***The Official Wolfdale 8200/8400/8500 Overclocking Thread ***

[easyrider]

posters comments about these chips being great overclockers seems abit over the top to me. surley to be labeled with that, you would be thinking they could get to at least 1.5ghz over stock with ease on low volts and not get as hot as they are being reported by forum members.
Take the 6300/6400 and the 2160/80s now they are getting much better overclocks from stock speeds with nice temps and these are 65nm.
my 6300 runs 3430 all day long and if I had a bigger case and some better cooling on my board it would do 3500.
this is a 1.6ghz overclock anyway.
I am hoping there is a refresh as I would like to see these sort of speed increase's.
I know some are getting there, but not as many as I hoped, dissapointed really as I want to get one, but to make it worth it to me I would want to be seeing 4.5ghz.
Maybee thats greedy but thats bang for buck to me.
Ready to get hammered for my comments now, but thats the way I see it with these new Wolfdales.

This a valid point.

3ghz to 4.2ghz is less of an overclocking margin than my humble 6400.

I clocked this from 2.13ghz to 3.8ghz 13 hrs primestable.

Ok it is not as fast ,but the 45nm Wolfdales I was hoping were going to be in the 4.5ghz area 24/7.

The trend seems that this is not the case.

 

[easyrider]

If i can't get any more than 4.2ghz then i will probably go back to 4ghz and run all the voltages at stock. No point in stressing anything out for the sake of 200mhz.

One more plus to this cpu though. It uses 125w less power at 4.2ghz than my quad did at 3.8ghz.

I would rather have a 3.8ghz quad than a 4ghz wofldale any day of the week.

If your happy though thats what counts.

Thanks for the analysis.You have made my my mind up Q9450 for me 3.6-3.8ghz.

I get quad core again ,more speed,less power and SSE4 into the bargain for Adobe production studio.

I will miss wolfdales out.

 

[easyrider]

What is your problem? It was my choice, my money and i really do not need your blessing. You just don't seem to be able to keep your mouth shut and let other people do what they want to do. You always have to have a dig. A 5 ghz quad would have been no use to me because as i told you before i have nothing that makes use of the four cores. I actually sold the quad for more than i paid for it anyway.

I have had this Wolfdale for a total of 7 hours 43 minutes, only 6 and a half hours of which it has been in my rig. Most of that time has been spent running prime @4ghz with all voltages and settings on stock. That is damn good. I am still finding my way around the P5E's bios and experimenting with settings, some of which i have no idea what they do. Add to that the terrible vdroop and it's early days yet. It took ages to get the most out of the quad. There were times that i was stuck on 3ghz then i tried something different and got it to 3.2ghz and so on. No doubt it will be the same with this one.

***Edit***New bios just released for the P5E, ver 601 and it's up on the Asus ftp. Someone is testing it over at XS so hopefully this may fix a few things.

Hang on a second. You have completely misread my post.

Taken it the wrong way yet again.I'm sick of your aggression on these forums.

I thank your for your analysis and get insulted in the process.

 

[easyrider]

I actually have to defend easy here, I don't think he was being condecending "this time".

That's the problem with forums, You have no context or emotion for what you read/type.

I read it that easy prefers quad over duals for what he uses his PC for compared to you/I who mostly game where a higher clocked dual core is more benificial that having a lower clocked quad core.

Thank you common sense at last.

 

[easyrider]

Only had this 8500 a couple of days, so not had a lot of time to play with it yet. There probably is more left in it yet, but i'm not to shure if it's capable of 5ghz.

Did your crack 12hrs?

 

[easyrider]

Nice Kitfit1. Thats pretty much the max stable I had mine at. Extra voltage made no difference at all.

Shame there was no screenie of the prime shot.


Perfect opportunity tbh

 

[easyrider]

Oh shut up you egomaniaic.

People who know what stable is dont use Prime!!!!

Wanna claim a clock?

prove it with a screenie of Prime or orthos or anyhthing other than words my friend.

As the saying goes Pictures Paint a Thousand Words.

4.6ghz stable with your wolfy?

Guess what I don't believe you.

If it was true you would be rubbing my face in it.

 

[easyrider]

Have I claimed a stable shot that is not true?

What about a bench shot?


oooh I forgot.....learn to bench....where are your points?

I struggled to get mine stable at 4.6. I got it there eventually though. It is doable.

And Easyrider before you ask for a stability shot...Shuuuuuut iiiit!

Please just provide a shot..

If I had a wolfy 4.6ghz stable I would be shouting it from the hills with piccies to back it up

 

[easyrider]

First post of yours states "early results"

What has changed? Is this a easyrider states the rules thread?


NO. Don't change the rules for your own personal gain!!!!

Early results show me that no one on this forum has had 4.6ghz stabilty from a wolfy.So don't claim it.

I'll be the first to congratulate you on this if you show me.

Maybe even tempted to get one.

I guess I'll be waiting along time

 

[easyrider]

point me to where I claimed it with screenies just for easy in his "early results thread" then?


Tempted to get one? You mean a life, dog? house? friends? Be specific or people might think you are trying to bend the truth.

Your 4.6ghz is doable so you say....All i ask is you make it seeable too

One I refer to being a wolfdale CPU.

 

[easyrider]

Any 8600 action?

Mod's any chance of you adding the 8600 to the thread title along with the others?

 

[easyrider]

There is already an E8600 thread about 3/4 of the way down this page.

Oh yeah!

 

[easyrider]

Bumped for agw_01

 

[easyrider]

Well now that i have sorted out my motherboard woes i am currently Orthosing at 4.5Ghz (9x500) with 1.4v. Temps are below 38 degrees loadf although it did breifly hit 42 degrees this morning. Can't tell you how low the temp is as it has stuck sensors but my water pipes are freezing. This is a beauty of a chip. It will do 3.8Ghz at stock volts. To get 4.5Ghz i did'nt even have to increase CPU PLL or FSB Termination voltages. Both are at their minimum settings. If it completes 8 hours i will post a screenie later. It should do as it passed 10 rounds of IBT earlier.

Nice screenie please