedstep option was on this P35 
To get 3.4 I need to do very little do I? No voltage increase or anything? All I have done so far is PCI-E to 100, and upped the CPU and left the multiplier at 9
To get 3.4 I need to do very little do I? No voltage increase or anything? All I have done so far is PCI-E to 100, and upped the CPU and left the multiplier at 9
Soldato
Man of Honour
That would be a massive upgrade. Pentium D on a BFG 680i mobo.
That's an insult to the mobo. The E8400 seems to be the better clocker. I had a 8500 and i was not impressed with it at all. I got rid of it and am now waiting for the newer batch to be released when i shall be getting a E8400. Honestly, i have seen much better results with 8400's and low volts than 8500's. Save some money too.
Bad news for the GA-965P-DS3... Appears to have cold boot issues. Either will have to buy another mobo or sell what looks like a great E8400
I've got GRiDlock's E8400 now, and although I'm not going to push it I just thought I'd report 3.6GHz on 400x9 on stock volts was a breeze on an Asus Formula Maximus iX38 (once you manually set all the voltages to stop it overvolting everything!).
Nice chip, and although I'm getting readings of 46/46 idle in coretemp, I'm more prone to believe PC Probe's 24'C (or somewhere inbetween) since the heatsink is barely warm to touch (NH-U12F with Noctua 1200rpm).
Funny buggers these chips can be have my E8500 orthos stable at 1.4v in bios and under orthos 1.34 and 1.35 idling @desktop with 500x8=4g with max temps at 60C while orthos running. Mem reading@1:1 but is pc9200.
I can run stable at an fsb of 600 or 575 but runs hotter temps. So it's either water cooling for a 4.5-4.7 OC or sell/or rma the chip and buy a e8400 and be contented to run at 4g, but I've always wanted an excuse to water cool( can her the misses gnashing already)
I can run stable at an fsb of 600 or 575 but runs hotter temps. So it's either water cooling for a 4.5-4.7 OC or sell/or rma the chip and buy a e8400 and be contented to run at 4g, but I've always wanted an excuse to water cool( can her the misses gnashing already
)That would be a massive upgrade. Pentium D on a BFG 680i mobo.
The E8400 seems to be the better clocker. I had a 8500 and i was not impressed with it at all. I got rid of it and am now waiting for the newer batch to be released when i shall be getting a E8400. Honestly, i have seen much better results with 8400's and low volts than 8500's. Save some money too.
Thanks for the heads up
Although, I did get the 8500 in the end...as it was cheaper than a 8400 (email in trust)It should be with me by the 2nd of March
Soldato
Well I think I will oc to 3.4, at the mo I did it to 3.2 after finally finding where the speedstep option was on this P35
To get 3.4 I need to do very little do I? No voltage increase or anything? All I have done so far is PCI-E to 100, and upped the CPU and left the multiplier at 9
You can get 3.6 on the e8400 without change the core voltage, mine happily chugs along. Don't forget to turn speedstep off, helps with stability. Assuming you have pc6400 ram, just set the divider to 1:1 then set it to 400, which is an easy 3.6ghz
Soldato
im not sure which to get myself , 8400 or a 8500 to replace my crapy OC e6600 , since i have Pc8500 ram and Good Watercooling (PA120.3 rad + Aprogree GTX block) don't think i get 5ghz but 4.5+ plus with a 8500 would be nice
Man of Honour
8400's seems to be the better clockers and on far less voltage too. 5Ghz is extremely unlikely from a 8500 and 4.5Ghz is hard enough. I had one and it was a pig to get stable when clocked. Too much voltage (1.45v>) will kill or degrade them quickly (we are talking days here, not years). Over at XS they have been dying/degrading quite a lot. Mine showed signs of degrading after only a few days, which is why i got rid. There is supposed to be a new batch coming out in around 3 weeks and hopefully the problems will be sorted out then. I am waiting until then to get another.
Associate
Hows a 50% overclock crappy?? so on that basis you will have to achieve 4.5GHz+ on an E8400 and 4.74GHz+ on a E8500 to not be a crappy overclock also
